Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #397
-- 7/29/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
CLEAR
THINKING
The
new
"meth
baby"
issue
illustrates
some
of
the
obstacles
to
clear
that
are
built
into
our
issue.
- THE
SENSENBRENNER
EFFECT:
FEAR,
FIRING,
AND
FALLOUT
ON
THE
HILL
A
Congressional
staffer
who
was
the
root
of
much
drug
war
evil
for
more
than
10
years
has
apparently
been
fired
--
but
no
one
wants
to
talk
about
it.
- CONGRESS:
HOUSE
TURNS
BACK
REPEAL
OF
HIGHER
EDUCATION
ACT
DRUG
PROVISION,
BATTLE
RETURNS
TO
SENATE
Progress
was
made
amid
defeat
in
a
House
committee
markup
vote
last
week.
- METH
AND
MYTH:
TOP
DOCTORS,
SCIENTISTS,
AND
SPECIALISTS
WARN
MASS
MEDIA
ON
"METH
BABY"
STORIES
More
than
90
physicians,
scientists,
researchers,
and
treatment
specialists
Monday
issued
an
open
letter
to
the
mass
media
calling
it
to
task
for
"alarmist
and
unjustified"
reporting
on
so-called
"meth
babies"
and
"ice
babies."
- DRCNET
BOOK
REVIEW:
BREAKING
RANK:
A
TOP
COP'S
EXPOSE
OF
THE
DARK
SIDE
OF
AMERICAN
POLICING
Seattle's
former
top
cop
calls
foul
on
the
state
of
affairs
in
American
policing
today.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
It's
mainly
good,
old-fashioned
larceny
this
week,
with
sticky-fingered
cops
in
Kansas,
New
Mexico
and
Texas
making
the
news,
while
a
Louisiana
justice
of
the
peace
was
trying
to
earn
a
little
on
the
side.
- THE
FEDS:
DEA
DOESN'T
FOLLOW
OWN
RULES
ON
SNITCHES,
INSPECTOR
GENERAL
SAYS
The
DEA
makes
extensive
use
of
confidential
informants
in
their
busts
and
prosecutions
--
but
does
a
poor
job
of
judging
their
credibility
or
keeping
track
of
how
much
they've
been
paid.
- METHAMPHETAMINE:
CONGRESSIONAL
DRUG
WARRIORS
KEEP
UP
PRESSURE
ON
DRUG
CZAR
Republican
drug
warriors
used
a
House
subcommittee
hearing
Tuesday
to
renew
their
criticism
of
the
Bush
administration
for
proposed
budget
cuts
that
would
affect
programs
that
target
methamphetamine.
- ASIA:
PLAN
TO
LEGALIZE
AFGHAN
OPIUM
PRODUCTION
DRAWING
ATTENTION
A
proposal
to
deal
with
Afghanistan's
opium
crop
through
purchase
for
medical
uses
rather
than
eradication
may
see
pilot
projects
start
as
soon
as
next
year.
- SEARCH
AND
SEIZURE:
FLEX
YOUR
RIGHTS
PROVIDES
CITIZENS'
GUIDE
TO
REFUSING
NEW
YORK
SUBWAY
SEARCHES
The
controversial
new
random
search
policy
in
New
York
City
has
prompted
a
controversial
new
web
site
section
from
the
civil
liberties
organization
training
organization.
- DRUGGED
DRIVING:
NO
CONVICTION
BASED
JUST
ON
MARIJUANA
TRACES,
MICHIGAN
APPEALS
COURT
RULES
Prosecutors
in
Michigan
will
have
to
prove
that
drivers
were
actually
intoxicated
to
convict
them
under
the
state's
drugged
driving
law,
a
court
has
ruled.
- MEDIA
SCAN
Time
and
New
York
Times
on
Pain,
Nadelmann
on
Controlling
Medical
Marijuana
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
OUTREACH
COORDINATOR,
STUDENTS
FOR
SENSIBLE
DRUG
POLICY
Youngish
activists
might
want
to
apply
for
this
position
to
work
with
students
from
around
the
country!
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
Showing
up
at
an
event
can
be
the
best
way
to
get
involved!
Check
out
this
week's
listings
for
events
from
today
through
next
year,
across
the
US
and
around
the
world!
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