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When n it on Tuesday, the crowd on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was generally hushed, listening to a performance by cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Itzhak Perlman, clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Gabriel Montero. At that moment, before actually taking the presidential oath, Barack Obama became the 44th President of the United States, as written in the U.S. Constitution. A few minutes later, after repeating the oath on the same Bible used by former President Abraham Lincoln, administered by Chief Justice John Roberts, president Obama sought to establish a . sense of unity in his Inauguration speech and sent a tough message to those who oppose the United States. "To those leaders around the globe who seek to sow conflict, or blame their society's ills on the West — know that your people will judge you on what you can build, not what you destroy. To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history," he said. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Joint Congromiontil Comtnittoo on too @l etWff10111 ; proglidod owr th@ @nth orvioo, introducod Esil@h puttoi=
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Documentary highlights statewide drug dilemma Stephani Tobin Staff'147ther
An Oklahoma City man smokes amphetemines in August 2008 under a downtown bridge.
The consensus among students and educators on Jan. 13 was clear: college students need to play a proactive role in keeping their friends and family members safe from the horrors of methamphetamine addiction. "Crystal Darkness", a national documentary about crystal meth addiction, was hosted at UCO by Oklahoma A+ Schools and was one of many watch parties held throughout Oklahoma last week. After the screening, a panel discussed the documentary and what role community members play in fighting this problem. "It's so powerfully addictive compared to other problems," said Dr. Bruce Lochner, UCO assistant vice president for student affairs and director of student counseling. "People can drink [alcohol] without a problem, some people can drink all their lives recreationally. I don't know anyone who can use crystal meth recreationally."
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Although the documentary has had campaigns in various states and regions in the past several months, its role in Oklahoma is especially important: statistics over the past few years have shown that Oklahoma leads the nation in meth labs, "It is a statewide issue... it's arrests and urban, rural, public school, addiction. In the past private school ... it's an three years, issue we all face." Oklahoma drug stores --Dr. Debbie Traywick and supermarkets have put medications with pseudoepehedrine, a chemical often used to make crystal meth, behind pharmacy counters. "Crystal Darkness Oklahoma", the documentary
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