Dismantling of N. Korea weapons talks
KOREA cont'd from 3
weapons program and returns
to the Nuclear Nonproliferation
Treaty. "As a sovereign state, it
will have the right to count upon
foreign aid in the development
of its peaceful nuclear program,"
Alexeyev said.
China said last week the North
should have the right to develop
a peaceful nuclear power
program if it rejoins the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty.
Two days ago, North Korea said
it would be "unimaginable" for it
to dismantle its atomic power
industry "without getting any
proposal for compensating for
the loss of nuclear energy."
The talks were meant to
resume in Beijing last week,
but North Korea postponed that
due to anger over U.S.-South
Korean military exercises and
Washington's appointment of a
special envoy on North Korea's
human rights.
The talks will start on the eve of
a U.N. summit to mark the 60th
anniversary of the United Nations,
with more than 170 world leaders
expected. North Korean leader
Kim Jong II is not attending, but
Foreign Minister Paek Nam Sun
The
By John Fox
Asistant Editor
jtfls3@psu.edu
Heroin is a drug, which knows no
prejudice. It is powerful enough
to seduce members of all races,
social classes, and even college
students. In fact, last semester,
heroin swept our local middle
and high schools as students
reported doing lines and shooting
up in the bathrooms as well as in
the classroom.
Heroin is not a drug that one
can use casually. Many have
tried it, and all have failed. Most
begin snorting it. The occasional
snorting method quickly becomes
more frequent. Eventually, it
becomes virtually impossible
to get off from snorting heroin
and in the end all succumb to
the unthinkable: intravenous
injection.
The high derived from shooting
Heroin loaded in a needle for shooting.
will lead the country's delegation
and there will be plenty of
opportunities for contact with top
U.S. officials, if both sides are
interested. The six-party talks
are being closely watched at the
United Nations, along with Iran's
"We hope there will
be an agreement
on North Korea's
nuclear dismantling"
-Chief Cabinet Secretar
Hiroyuki Hosoda.
nuclear program.
The dispute broke out in 2002
after U.S. officials said the North
admitted having a secret nuclear
program in violation of an earlier
deal to abandon its weapons
ambitions.
Rodong Sinmun, the North's
main newspaper, on Thursday
demanded a withdrawal of U.S.
troops from South Korea "without
delay."
hars
up is beyond comparison. Once
you have begun to shoot up, your
life will rapidly deteriorate in some
form or another.
The physical pain associated
with heroin withdrawal is a horrific
experience. Some of these
symptoms include vomiting,
retchinloog for hours on end,
insomnia, diarrhea, flu symptoms,
and a geinerat detachment from
reality.
A former heroin addict described
having the sensation of hot
burning coals in his chest and
stomach for 3 weeks straight.
This physical and mental torment
can last as little as one week or
even a month, depending on the
length and severity of use.
Sometimes, the worst part of
heroin addiction is watching a
person who is close to you die
from a heroin overdose. It is pretty
horrific to wake up to the morning
news and hear that a friend
The newspaper commentary was
carried by KCNA and coincided
with what North Korea called the
60th anniversary of U.S. troops'
occupation of South Korea.
Korea was divided after its
liberation from Japan's colonial
rule at the end of World War 11,
with U.S. forces stationed in the
South and Soviet forces in the
North. About 32,500 American
troops remain stationed in the
South.
"If it is true that the U.S. has no
intention to invade and has the
stance to ensure peace on the
Korean Peninsula and improve
the relations with (North Korea),
it should prove it in practice
by making a decision for the
withdrawal of its troops," the
Rodong Sinmun commentary
said.
It did not say if failure to
do so would jeopardize the
negotiations
North Korea said a recent U.S.-
South Korean military exercise
proved Washington was planning
an invasion. The 12-day drill
that ended this month was
largely a computer-simulated
war game that U.S. and South
Korean officials said was purely
defensive.
h reality
died from shooting too much
dope. When the men who she
was staying with, that supplied
her with the heroin, found her,
they loaded her stiff dead body
into a car and dumped her into
the woods to decompose like a
common squirrel carcass.
These stories are far more
common than you may think. If
you know someone struggling
with heroin addiction, it is best
to offer your friend or loved one
help before it is too late. It may
be you that prevents them from
becoming another dead heroin
addict.
Here are some indicators that
may suggest you or a loved one
may have a problem with heroin:
(1) Walking around the projects
looking to score smack with $lOOO
in your pocket in the middle of
the night, and feeling perfectly at
ease. (2) Wearing long sleeves in
warm weather to hide the needle
marks on
News
Fixing your shots while driving
your car, the passenger side
floor littered with empty heroin
packets. (7) Using muddy water
from a puddle and the cotton from
a used cigarette filter to fix your
shot. (8) If you are completely
fed up with this lifestyle and see
no way out, you might commit
suicide by shooting several
bundles. By doing this, you will
fall asleep (heroin addicts call
it nodding out) and never wake
up..
America is lulled away to sleep
though movies, the talking
heads in the media, and the
plastic pursuit of the self-serving
American dream, which we have
collectively been redefining
with each generation, one more
selfishly ambitious than the last.
In spite of our blissful ignorance
and general disinterest in
anything that does not relate
to our own personal lives, the
threat of heroin addiction is not
imagined.
arms and
hands. (3)
Deception
a n d
The information of its destruction
is not limited to scientific journals
or collegiate textbooks: HEROIN
IS VERY REAL. It is in our
suburbs and on our college
campuses. Forget the "war on
drugs." Heroin, like cocaine, was
strategically placed throughout
the cities of America by our
own government officials to
systematically eliminate the poor
and working classes, especially
people of color. Like the
holocaust of Nazi Germany, the
American government wanted to
commit genocide on the poor and
destitute in America's cities.
manipulation
become
primary
means of
expressing
yourself.
(4) Stealing
money from
friends and
loved ones.
(5) Shooting
up in the
bathroom
before each
class or
The "drug war" didn't become a
national issue until white kids from
the suburbs started dying. Our
politicians used this as an area
during your
breaks at
work. (6)
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of heroin
Heroin crushed and ready to be snorted.
of opportunity and created the
"war on drugs" campaign, which
is nothing more than lip service
to appease the ignorant masses
into believing that something is
actually being done. The "war on
drugs" is Washington's brilliant
contingency plan for dealing with
this very public epidemic.
Drugs are big business in
America and Capitalism is
God. So what becomes of the
millions of martyrs who have
to die for the white patriarchal
fat-cats on Capital Hill? Are the
millions dead simply a means to
someone else's end? Do they,
as martyrs for the cause of those
managing our society, fall into
the consequence of "the greater
good" that philosophers such
Photos by John Fox
as John Stuart Mill and Jeremy
Bentham spoke of?
While our affected heroin addicts
line up at methadone clinics like
fiendish automatons, selling their
bodies for a fix, and even killing
in order to maintain a steady
supply of heroin, our elected
officials and career politicians are
sitting comfortably on their laurels
smoking big tat black cigars while
scheming new ways to exploit the
"war on drugs" to create personal
political gain and favor among
the uneducated American public.
After all, Hitler was heralded as
Germany's savior in his early
years in power. How do you think
Hitler spent his time while millions
of Jews were being murdered?