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UPDATED 6-16-94 WOODSTOCK 94 A Dead Board news Guide: 1...Editors Commentary 2...Festivals 3...Location Dead Born News aka DBN: Terrapin Station BBS (NY) 914-344-2860 14.4 24/7 Fido: 1:272/51 Space Your Face 910-788-09844 Fido: 1:3661/615 Brokedown Palace 619-596-1974 Fido:1:202/1312 DBN is a Quarterly Publications Distributed June, Sept, Dec, March. Ralating to the Grateful Dead and Music. DBN may be Downloaded or Freq from one of the above locations. Or Snail Mail at: DBN c/o M. Kintish P.O. Box 757 Middletown Ny 10940 DBN is Not affiliated with the Grateful Dead or any other orginization. ******************************************************************************** Hey all you cyberspace music junkies, I figure a few of you will be descending here on our quiet little towns Aug 13-14. So I figured we here at DBN would give you as much info as possible. I am kinda tired of opening the paper every morning and seeing column after column about these events but until it's over I suffer. The following information has been gathered from our local papers and radio. Terrapin is located approx 30 minutes or so from all the proposed festival sites. So I have to say what we all have ignored for years: IF YOU DON'T HAVE TICKETS STAY HOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I say this because I don't want horde's of people descending on my quiet little town and it's areas. But of course like me at Dead shows you won't take my plea seriously and will ascend upon us in great numbers. Anyhow lets get down to business so you won't be lost when you get here. I may express some opinion's in the following information they are mine all mine. Nick- Dead Board News. ****************************************************************************************** FESTIVALS: There are 3 proposed festivals set off to happen at the same time. We will take them one at a time with the information we have at the moment. As info changes It will be posted in the DeadHead Fido Echo. Or you may call Terrapin and ask for the most updated info. 1: Woodstock 94 Winston Farms Tickets $135.00 Route 212 Saugerties Ny. On-sale 6-15-94 1-800-ROCK-AIR (For Mass Transit) On-Sale 6-26-94 (For Just Show Tickets Local) Aug 12,13,14 1994 This festival is located in Saugerties New York. Near the Town of Woodstock in Ulster County. The festival is being promoted by Micheal Lang the original Woodstock Promoter. This festival has all the Woodstock rights for Logo's and promotion. It will not be held at the original Woodstock Site. Not really even close! This festival will happen tickets are slated to go on sale Wed June 15 94 for Mass Transit Packages. Local Ticket Sales 6-26-94 *6-26-94 Update It was reported today that the package tour tickets did go on sale yesterday at Northeast Ticketmaster's. All though final approval still has not been satisfied. The promoters were not informed of the package tour ticket sales. They blame it on a Ticket Master Error. Nonetheless the Tickets aprox 60,000 were sold by 9:30 pm on the 15th. * Meanwhile tickets for those arriving by car will not go on-sale until June 26. To arrive by Car you must purchase a block of 4 tickets. The confirmed acts are as follows: Aerosmith Alice in Chains Allman Brothers Arrested Development Johnny Cash Jimmy Cliff's All Star Reggae Jam Featuring: Rita Marley and Shabba Ranks Joe Cocker Cranberries Crosby, Stills and Nash Cypress Hill Bob Dylan Melissa Ethridge Peter Gabriel Green Day Metallica The Neville Brothers Nine Inch Nails Orleans Porno For Pyro's Red Hot Chili Peppers Rollins Band Santana Spin Doctors Not exactly in the true Woodstock spirit but this is who is going to be there. If you do not have tickets to this event. They will not even let you in the town of Saugerties. Keep that in mind before venturing out. Vehicles are suppose to have special stickers and without it your out. Security is suppose to be tight a few searches getting in the gate. Inside law enforcement undercover only. There will be some alternative parking site's that will bus you to and from the show. This info will be supplied with your tickets. Last word was no Food or Drink you must purchase from vendors. NO ALCOHOL AT ALL. I know this is not a whole heck of alot of info. But the bottom line is Heavy Security, No ticket you are not getting close. My opinion living here and having well over 100 Dead shows under my belt along with numerous other festivals and shows. This is the farthest thing from the 69 Woodstock. My pre-show opinion is two thumbs down. You can find much better places to be and celebrate. