Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #403
-- 9/16/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURE:
JUDGES
AND
LEGISLATORS
FROM
ACROSS
LATIN
AMERICA
CALL
FOR
RADICAL
DRUG
LAW
REFORM
Attendees
at
last
week's
Buenos
Aires
saw
something
rare
in
North
America:
the
active
participation
of
judges,
senators
and
congressman
from
across
the
continent
calling
for
radical
reform
of
the
drug
laws.
- FEATURE:
REFORMA
ISSUES
THE
BUENOS
AIRES
DECLARATION,
EYES
2008
VIENNA
UN
SESSION
In
parallel
with
the
1st
Latin
American
Conference
on
Drug
Policy
Reform
and
the
1st
Regional
Symposium
of
Legislators
and
Judges
on
Drug
Policy,
the
umbrella
regional
anti-prohibitionist
coalition
REFORMA
held
a
series
of
meetings
to
chart
strategy
for
both
the
national
and
international
levels.
- FEATURE:
CANNABIS
CULTURE
IN
BUENOS
AIRES
--
ALIVE
AND
SMOKIN',
BUT
WITH
ONE
EYE
PEELED
FOR
THE
POLICE
Marijuana
was
by
no
means
the
primary
focus
of
last
week's
Latin
American
drug
policy
reform
conference.
But
in
host
city
Buenos
Aires
as
everywhere,
its
users
and
supporters
make
up
a
good
chunk
of
the
movement.
- EUROPE:
FORMER
SCOTTISH
HIGH
COURT
JUDGE
SAYS
LEGALIZE
IT
A
week
after
a
leading
British
Conservative
suggested
drug
legalization,
former
judge
of
the
Scottish
High
Court
Lord
McCluskey
has
added
his
voice
as
well.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
We
go
from
the
small-time
to
the
big
time
(and
the
big
house)
this
week,
as
a
Colorado
deputy
gets
caught
smuggling
drugs
to
prisoners
and
a
New
Jersey
State
Police
veteran
is
indicted
as
part
of
a
massive
drug
conspiracy.
- CANADA:
LIBERALS
GIVE
UP
ON
MARIJUANA
DECRIMINALIZATION
BILL
FOR
NOW
The
Liberal
government's
much
unloved
marijuana
decriminalization
bill
is
dead
--
at
least
until
after
the
next
elections.
- HEALTH
CANADA
REVISITS
PROPOSAL
TO
DISTRIBUTE
MEDICAL
CANNABIS
IN
LICENSED
PHARMACIES
Health
Canada
may
resurrect
a
proposal
to
make
government
grown
medicinal
cannabis
available
in
licensed
pharmacies,
according
to
Canadian
press
reports
and
NORML.
- LATIN
AMERICA:
IN
CONTINUING
SPAT,
US
DECERTIFIES
VENEZUELA
FOR
LACK
OF
ANTI-DRUG
COOPERATION
The
Bush-Chavez
feud
took
another
turn
for
the
worse
Thursday
as
the
State
Department
added
Venezuela
to
its
annual
list
of
countries
it
says
are
not
adequately
waging
the
war
on
drugs.
- WEB
SCAN
Cato
Pain
Forum,
Slate
on
Rehnquist
and
Placidyl,
Alternet
on
the
Marijuana
War,
NORML
Video
Blog
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
Showing
up
at
an
event
can
be
the
best
way
to
get
involved!
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out
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week's
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year,
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