Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #447
-- 8/4/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
SOMETIMES
THEY
TELL
THE
TRUTH
Whether
the
good
or
the
truly
horrid,
much
can
be
learned
about
drug
policy
during
those
rare
moments
when
public
officials
tell
the
truth
about
it.
- FEATURE:
BRITISH
PARLIAMENTARY
COMMITTEE
SLAMS
DRUG
CLASSIFICATION
SCHEME,
CALLS
FOR
EVIDENCE-BASED
SYSTEM
A
parliamentary
select
committee
has
issued
a
report
calling
Britain's
drug
classification
scheme
outmoded,
ineffective,
and
based
more
on
politics
than
science.
- FEATURE:
AS
FIGHTING
FLARES
IN
SOUTHERN
AFGHANISTAN,
SUPPORT
FOR
LICENSED
OPIUM
PRODUCTION
GROWS
As
NATO
takes
over
in
southern
Afghanistan,
fighting
is
flaring
and
opium
is
driving
much
of
it.
Now,
European
politicians
are
beginning
to
embrace
a
controversial
opium
licensing
scheme.
- IN
MEMORIAM:
METHADONE
PIONEER
VINCENT
P.
DOLE
Vincent
Dole,
a
legendary
figure
in
addiction
treatment
who
has
countless
saved
lives
to
his
credit,
has
passed
at
age
93.
- ANNOUNCEMENT:
SICK
EDITOR
=
SHORT
ISSUE
Summer
pneumonia
cut
into
the
Chronicle
editor's
work
week,
but
he's
already
recovering.
- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
Another
sheriff
who
couldn't
resist
temptation,
another
drug-dealing
cop,
and
something
smells
mighty
bad
in
a
Mississippi
anti-drug
task
force.
- HARM
REDUCTION:
DRUG
CZAR'S
OFFICE
OPPOSES
LETTING
HEROIN
USERS
HAVE
EASY
ACCESS
TO
OVERDOSE
ANTIDOTE
The
drug
czar's
office
wants
to
make
sure
drugs
kill
--
to
prove
that
drugs
kill.
- MARIJUANA:
SEATTLE
HEMPFEST
SUES
CITY,
ART
MUSEUM
OVER
PERMITTING,
ACCESS
Who
would
have
thought
the
world's
premier
marijuana
law
reform
rally
would
have
to
sue
one
of
the
most
progressive
cities
in
the
country?
- LATIN
AMERICA:
NEW
REPORT
SAYS
COLOMBIAN
COCAINE
PRODUCTION
SERIOUSLY
UNDERESTIMATED
Despite
billions
of
dollars
in
US
aid,
Colombian
cocaine
production
remains
at
near
record
levels.
Or
is
it
even
more?
A
new
report
raises
serious
questions.
- WEB
SCAN
Stamper
for
Alternet,
DrugTruth
Radio,
DrugScience.org,
Cannabis
Churches
- 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
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