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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle" target="_blank">Drug War Chronicle - Issue #619 - 2/5/10</a></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/2011_federal_drug_budget" title="The Obama administration released its Fiscal Year 2011 budget proposal this week, including the federal drug control budget. On the drug budget, the Obama administration is generally following the same course as the Bush administration and appears to be f..." target="_blank">Feature: Obama Seeks Increase in Drug War Spending in a Drug Budget on Autopilot</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/cia_peru_plane_shoot_down_american_missionaries_veronica_bowers" title="Nearly nine years ago, a Peruvian air force fighter guided by CIA employees in a spotter plane blew a civilian aircraft out of the sky over the Amazon, thinking it was shooting down drug smugglers. But the plane was not carrying drug smugglers; it was car..." target="_blank">Feature: CIA Misled Congress, Dragged Feet on Disciplining Employees in Killings of US Citizens in Peru Drug War Plane Shootdown</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/police_drug_corruption" title="Rogue narcs in Camden, cops dealing weed out of police cars, a crooked DARE officer, cops helping dealers, and, of course, another prison guard goes down, more jail and prison guards go down. Let\'s get to it: In Camden, New Jersey, the FBI is investigati..." target="_blank">Law Enforcement: This Week\'s Corrupt Cops Stories</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/mexico_drug_war_update" title="by Bernd Debusmann, Jr. Mexican drug trafficking organizations make billions each year trafficking illegal drugs into the United States, profiting enormously from the prohibitionist drug policies of the US government. Since Mexican president Felipe Calder..." target="_blank">Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/rhode_island_medical_marijuana_decriminalization_commission" title="It\'s been a big week for marijuana at the statehouse in Providence, with lawmakers Tuesday introducing a decriminalization bill and hearing testimony on the effects of marijuana prohibition Wednesday. Also this week, the state Department of Health held t..." target="_blank">Marijuana: It\'s Pot Week in Providence as Rhode Island Solons Introduce Decrim Bill, Ponder Prohibition</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/colorado_medical_marijuana_regulations_bill_passes_senate_doctors" title="Colorado state medical marijuana application  Stunned at the rapid increase in the number of registered medical marijuana patients in the state, the Colorado Senate voted overwhelmingly Monday to impose new restrictions on physicians who make medical mari..." target="_blank">Medical Marijuana: Colorado Senate Passes Bill to Restrict Physicians\' Recommending</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/meth_labs_pseudoephedrine_prescription_bills" title="Meth lab busts nationwide were up 27% last year over the previous year, according to the DEA, and state legislatures, prodded by law enforcement, are responding with a new batch of bills to ban pseudoephedrine, a key ingredient in home-cooked meth, but al..." target="_blank">Methamphetamine: Cold Sufferers Caught in the Crosshairs</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/missouri_senate_committee_passes_welfare_drug_test_bill" title="A Missouri state Senate committee voted Tuesday to approve a bill that would require welfare recipients and applicants to pass a drug test in order to receive government aid. The bill, SB 607, passed the Senate Health, Mental Health, Seniors, and Families..." target="_blank">Drug Testing: Missouri Senate Committee Passes Bill to Drug Test Welfare Recipients</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/lawsuit_kenneth_howe_police_marijuana_joint" title="The family of a Massachusetts man who died in police custody after being stopped at sobriety checkpoint filed a federal lawsuit January 28 claiming police beat him to death. The federal civil rights and wrongful death lawsuit names dozens of state trooper..." target="_blank">Law Enforcement: Massachusetts Family Sues, Claims Man Beaten to Death by Police after Caught Smoking Joint at Sobriety Checkpoint</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/anthrax_heroin_death_toll_at_ten" title="The death toll from anthrax-tainted heroin in Europe has risen to 10 as Health Protection Scotland confirmed that a heroin user who died in the Glasgow area on December 12 was infected with anthrax. Nine of the 10 deaths occurred in Scotland; the other oc..." target="_blank">Europe: Anthrax-Tainted Heroin Death Toll Up to Ten</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/did_you_know_medical_marijuana_facts_from_procon" title="Did you know the FDA identified marijuana as a primary cause of death in zero cases from 1997 through mid-2005, while FDA-approved drugs prescribed in lieu of medical marijuana are suspected of causing hundreds of deaths? See Deaths from Marijuana v. 17 F..." target="_blank">Did You Know? FDA Stats on Deaths Related to Marijuana vs. Other Drugs, on ProCon.org</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/drug_war_history" title="February 9, 1909: Congress passes the Opium Exclusion Act. February 8, 1914: In an example of the role of racial prejudice in the genesis of US drug laws, The New York Times publishes an article entitled \"Negro Cocaine \'Fiends\' New Southern Menace.\" F..." target="_blank">Weekly: This Week in History</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/blogging_at_the_speakeasy" title="Along with our weekly in-depth Chronicle reporting, DRCNet also provides daily content in the way of blogging in the Stop the Drug War Speakeasy -- huge numbers of people have been reading it recently -- as well as Latest News links (upper right-hand corn..." target="_blank">Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/drcnet_internships_to_stop_the_drug_war" title="Want to help end the \"war on drugs,\" while earning college credit too? Apply for a StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) internship and you could come join the team and help us fight the fight! StoptheDrugWar has a strong record of providing substantive work expe..." target="_blank">Students: Intern at StoptheDrugWar.org (DRCNet) and Help Stop the Drug War!</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/frostd_harm_reduction_coordinator_job" title="This position is responsible for providing an array of mobile-based harm reduction services including individual and group counseling to people living with and at risk for HIV/AIDS, rapid HIV testing, substance use and sexually transmitted infections (STI..." target="_blank">Job Opportunity: Harm Reduction Counselor/Outreach Worker/Driver, FROST\'D at Harlem United, New York, NY</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/619/anpud_regional_coordinator_position" title="The Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD) is an issues-based membership network that has the MIPUD principle (Meaningful Involvement of People who Use Drugs) as its guiding philosophy. ANPUD\'s goal is to ensure that people who use drugs in Asia e..." target="_blank">Job Opportunity: Regional Coordinator, Asian Network of People who Use Drugs (ANPUD), Bangkok, Thailand</a><br />');
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