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 2: BETHEL 94 Bethel NY Tickets $75.00 - 150.00 Hurd & West Shore Dr. Bethel Ny. On-sale ? Aug 12,13,14 W/ 15,16,17 now Tenative *6-16-94 Update The show will go on. The Rhulen family of Sulliven County NY has agreed to finance the festival. A mass gathering permit was awarded at the 12th hour it is reported that the event might be legthened to a week. This festival is located at the actual Woodstck site. To be promoted by Sid Bernstein the man who brought the Beatle's to the U.S. Mr. Bernstien has been plague with a nightmare of problems. The show is not set yet. There are serious financial problems and 60 days left before show date with no permits. The proposed acts were more in keeping with the original event. such as: Ray Charles Judy Collins Micheal Mcdonald Fleetwood Mac Richie Havens Melanie Tom Paxton John Sebastian More To Be Named The show is now going to happen it looks to be a pretty good show if the performers are what you like. A much more mellower situation then Woodstock 94. I actually give this show 1 thumbs up. Maybe 2 depending on acts to be named. ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: 3:Freedom Fest 94 Tickets $3.00 a carload or Undisclosed Location Bethel Ny. Food Donation (Based on Prior Years) Tom Paxton Organizer *Update 6-16-94 A interview with Tom Paxton has revealed that the show will happen it will take place over 11days covering the actual woodstock dates of Aug 15,16,17 Location still undisclosed but will be in the vicinity of the actual Woodstock site. In Sullivan County a Mass Gathering permit is required for over 10,000 people. When Tom Paxton was asked how many would attend he replied 9,999. This festival is held by a unknown source. It's location will be near the original Woodstock site. The location is not announced till just a few days before. You should have no problem finding it Just head towards Bethel NY and listen to the radio. I believe last year it was held at a store called the OUTPOST TRADER. Anyhow it was right off of the main route 55 or 52. Don't worry you will find it. Just call Terrapin Before you leave as soon as the location is known it will be posted. I believe we had nearly 5,000 show up last year. Most people find it by accident. They make a pilgramage to the original site then hop on over. If the Town was smart and Bethel 94 doesn't happen they will send people to the Freedom Fest. Anyhow the Freedom Fest runs several days a few days prior to the weekend and a few days after. They allow you to camp just bring your tent. In the past a food kitchen as been set up for those who make it with nothing but a good soul and vibes for good music. Local bands are featured some hot jamming bands around the clock. Life is one big party. The show will happen I am sure of it. I went the last couple of years and is where I plan to be this year. The exact location will be announced as soon as it happens. This is my obvious choice. Tent City, Brotherly Love, Lots of People, No Hassles, Hot Undiscovered acts. :::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: How to get here: I thought I would break down the festival site locations. This is jst a brief description of the area. It will aide in mapping out your trip and shed a little light. TOWN OF WOODSTOCK: This is not close to the concert site of Woodstock so don't be confused. But I thought I would give you the location. It's a nice area to patch your bones. With some great little shops. The Town of Woodstock is located in Ulster County near Kingston. The best way to locate it on the map is find Kingston first. Kingston is located off of 87 the New York Thruway. So you would take the Kingston exit from the Thruway I believe exit 19. Go around the traffic circle and follow RT 28. Follow rt 28 towards West hurley, Boicevile, Phoenicia. Keep going straight down Rt 28 not far until you hit a Exxon Station You will at that time see a sign for Woodstock. Just hang a right at the sign the road will then come to a left or right turn hang a right and welcome to the town of woodstock. (This is not near the actual Woodstock Site) WOODSTOCK 94: This is also located near KINGSTON at Winston Farms Route 212 Saugerties NY. One again you would take the New York Stae Thruway 87. Saugerties is right off of exit 20 on 87. Route 212 is right off of the 20 exit as well. BETHEL 94: This is the actual Woodstock Site where the 69 festival was held. The direction are a little diffrent. OK Bethel is located near Monticello so look for Monticello on your map. No matter where you are coming from you will want to get onto Route 17 aka Quickway. Either thru Pennsylvania or Via 84 or 87. It doesn't matter just get on 17. Follow 17 to the 104 exit RTE 17B Monticello Raceway exit. Follow 17B around the race track thru Mongaup valley and White Lake (A little haul but don't worry keep going till you find White lake) Go thru White lake and