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Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy

Along with our weekly in-depth Chronicle reporting, DRCNet has since late summer also been providing daily content in the way of blogging in the Stop the Drug War Speakeasy, as well as Latest News links (upper right-hand corner of most web pages), event listings (lower right-hand corner) and other info. Check out DRCNet every day to stay on top of the drug reform game!

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This week:

Scott Morgan blogs about "Reuters Admits Flawed Marijuana Reporting," "What Do Cops Think About the Atlanta Indictments?," "Racial Profiling: Another DOJ Cover-up?," "Meth Makes You Do Stupid Things" (he's talking about the government) and "Narcing for Fun and Profit."

Phil Smith ponders "Sonoma County and the Future of Marijuana."

David Borden links to background info (some of it going years back) on the Hurwitz case and the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity.

Check them out at http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy -- we encourage you to post comments.

Also check out our "In the Trenches" activist feed for a plethora of press releases, action alerts, job listings and other interesting items reposted from many allied organizations around the world. And please join our Reader Blogs where you can become an author in the DRCNet community too.

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