Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #424
-- 2/24/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURE:
THE
OLYMPICS
MEETS
THE
WAR
ON
DRUGS
Competition
at
the
Olympic
Games
was
overshadowed
by
a
dramatic
escalation
of
the
war
on
drugs
by
Italian
police,
who
raided
Austria's
biathlon
and
cross-country
skiing
teams
late
the
night
before
they
were
set
to
compete.
- FEATURE:
MARYLAND
DELEGATE
INTRODUCES
BILL
TO
EASE
STATE
AID
FOR
STUDENTS
AFFECTED
BY
FEDERAL
DRUG
PROVISION
A
bill
in
the
Maryland
legislature
would
help
students
who
lost
federal
financial
aid
for
college
because
of
drug
convictions
to
obtain
financial
assistance
through
state
programs.
- FEATURE:
FROM
THE
EAST
BAY,
THE
CANNABIS
CULTURE
SPEAKS
Along
with
cannabis
dispensaries,
patient
support
services
providers
and
a
gift
shop,
Oakland's
10-year
old
"Oaksterdam"
enterprise
now
has
a
newspaper
too.
- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
It's
two
for
Texas,
two
for
Tennessee
in
this
week's
rogues'
gallery,
but
also
cops
gone
bad
from
Pennsylvania
and
Maryland,
South
Carolina
and
Florida.
- AYAHUASCA:
SUPREME
COURT
OKAYS
USE
OF
PSYCHEDELIC
TEA
IN
CHURCH
RITUALS
A
unanimous
US
Supreme
Court
ruled
Monday
that
the
US
branch
of
a
Brazilian
church
may
use
a
psychedelic
tea
containing
a
controlled
substance
as
part
of
its
religious
rituals.
- PROHIBITION:
THE
WALL
STREET
JOURNAL
WAVERS
The
Wall
Street
Journal's
editorial
page
has
an
impregnable
reputation
as
a
bastion
of
conservative
thought
and
a
long
history
of
support
for
drug
prohibition.
But
something
is
going
on
at
the
nation's
second
most
widely
read
newspaper.
- MEDICAL
MARIJUANA:
ILLINOIS
BILL
MOVING,
PASSES
SENATE
COMMITTEE
A
bill
that
would
allow
seriously
ill
patients
to
use
marijuana
squeaked
by
a
state
Senate
subcommittee
with
a
one-vote
margin
last
week
and
is
now
heading
for
a
Senate
floor
vote.
- MEDICAL
MARIJUANA:
NEW
MEXICO
BILL
DIES
IN
HOUSE
AS
TIME
RUNS
OUT
For
the
second
year
in
a
row,
an
effort
to
push
a
medical
marijuana
bill
through
the
New
Mexico
legislature
has
won
passage
in
the
state
Senate
only
to
stall
in
the
House.
- SOUTHEAST
ASIA:
DRUG
WAR
SUCCESS
MEANS
POVERTY
FOR
LAOTIAN
FARMERS
A
program
to
eradicate
opium
farming
in
Laos
has
been
so
"successful"
that
farmers
there
are
now
in
dire
need
of
economic
assistance.
- CANADA:
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEW
DEMOCRATS
SAY
LEGALIZE
IT
The
leading
opposition
party
in
the
western
Canadian
province
has
officially
called
for
legalization
of
marijuana.
- SEARCH
AND
SEIZURE:
FLORIDA
APPEALS
COURT
RESTRICTS
WARRANTLESS
DRUG
DOG
SEARCHES
The
Florida
4th
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals
has
ruled
that
police
must
obtain
a
warrant
before
drug-sniffing
dogs
are
allowed
to
search
private
property.
- CELEBRITY
MOUTH:
BRUCE
WILLIS
DECLARES
WAR
ON
COCAINE
In
what
is
presumably
a
bid
to
gin
up
publicity
for
his
new
movie,
16
Blocks,
movie
tough-guy
Bruce
Willis
is
talking
tough
about
cocaine.
- WEB
SCAN
Cannabinoids
for
Cancer
Treatment,
Perjury
in
Police
Misconduct
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
COMMUNITY
LIAISON,
PREVENTIONWORKS!,
WASHINGTON,
DC
The
capital
city's
syringe
exchange/harm
reduction
program
is
hiring
a
Community
Liaison.
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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