Route 55. On your right hand side shortly after you pass Route 55 you will see HURD RD. Make a right on Hurd Road. The Next Intersection is West Shore Rd. Welcome to the sight of Woodstock 69. If you make a right on West Shore You will be in the town of BETHEL. Freedom Fest 94: If you follow the direction's to bethel 94 you will more than likely find the Freedom fest off of route 17B right nest to the sight. It will be around the corner somewhere. I suggest you might want to turn your radio to 92.7 KOJ Middletown FM or WPDH 101.5 FM Poughkeepsie. They are the area's Rock Stations and usually keep good updates on the Festivals during Woodstock Weekends. In Summary: We put this together just to help you know whats going on up here. I hope some of the info will be helpful. You have any question's or want to find out where the Freedom fest is located. Just call Terrapin before you head out I will give you any info as soon as it comes in. Terrapin Station home of Dead Board News. 914-344-2860 14.4 24/7 ************************************************************************************************************************ The Following Is A Copy Of June 94 Dead Board News. DEAD BOARD NEWS VOL-1 ISSUE-1 JUNE 30 1994 CONTENTS: Editors: Editors Corner Nick Layman Help Terrapin Station Board News 914-344-2860 14.4 24/7 Tie Dye Instructions Fido: 1:272/5 Marijuana Facts Dead Adresses and Numbers GD Hour and where To Listen Mike Kaufmann Summer Tour 94 Space Your Face Tape Trading/Classified's 910-788-9844 In Closing Fido 1:3661/615 ************************************************************************************ EDITORS CORNER: Welcome to Dead Board News Vol-1. DBN shares no affiliation with the Grateful Dead or any other orginization. We have simply developed a quarterly news letter for on-line Dead Heads. This is the first issue with many more in the works. I hope this publication will be successful. I hope you will enjoy it's content. Feel free to copy, print and pass around. How it all started......I guess it was my first show in 10-24-78. Since then I have followed the Dead on tour off and on. Playing tunes in the parking lot hanging with my brothers and sister. But then came the time it was no longer possible to drop out of society and hang on the road for 2,3,4 months at a time. No it became time in my life for Marraige and a Mortgage. I still however catch my fair share of shows each year. I was lucky to marry a woman who digs the Dead and is a musician. Well sometime back I decided to stop hanging around BBS'S and start my own. I of course decided to make it Deadicated. As time passed I wanted to create a newsletter about our Deadicated Cyberspace and it's users. But all alone I figured not a chance. Then one morning in January I checked the morning mail on Terrapin. Viola there was a message from this dude named Mike Kaufmann. His message went kinda like this:" I am a Sysop of a Deadicated Board and was wondering if you wanted to swap files and info." Well immediatly I called Mike's board and we talked. Mike and I became good friends so I pitched the newsletter idea and he caught it. So what you see now is a result of our cyberspace friendship. The reason I wanted to do this newsletter is to Thank You my Brothers and Sisters and the Dead for being my Mother, Father and Siblings all those years. The Dead and Deadheads were and are my family. Without the guidance of you all no telling what would have happened to me. But I am who I am today because of the love and support of my Dead family and the Music which has spoken many truth's of wisdom to my soul. Nick ********************************************************************************************** HELP: We are new and need you. DBN needs your stories, Articles, Artwork, Poems, Show Reviews, anything for our Sept & Dec 94 issue's. We are also looking for columnist who would like to have thier own column right here each issue. We also need your classified ad's of any type personal, Tape trading Etc. Please submit all corespondance to the following: Terrapin Station 914-344-2860 14.4 24/7 Fido 1:272/51 (New York) Space Your Face 910-788-0984 14.4 24/7 Fido 1:3661/615 (North Carolina) Brokedown Palace 619-596-1974 14.4 24/7 Fido 1:202/1312 (California) Or you may Write : DBN C/O M. Kintish P.O. Box 757 Middletown Ny 10940 We also need your Veggie Burrito Recipe's. That's right we want to publish your recipe's in our Dec 94 issue. All you Deadicated boards we sure could use your input as well. ******************************************************************************************* Board News: Space Your Face 910-788-0984 Mike Kaufmann Fido 1:3661/615 A PEACEFUL PLACE, OR SO IT LOOKS FROM SPACE The Bus Came By and I got On......... *May, 1976 - Walt Whitman High