Media
Scan:
Washington
on
Forchion,
Cockburn
on
Rosenthal,
Forbes
on
Walters,
Szasz
on
Drug
Medicalization,
Bruce
McKinney,
GAO
on
DARE
1/17/03
Linn Washington Jr. condemns
the imprisonment of Ed Forchion for political advocacy in the Philadelphia
Tribune:
http://www.phila-tribune.com/011403-6-P1.htm
Alexander Cockburn comments
on the federal government's targeting of Ed Rosenthal in the California
medical marijuana showdown in "The Right to Not Be in Pain," online in
Working for Change at:
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=14371
Dan Forbes reports on Nevada's
secretary of state's inquiry into John Walters' illegal campaigning against
Question 9 in "Pot Flashback," published by Reason magazine:
http://www.reason.com/hod/df011603.shtml
Famous psychiatrist and libertarian
Thomas S. Szasz, MD opines in "Taking Drug Laws Seriously":
http://www.szasz.com/iol20.html
Strategy thoughts by Bruce
McKinney, first of a series of posts archived by DrugSense:
http://www.drugsense.org/issues/usefear.htm
GAO report on Youth Illicit
Drug Use Prevention -- DARE doesn't work -- GAO-03-172R, 1/15/03:
http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-03-172R
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Issue #272, 1/17/03
The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Anthropologist and Former Rector of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán | The Road to Mérida: Interview with Al Giordano, publisher of Narco News | Bolivian Government Represses Coca Protests, Four Dead... So Far | Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Judge Blocks Mention of Prop. 215, Has Trouble Seating Jury | Canadian Prime Minister Promises Motion on Decriminalization as Courts Continue to Chip Away at Marijuana Laws | Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 15-Dec Febrero, Mérida, México | Newsbrief: Souder Pushes Partial HEA Reform, Frank to Reintroduce Drug Provision Repeal Bill | Newsbrief: Racine Caves Before the Ravers | Newsbrief: MPP "War on Drug Czar" Continues -- State Reacts to Allegations | Newsbrief: 12 Dead in Brazil as Drug Police Raid Shantytowns | Newsbrief: Mexican Soldiers Bust Narcs | Newsbrief: Colombian President Seeks Iraq-Like Mobilization Against Traffickers | Newsbrief: Some Colombian Terrorists May Be More Equal Than Others | Newsbrief: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Disqualifies Marijuana Legalization Petition Signatures, Proponents Vow Fight | Newsbrief: Return of the RAVE Act | Newsbrief: Ecstasy Rarely Kills, British Study Finds | Alan Shoemaker Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund Needs Support | Media Scan: Washington on Forchion, Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Walters, Szasz on Drug Medicalization, Bruce McKinney, GAO on DARE | DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator | The Reformer's Calendar
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