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Latin
American
Anti-Prohibition
Conference,
Feb.
12-15,
Mérida,
Yucatán,
Mexico
1/17/03
Out from the Shadows:
Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century
an international conference
series uniting reform forces in a call for global sanity
Please join activists, academics,
politicians, journalists and others in Mérida for the first Latin
America-wide summit opposing drug prohibition. Be a part of this historic
gathering! Meet, listen, talk, collaborate and show your solidarity
with our allies in the growing Latin American drug reform movement.
February 12-15, 2003, Universidad
Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/sombras/
(Español)
Register by credit card online
(http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/register-credit.html),
or print out a registration form to submit by mail (http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/register.pdf).
Registration is free to Latin Americans (http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/sombras/inscripcion-gratis.html),
and sliding scale is available to others who need it. Scholarships
to assist with travel costs may be available. Please make a donation
if you can afford to, so we can offer more scholarships to bring more Latin
American attendees to the conference! Your registration fee will
support scholarships too, so please register today!
Steering Committee:
Gustavo de Greiff, former
attorney general, Colombia, Chairman Jaime Malamud, former attorney general,
Argentina
Mario Menéndez, publisher,
Por Esto!, Mexico
Marco Cappato, Member of
European Parliament, Lista Bonino, Italy
John Gilmore, United States
Conference Staff Director:
David Borden, DRCNet, United States
Volunteer Media Advisor:
Al Giordano, NarcoNews.com
Details on program to be
posted shortly. Visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/
for hotel and discount travel options. Other dates and locations
to be announced for Europe, Canada and the United States. E-mail
[email protected]
to sign up for an official event notication by mail or e-mail. Visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
or http://www.drcnet.org to read or
subscribe to our weekly online newsletter.
Contact StopTheDrugWar.org:
the Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) at: P.O. Box 18402,
Washington, DC 20036, voice: (202) 362-0030, fax: (202) 362-0032, [email protected]
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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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