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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 gets a hit on reddit.com with "Justices Stevens, Souter, & Ginsburg: Drug Policy Reform Sympathizers?," and opines on "Marijuana Policy Reformers Don't ''Hide Behind AIDS and Cancer Patients','" "Is it Ok to Out Prohibitionist Politicians for Past Pot Use? Yes," "DEA Official: Marijuana Will Kill You," "ONDCP Still Fuming About New Mexico's Medical Marijuana Law," "Bong Hits 4 Jesus: Today's Ruling Does Not Affect Political Speech" and "Do Firefighters Get Stoned When a Stashhouse Burns Down?"

Phil Smith authors "Let's Celebrate UN Anti-Drug Day... By Killing People," "The Latest Imprisonment Numbers Are Out; No Surprises," and "Plane Crash, Missing Person Search Hinder Pot Crop."

David Borden pens "Newark's leaders are starting to talk sense -- maybe big time," "Christiania is in trouble again (video)," and "''End Racial Profiling Act'' coming to Congress soon..."

David Guard has been busy too, posting a plethora of press releases, action alerts, job listings and other interesting items reposted from many allied organizations around the world in our "In the Trenches" activist feed.

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