School, Huntington Station,NY Four Teens are sitting at the end of a table in the lunchroom discussing plans for the afternoon. One pulls a baggie from his sock and asks does anyone have a tray to Clean something on. We all say no, but one of the kids pull out an album from a stack of books, and passes it over. Having never seen the Rainbow pictures on the white cover, I had to inquire about the band. Its, The Grateful Dead, my sister gave me this album, its really cool, you should check it out! THUS A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP IS BORN *September 3, 1977 - Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ After one and a half years of waiting (pleading), the time had finally arrived. My First Dead Show! At 16 years old, naturally my folks were not thrilled at the prospect of their son travelling thru the city, across the river to see who, The Grateful Dead. I was in awe, and hooked. My first Everything, I knew right then and there, I had a bus pass for life! SO MANY ROADS I'VE TRAVELLED As I sit here typing this, I cannot help but to reminisce a little. After leaving NY, living up and down the east coast, watching out the window, for the mailman, hoping my Deer Creek tickets come today, I have come a long way since Englishtown. Happily married after 12 years, twin boys at six healthy as they can be, a career that is going on 10 years, one can say that we can not only survive, but prosper in this long strange life we choose to lead. After seeing almost 200 shows in the past seventeen years, I just hope the band keeps giving us the joyous experience we have all known, and we can give something in return. WELCOME TO CYBERSPACE Now for the present and why this newsletter. I bought my first computer in 1985, a Commodore 64 ( didn't everyone have one of these?), and a modem shortly thereafter. I proceeded over the next some years to communicate over the phone lines and eventually upgrade to a personal computer. Remember, this is ALL a hobby to me. I'm a mechanic by trade, and require very little pc experience on the job. After many years of communication on ONLINE services, I felt something was missing, a personal touch and feel for a BBS(bulletin board system). Thus the idea of Space Your Face was born, in the summer of 1993. I decided to do this for a couple of reasons, the love of the band and to pursue the hobbies of my PC and my taping. I felt that I could offer a source no one had tapped into much. Well, I have come to find out about a dozen or so others, have had this crazy notion to do this too. And hence DBA is here. DBA Dead Board Alliance was created to form a bond between these BBS's, for an exchange of ideas, computer programs, pictures and friendship. There is already a tight circle of NETHEADS, that is growing daily, and we wanted to help keep this going. Thru networks such as FIDONET, INTERNET, USENET, and others we can all communicate, with a minimum expense. SPACE YOUR FACE We have put together some fine features here at SYF. Along with the "Normal" BBS functions, such as online games, files, and messages, we offer a variety of Dead related services. The current mail order hotline messages are posted in out bulletin sections, along with detailed mail order instructions, just in case you can't get thru !!! Online Setlists are quite popular, and updated Grateful Dead Hour program logs and station lists are posted weekly. Taping and tape trading have always been the one of the highest priorities at SFY, and we try to keep up to date with all of the latest software for one's taping needs. THE BITTER END In conclusion, mainly because I hate to type, one will get the idea that a bulletin board system for The Dead is novel, crazy or wonderful, but whatever the decision might be, we spend a lot of time here making sure things go smoothly, and we are still HAVING FUN! Everyone is always welcome, and we welcome all ideas for the future. Thanks for your time............... ..........Space Your Face BBS ...Kernersville, NC ....910-788-9844 fidonet 1:3661/615 Mike Kaufmann -SYSOP ***************************************************************************************** Brokedown Palace 619-596-1974 Joseph Brooks Fido 1:202/1312 Joe send's his apoligy's he wasn't ready for this issue. To many Garcia show's. But he is our California connection and his specialty is AMIGA with a on-line store. ***************************************************************************************** Terrapin Station 914-344-2860 Nick Layman Fido 1:272/51 Terrapin came on-line in Dec 93. Since then we have grown by leaps. The main theme is of course is music and the Dead. We carry music related Gif's, Bmp's and Software. Terrapin has it's own full color scanner and takes request from it's users for scans. We carry