Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #432
-- 4/21/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
subscribe for FREE now! ---- make a donation ---- search
Important New Legalization Video Now Available -- Click Here for Info or to Order!
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURE:
IN
COLOMBIA,
THE
MORE
THEY
SPRAY,
THE
MORE
THEY
GROW
Despite
$5
billion
spent
by
the
Clinton
and
Bush
administrations
trying
to
wipe
out
Colombia's
coca
crop,
cultivation
is
more
widespread
now
than
when
the
effort
first
started.
- FEATURE:
IF
IT'S
4/20,
IT
MUST
BE
NORML:
ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
GETS
UNDERWAY
IN
SAN
FRANCISCO
The
Holiday
Inn
Golden
Gate
on
Van
Ness
Avenue
in
the
heart
of
San
Francisco
looked
a
bit
looser
than
usual
Wednesday
afternoon,
as
some
500
marijuana
activists
and
aficionados
began
gathering
for
the
annual
conference
of
the
National
Organization
for
the
Reform
of
Marijuana
Laws.
- FEATURE:
MILLION
MARIJUANA
MARCHES
LOOM,
AS
DO
PERENNIAL
QUESTIONS
ABOUT
THEIR
UTILITY
Advocates
of
marijuana
legalization
are
again
preparing
to
march
in
cities
around
the
world
on
the
first
weekend
in
May.
Their
theme
this
year:
Free
Marc
Emery!
- OFFER:
IMPORTANT
NEW
LEGALIZATION
VIDEO
AVAILABLE
Get
your
copy
of
the
Law
Enforcement
Against
Prohibition
video
that
Walter
Cronkite
called
a
"must-see
for
any
journalist
or
public
official
dealing
with
[the
drug]
issue."
- FEEDBACK:
DO
YOU
READ
DRUG
WAR
CHRONICLE?
Do
you
read
Drug
War
Chronicle?
If
so,
we
need
your
feedback
to
evaluate
our
work
and
make
the
case
for
Drug
War
Chronicle
to
funders.
We
need
donations
too.
- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
More
cops
as
robbers,
another
cop
with
an
evidence
room
problem,
a
cop
running
interference
for
a
drug
gang,
and
an
FBI
Special
Agent
in
Charge
who
hung
out
with
the
wrong
folks
and
lied
about
it.
- MARIJUANA:
ALASKA
HOUSE
REJECTS
RECRIMINALIZATION
BILL
A
bill
pushed
aggressively
by
Gov.
Frank
Murkowski
that
would
challenge
a
1975
state
supreme
court
decision
legalizing
marijuana
possession
was
rejected
by
the
state
legislature
on
Wednesday.
- MARIJUANA:
UNIVERSITY
OF
MARYLAND
STUDENTS
VOTE
TO
EQUALIZE
MARIJUANA,
ALCOHOL
PENALTIES
In
a
symbolic
action,
students
at
the
University
of
Maryland
became
the
latest
to
approve
referenda
to
equalize
campus
penalties
for
marijuana
and
alcohol.
- MEDICAL
MARIJUANA:
FDA
REJECTING
MARIJUANA
AS
MEDICINE
DRAWS
SCIENTIFIC
CRITICISM
In
direct
contradiction
to
the
federally-commissioned
1999
Institute
of
Medicine
report,
the
FDA
Thursday
issued
a
statement
claiming
that
"no
sound
scientific
studies"
support
the
medical
use
of
marijuana.
- PSYCHEDELICS:
LEADING
MEDICAL
JOURNAL
CALLS
FOR
MORE
LSD
IN
RESEARCH
LABS
A
leading
British
medical
journal,
the
Lancet,
has
called
on
researchers
studying
the
brain
and
conditions
like
depression
to
experiment
with
psychedelics.
- AFRICA:
MOZAMBIQUE
OFFICIAL
REJECTS
CALLS
TO
DESTROY
FARMERS'
MARIJUANA
CROPS
Mozambique's
attorney
general
last
week
told
members
of
parliament
that
burning
down
poor
farmers'
"soruma"
fields
was
not
a
solution,
calling
instead
for
assistance
to
help
them
grow
alternative
crops.
- CARIBBEAN:
BERMUDA
DRUG
CHIEF
LEANS
TOWARD
DOWNGRADING
MARIJUANA
OFFENSES
Bermuda's
national
drug
control
minister
is
calling
for
Bermuda
to
follow
Britain's
example
and
treat
marijuana
as
less
serious
than
drugs
like
heroin
or
cocaine.
- ERRATA
Drugged
Driving
- DRUGGED
DRIVING:
THE
STATE
OF
THE
RESEARCH
With
the
Office
of
National
Drug
Control
Policy
pushing
states
across
the
country
to
adopt
zero-tolerance
Driving
Under
the
Influence
of
Drugs
laws,
research
on
the
effect
of
marijuana
on
driving
has
been
a
growth
industry
in
recent
years.
- 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!
this issue, one-page printer version
Chronicle archives
If you like what you see here
and want to get these bulletins by e-mail, please fill out our quick
signup form at https://stopthedrugwar.org/WOLSignup.shtml.
PERMISSION to reprint or
redistribute any or all of the contents of Drug War Chronicle is hereby
granted. We ask that any use of these materials include proper credit and,
where appropriate, a link to one or more of our web sites. If your
publication customarily pays for publication, DRCNet requests checks
payable to the organization. If your publication does not pay for
materials, you are free to use the materials gratis. In all cases, we
request notification for our records, including physical copies where
material has appeared in print. Contact: StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network,
P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 293-8340 (voice), (202)
293-8344 (fax), e-mail [email protected]. Thank
you.
Articles of a purely
educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of the DRCNet
Foundation, unless otherwise noted.
|
