Laws should be defined as primary offenses
      The recent column by Greg Bean, "Here's Another Law That Motorists Will Just Ignore," hits a few good notes, but misses the real mark about how important safety legislation is for the driving public. I authored the first township ordinance in New Jersey that banned the use of hand-held cell phones while driving a motor vehicle during my tenure as a Marlboro councilman in 2000.
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Be aware of the dangers of a new drug
      Do you know about the newest drug craze called Cheese? No one really did before 2006. Cheese, which is a combination of black tar heroin and crushed up Tylenol PM, is the newest popular recreational drug among teens today. Cheese is extremely addictive and deadly. Hits of it sell for $1 to $2.
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It is time for Americans to step up and help to save Darfur
      As Americans, we are not taking action in Darfur, Sudan. "The great aim of education is not knowledge, but action," says the English philos-opher Herbert Spencer. In order for us to take action, we must be educated. There is a genocide occurring in this region of Africa.
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Examples exist where armed individuals came through
      In a letter in the May 9 News Tran-script, "Idea of Teachers and Students Carrying Guns Is Way Over the Line" the writer, Teja Anderson, whom I highly respect, defends the effectiveness of the Gun-Free School Zones Act. I'd like to take this opportunity to respond to her criticism.
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