the Deadhead Fido Echo as well as Up to Date tour info and New York area concerts for most all bands. We have a area for Tape Traders and could use your lists to post. We also have a Dead Board News echo for suggestions, commentaries and submissions. For Non Dead related we carry several Fido echo's, A Internet Link, Several Doors such as Usurper, Foodfite, Sre etc. We post 10 new files or so every other day. If you don't like to jack up that LD bill you can periodically download our allfiles list and send 3.5 floppies with a SASE for return. Or you can download our Deadhead Fido echo or any other by using the off-line mail reader door. We are open 24/7 are main focus is the cyberspace Deadhead. We accept no donation's charge no fee's and immediate upgrade the following A.M. ********************************************************************************************** TIE-DYING COMPLETE INSTRUCTION'S FOR ULTIMATE RESULTS: TIE-DyEING Tie-dyeing creates a wonderfully unique fabric dcsign. No two designs are alike! Tie-dyed fabric can be made into just about anything, clothing, hats, bags, fabric-covered button jewelry, hair bows, Roman shades, pillows, place mats and napkins. Purchased clothing, like T-shirts, sweatshirts, knit shorts and socks can be tie-dyed, too. rou'll be delightfully pleased with the results! TIE-DY DESIGNS Choose one of these designs and you're on your way to creating brightly colored fabric designs for fashion, jewelry or the home. General instructions are located in the second portion of this documentation. Sunburst Pick up a point irom the center of where rou want the design to be. Tie string or wrap rubber bands tightly around fabric at various points. Stripes Accordion pleat fabric in 2" to 3" folds. Wrap rubber bands tightly around folded fabric. Space rubber bands evenly or randomly. The wider the rubber bands, the wider the stripes will be. Marblized Effect Start at bottom and crumple up all the fab- ric. Wrap with rubber bands to keep fabric crumpled. Dye and rinse fabric as directed, cutting off rubber bands after first rinse. To add a second dye color, recrumple fabric and wrap with rubber bands. Dye and rinse as directed. Hearts Draw heart shape on right side of fabric ~ using a water soluble fabric marking pen. Reginning at bottom of heart, sew a 1/8" running stitch with quilting thread along the marked line. Pull thread as tight as possible. Making sure tiny even gathers are formed around the heart: knot thread. Pick up center of heart, making sure marked lines match up and center is free from pleats. Wrap rubber band tightly arourd gathered heart line. Be sure rubber band covers 1/4" of the pleats. Checks Acorrdion pleat fabric in 2" to 3" folds. To get a sharp line, press folds with an iron. Then accordion pleat strip into a square. Press folds with an iron. Wrap string around the square package in both direc- tions. Spirals Decide where you want the center of the spiral to be. Place fingers around center point and slowly begin towist fabric in a spiral dircction. Tie fabric to hold spiral design together. SUPPLIES NEEDED Any brand Cold Water Dye - 1 package of dye for 6-8 OZ. dry fabric (about 1 to 2 yds. broadcloth fabric OR 1 T-shirt). For heavier weight fabrics, use 2 or more dye packages. Fabric - 100% untreated cotton, woven or knit, Or purchased item (at least 50% cotton) Salt, 4 Tablespoons per dye package Rubber gloves Rubber bands Or string Large container for dyeing HOW TO TIE-DYE FABRIC 1. Wash fabric with mild deteygent and dry. Do not use a fabric softeneR. Iron fabric lightly. 2. Select a tie-dye design. Fold fabyic and tie with rubber bands or string. 3, Prepare dye bath accoyding to Package instructions. 4. Wet fabric and place in dye bath for one hour as directed, or use the micyowave. To tie-dye in the microwave: Use a glass bowl. Prepare dye bath according to package fabric Instructions. Wet fabric and place in dye bath. Work dye into fabric. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and microwave on "high" for 4 minutes. Note: do not dye rayon, wool or garments with metal trim in the microwave. 