ALF Liberation at the University of Iowa
ALF Liberation At The University Of Iowa – Communique: The Animal Liberation Front is claiming responsibility for the liberation of 401 animals from the University of Iowa in the early hours of November 14th, 2004. All animals on the third floor of the UI psychology department — 88 mice and 313 rats — were removed, examined and treated by a sympathetic veterinarian, and placed in loving homes. Additionally, two animal labs and three vivisector’s offices were entered and all contents relating to animal research were destroyed. These are: 4th Floor – Spence Labs: Vivisector Ed Wasserman’s lab entered. Dozens of computers and devices used in experiments on live pigeons were destroyed. Basement – Spence Labs: Lab of vivisector Mark Blumburg and others entered. Surgical equipment and small animal stereotaxic devices, as well as “shock boxes” and other instruments of torture destroyed. 4th Floor – Seashore Hall Primate researcher Joshua Rodefer’s office entered. Computer discs, hard drives, paperwork and photos showing Rodefer’s work confining drug addicted primates in small glass boxes removed. The remaining paperwork detailing his monstrous work addicting primates and rats to narcotics was soaked in acid and the computer destroyed. 1st Floor – Seashore Hall Primate researcher Amy Poremba’s office entered. Computers destroyed, documents removed, and the remainder soaked in acid. This raid was carried out to halt the barbaric research of the UI Psychology Department’s 7 primary animal researchers: Professors Poremba …
Report: Prescription abuse, pot use on the rise
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More than one-fourth of all Iowans screened or admitted for drug treatment in Iowa last year said marijuana was their primary substance of abuse. Among Iowa juveniles in treatment, 66 percent named marijuana as their drug of choice. “Marijuana is still …
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Prescription drug abuse growing in Iowa
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UPDATE: Marijuana and abuse of prescription drugs rose in Iowa, while the number of meth labs and alcohol-related offenses declined, according to the 2013 Iowa Drug Control Strategy report released Thursday. Sixty-two Iowans died of … “A record …
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Breaking good is hard to do
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Reding spent time over four years in Oelwein, Iowa, population 6,415, studying the pervasiveness of meth. "We live in a country and a world where drugs are very … According to the National Admissions to Substance Abuse Treatment Services data from …
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