Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #364
, 11/26/04
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
EPIC
AND
TURBULENT
TIMES
Two
important
court
cases
--
one
civil
against
the
government
for
medical
marijuana,
one
criminal
against
a
heroic
pain
doctor
--
make
this
an
epic
and
turbulent
time
for
issues
related
to
the
drug
war.
On
both
counts,
the
federal
government
is
guilty.
- DRCNET
EVENT:
REP.
BARNEY
FRANK
TO
KEYNOTE
FOR
PERRY
FUND
FORUM/FUNDRAISER,
DECEMBER
9,
2004,
BOSTON
One
of
Congress's
leading
champions
of
drug
law
reform
will
address
a
forum/fundraiser
benefiting
the
John
W.
Perry
Fund,
providing
scholarships
to
students
who
have
lost
their
college
aid
because
of
drug
convictions.
- SEEKING
POLITICAL
TRACTION,
BRITAIN'S
BLAIR
MARCHES
BOLDLY
BACKWARDS
ON
DRUG
POLICY
Facing
a
general
election
five
months
from
now,
embattled
British
Prime
Minister
Tony
Blair
Tuesday
took
the
opportunity
of
the
annual
Queen's
Speech
to
unveil
a
"tough
on
crime"
drug
bill
as
a
centerpiece
of
his
pre-election
legislative
program.
- SSDP
DOES
COLLEGE
PARK:
SIXTH
ANNUAL
NATIONAL
CONFERENCE
SHOWS
OFF
A
MATURING
ORGANIZATION
The
beats
were
breaking
and
the
dance
floor
was
shaking
upstairs
at
Lupo's
Chop
House
a
block
south
of
the
University
of
Maryland
campus
in
College
Park
last
Saturday
night
as
nearly
300
members
of
Students
for
Sensible
Drug
Policy
marked
the
completion
of
the
group's
sixth
annual
national
conference.
- NEWSBRIEF:
PENNSYLVANIA
"TREATMENT
AND
JAIL"
SENTENCING
REFORM
GETS
GOVERNOR'S
SIGNATURE
Two
important
court
cases
--
one
civil
against
the
government
for
medical
marijuana,
one
criminal
against
a
heroic
doctor
--
make
this
an
epic
and
turbulent
time
for
issues
related
to
the
drug
war.
On
both
counts,
the
federal
government
is
guilty.
- NEWSBRIEF:
POLLS
FIND
CANADIAN
MAJORITY
FAVORING
MARIJUANA
LEGALIZATION
The
results
of
two
surveys
of
Canadians
came
in
this
week,
and
both
suggest
the
government's
plan
to
make
possession
of
small
amounts
of
marijuana
a
ticketable
offense
is
behind
the
curve.
- NEWSBRIEF:
MORE
SUPPORT
FOR
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
FROM
CONNECTICUT
NURSES
AND
TEXANS
Medical
marijuana
continues
to
pick
up
support,
both
among
the
public
at
large
and
among
medical
professionals.
- NEWSBRIEF:
REP.
SOUDER
BUSILY
FIGHTING
THE
"GOOD"
FIGHT
Indiana
Republican
Congressman
Mark
Souder
just
can't
get
enough
of
the
war
on
drugs.
- NEWSBRIEF:
UNIVERSITY
OF
VERMONT
TO
PAY
$15,000
TO
STUDENTS
ARRESTED
FOR
MARIJUANA
ADVOCACY
Two
University
of
Vermont
students
arrested
in
April
at
an
on-campus
"420"
rally
because
they
advocated
legalizing
marijuana
will
be
paid
$7,500
each
by
the
university
for
violating
their
First
Amendment
rights.
- NEWSBRIEF:
FEDERAL
APPEALS
COURT
SAYS
POLICE
CAN
TAKE
HAIR
SAMPLES
WHENEVER
THEY
FEEL
LIKE
IT
The
US
3rd
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
in
Philadelphia
ruled
late
last
month
that
police
may
remove
and
drug
test
large
amounts
of
from
a
suspect's
head,
neck
and
shoulders
without
a
warrant
or
probable
cause.
- NEWSBRIEF:
PHILIPPINE
DRUG
DOC
CALLS
FOR
MARIJUANA
DECRIMINALIZATION
Even
in
the
Philippines,
whose
newspapers
are
filled
with
drug
busts
and
sympathetic
accounts
of
death
squad
killings
of
drug
users
and
sellers,
calls
for
reform
can
be
heard.
- NEWSBRIEF:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
It's
not
just
more
of
the
same
old
same
old
this
week.
We
have
also
been
introduced
to
a
Texas
cop
who
hasn't
yet
found
himself
facing
criminal
charges
but
whose
career
smells
of
the
institutionalized
corruption
emanating
from
those
notorious
ethical
cesspools,
the
Lone
Star
State's
federally-funded
and
multitudinous
drug
task
forces.
- THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
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