5. Rinse fabric, cutting off rubber bands after first rinse. ************************************************************************************************ Marijauna Facts The Reagan's Didn't want you to know: These Views are not neccasarily the views of DBN a user submitted this for publication. We believe in America all should be able to submit thier point of view along with Freedom of choice: MARIJUANA 1. Marijuana causes brain damage The most celebrated study that claims to show brain damage is the rhesus monkey study of Dr. Robert Heath, done in the late 1970s. This study was reviewed by a distinguished panel of scientists sponsored by the Institute of Medicine and the National Academy of Sciences. Their results were published under the title, Marijuana and Health in 1982. Heath's work was sharply criticized for its insufficient sample size (only four monkeys), its failure to control experimental bias, and the misidentification of normal monkey brain structure as "damaged". Actual studies of human populations of marijuana users have shown no evidence of brain damage. For example, two studies from 1977, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed no evidence of brain damage in heavy users of marijuana. That same year, the American Medical Association (AMA) officially came out in favor of decriminalizing marijuana. That's not the sort of thing you'd expect if the AMA thought marijuana damaged the brain. 2. Marijuana damages the reproductive system This claim is based chiefly on the work of Dr. Gabriel Nahas, who experimented with tissue (cells) isolated in petri dishes, and the work of researchers who dosed animals with near-lethal amounts of cannabinoids (i.e., the intoxicating part of marijuana). Nahas' generalizations from his petri dishes to human beings have been rejected by the scientific community as being invalid. In the case of the animal experiments, the animals that survived their ordeal returned to normal within 30 days of the end of the experiment. Studies of actual human populations have failed to demonstrate that marijuana adversely affects the reproductive system. 3. Marijuana is a "gateway" drug -- it leads to hard drugs This is one of the more persistent myths. A real world example of what happens when marijuana is readily available can be found in Holland. The Dutch partially legalized marijuana in the 1970s. Since then, hard drug use -- heroin and cocaine -- have DECLINED substantially. If marijuana really were a gateway drug, one would have expected use of hard drugs to have gone up, not down. This apparent "negative gateway" effect has also been observed in the United States. Studies done in the early 1970s showed a negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. A 1993 Rand Corporation study that compared drug use in states that had decriminalized marijuana versus those that had not, found that where marijuana was more available -- the states that had decriminalized -- hard drug abuse as measured by emergency room episodes decreased. In short, what science and actual experience tell us is that marijuana tends to substitute for the much more dangerous hard drugs like alcohol, cocaine, and heroin. 4. Marijuana suppresses the immune system Like the studies claiming to show damage to the reproductive system, this myth is based on studies where animals were given extremely high -- in many cases, near-lethal -- doses of cannabinoids. These results have never been duplicated in human beings. Interestingly, two studies done in 1978 and one done in 1988 showed that hashish and marijuana may have actually stimulated the immune system in the people studied. 5. Marijuana is much more dangerous than tobacco Smoked marijuana contains about the same amount of carcinogens as does an equivalent amount of tobacco. It should be remembered, however, that a heavy tobacco smoker consumes much more tobacco than a heavy marijuana smoker consumes marijuana. This is because smoked tobacco, with a 90% addiction rate, is the most addictive of all drugs while marijuana is less addictive than caffeine. Two other factors are important. The first is that paraphernalia laws directed against marijuana users make it difficult to smoke safely. These laws make water pipes and bongs, which filter some of the carcinogens out of the smoke, illegal and, hence, unavailable. The second is that, if marijuana were legal, it would be more economical to have cannabis drinks like bhang (a traditional drink in the Middle East) or tea which are totally non-carcinogenic. This is in stark contrast with "smokeless" tobacco products like snuff which can cause cancer of the mouth and throat. When all of these facts are taken together, it can be clearly seen that the reverse is true: marijuana is much SAFER than tobacco. 6. Legal marijuana would cause carnage on the highways Although marijuana, when used to intoxication, does impair performance in a manner similar to alcohol, actual studies of the effect of marijuana on the automobile accident rate suggest that it poses LESS of a hazard than alcohol. When a random sample of fatal accident victims was studied, it was initially found that marijuana was associated with RELATIVELY as many accidents as alcohol. In other words, the number of accident victims intoxicated on marijuana relative to the number of marijuana users in society gave a ratio similar to that for accident victims intoxicated on alcohol relative to the total number of alcohol users. However, a closer examination of the victims revealed that around 85% of the people intoxicated on marijuana WERE ALSO INTOXICATED ON ALCOHOL. For people only intoxicated on marijuana, the rate was much lower than for alcohol alone. This finding has been supported by other research using completely different methods. For example, an economic analysis of the effects of decriminalization on marijuana usage found that states that had reduced penalties for marijuana possession experienced a rise in marijuana use and a decline in alcohol use with the result that fatal highway accidents decreased. This would suggest that, far from causing "carnage", legal marijuana might actually save lives. 7. Marijuana "flattens" human brainwaves This is an out-and-out lie perpetrated by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America. A few years ago, they ran a TV ad that purported to show, first, a normal human brainwave, and second, a flat brainwave from a 14-year-old "on marijuana". When researchers called up the TV networks to complain about this commercial, the Partnership had to pull it from the air. It seems that the Partnership faked the flat "marijuana brainwave". In reality, marijuana has the effect of slightly INCREASING alpha wave activity. Alpha waves are associated with meditative and relaxed states which are, in turn, often associated with human creativity. 8. Marijuana is more potent today than in the past This myth is the result of bad data. The researchers who made the claim of increased potency used as their baseline the THC content of marijuana seized by police in the early 1970s. Poor storage of this marijuana in un-air conditioned evidence rooms caused it to deteriorate and decline in potency before any chemical assay was performed. Contemporaneous, independent assays of unseized "street" marijuana from the early 1970s showed a potency equivalent to that of modern "street" marijuana. Actually, the most potent form of this drug that was generally available was sold legally in the 1920s and 1930s by the pharmaceutical company Smith-Klein under the name, "American Cannabis". 9. Marijuana impairs short-term memory This is true but misleading. Any impairment of short-term memory disappears when one is no longer under the influence of marijuana. Often, the short-term memory effect is paired with a reference to Dr. Heath's poor rhesus monkeys to imply that the condition is permanent. 10. Marijuana lingers in the body like DDT This is also true but misleading. Cannabinoids are fat soluble as are innumerable nutrients and, yes, some poisons like DDT. For example, the essential nutrient, Vitamin A, is fat soluble but one never hears people who favor marijuana prohibition making this comparison. 11. There are over a thousand chemicals in marijuana smoke Again, true but misleading. The 31 August 1990 issue of the magazine Science notes that of the over 800 volatile chemicals present in roasted COFFEE, only 21 have actually been tested on animals and 16 of these cause cancer in rodents. Yet, coffee remains legal and is generally considered fairly safe. 12. No one has ever died of a marijuana overdose This is true. It was put in to see if you are paying attention. Animal tests have revealed that extremely high doses of cannabinoids are needed to have lethal effect. This has led scientists to conclude that the ratio of the amount of cannabinoids necessary to get a person intoxicated (i.e., stoned) relative to the amount necessary to kill them is 1 to 40,000. In other words, to overdose, you would have to consume 40,000 times as much marijuana as you needed to get stoned. In contrast, the ratio for alcohol varies between 1 to 4 and 1 to 10. It is easy to see how upwards of 5000 people die from alcohol overdoses every year and no one EVER dies of marijuana overdoses. WHAT IS THE ICLU DRUG TASK FORCE? The Indiana Civil Liberties Union (ICLU) Drug Task Force is involved in education and lobbying efforts directed toward reforming drug policy. Specifically, we support ACLU Policy Statement number 210 which calls for the legalization of marijuana. We also support an end to the drug war. In its place, we favor "harm reduction" strategies which treat drug abuse as what it is -- a medical problem -- rather than a criminal justice problem. The Drug Task Force also works to end urine and hair testing of workers by private industry. These kinds of tests violate worker privacy to no good purpose because they detect past use of certain drugs (mostly marijuana) while ignoring others (e.g., LSD) and cannot detect current impairment. In situations where public and worker safety is a legitimate concern, we advocate impairment testing devices which reliably detect degradation of performance without infringing upon worker privacy. For more information about the activities of the Drug Task Force, call the ICLU at (317) 635-4059 or call Paul Hager at (812) 333-1384 or e-mail to hagerp@cs.indiana.edu on the InterNet. SOURCES 1) Marijuana and Health, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences, 1982. Note: the Committee on Substance Abuse and Habitual Behavior of the "Marijuana and Health" study had its part of the final report suppressed when it reviewed the evidence and recommended that possession of small amounts of marijuana should no longer be a crime (TIME magazine, July 19, 1982). The two JAMA studies are: Co, B.T., Goodwin, D.W., Gado, M., Mikhael, M., and Hill, S.Y.: "Absence of cerebral atrophy in chronic cannabis users", JAMA, 237:1229-1230, 1977; and, Kuehnle, J., Mendelson, J.H., Davis, K.R., and New, P.F.J.: "Computed tomographic examination of heavy marijuana smokers", JAMA, 237:1231-1232, 1977. 2) See Marijuana and Health, ibid., for information on this research. See also, Marijuana Reconsidered (1978) by Dr. Lester Grinspoon. 3) The Dutch experience is written up in "The Economics of Legalizing Drugs", by Richard J. Dennis, The Atlantic Monthly, Vol 266, No. 5, Nov 1990, p. 130. See "A Comparison of Marijuana Users and Non-users" by Norman Zinberg and Andrew Weil (1971) for the negative correlation between use of marijuana and use of alcohol. The 1993 Rand Corporation study is "The Effect of Marijuana Decriminalization on Hospital Emergency Room Episodes: 1975 - 1978" by Karyn E. Model. 4) See a review of studies and their methodology in "Marijuana and Immunity", Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, Vol 20(1), Jan-Mar 1988. Studies showing stimulation of the immune system: Kaklamani, et al., "Hashish smoking and T- lymphocytes", 1978; Kalofoutis et al., "The significance of lymphocyte lipid changes after smoking hashish", 1978. The 1988 study: Wallace, J.M., Tashkin, D.P., Oishi, J.S., Barbers, R.G., "Peripheral Blood Lymphocyte Subpopulations and Mitogen Responsiveness in Tobacco and Marijuana Smokers", 1988, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid. 5) The 90% figure comes from Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction, Surgeon General's Report, 1988. In Health magazine in an article entitled, "Hooked, Not Hooked" by Deborah Franklin (pp. 39-52), compares the addictives of various drugs and ranks marijuana below coffeine. For current information on cannabis drinks see Working Men and Ganja: Marijuana Use in Rural Jamaica by M. C. Dreher, Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1982, ISBN 0-89727-025-8. For information on cannabis and actual cancer risk, see Marijuana and Health, ibid. 6) For a survey of studies relating to cannabis and highway accidents see "Marijuana, Driving and Accident Safety", by Dale Gieringer, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid. The effect of decriminalization on highway accidents is analyzed in "Do Youths Substitute Alcohol and Marijuana? Some Econometric Evidence" by Frank J. Chaloupka and Adit Laixuthai, Nov. 1992, University of Illinois at Chicago. 7) For information about the Partnership ad, see Jack Herer's book, The Emperor Wears No Clothes, 1990, p. 74. See also "Hard Sell in the Drug War", The Nation, March 9, 1992, by Cynthia Cotts, which reveals that the Partnership receives a large percentage of its advertizing budget from alcohol, tobacco, and pharmaceutical companies and is thus disposed toward exaggerating the risks of marijuana while downplaying the risks of legal drugs. For information on memory and the alpha brainwave enhancement effect, see "Marijuana, Memory, and Perception", by R. L. Dornbush, M.D., M. Fink, M.D., and A. M. Freedman, M.D., presented at the 124th annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, May 3-7, 1971. 8) See "Cannabis 1988, Old Drug New Dangers, The Potency Question" by Tod H Mikuriya, M.D. and Michael Aldrich, Ph.D., Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, ibid. 9) See Marijuana and Health, ibid. Also see "Marijuana, Memory, and Perception", ibid. 10) The fat solubility of cannabinoids and certain vitamins is well known. See Marijuana and Health, ibid. For some information on vitamin A, see "The A Team" in Scientific American, Vol 264, No. 2, February 1991, p. 16. 11) See "Too Many Rodent Carcinogens: Mitogenesis Increases Mutagenesis", Bruce N. Ames and Lois Swirsky Gold, Science, Vol 249, 31 August 1990, p. 971. 12) Cannabis and alcohol toxicity is compared in Marijuana Reconsidered, ibid., p. 227. Yearly alcohol overdoses was taken from "Drug Prohibition in the United States: Costs, Consequences, and Alternatives" by Ethan A. Nadelmann, Science, Vol 245, 1 September 1989, p. 943. 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