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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 #609 - 11/20/09</a></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/medical_marijuana_state_legislatures" title="Medical marijuana has gone mainstream. It routinely receives above 70% in public opinion polls, it has been legalized in 13 states, and this year 18 more states either tried or are still trying to pass medical marijuana laws. It was also the subject of le..." target="_blank">Feature: Medical Marijuana in State Legislatures -- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/2009_international_drug_policy_reform_conference_albuquerque" title="Jazzed by the sense that the tide is finally turning their way, more than a thousand people interested in changing drug policies flooded into Albuquerque, New Mexico, last weekend for the 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference, hosted by the Dru..." target="_blank">Feature: Fired Up in Albuquerque -- The 2009 International Drug Policy Reform Conference</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/do_you_read_drug_war_chronicle" title="Do you read Drug War Chronicle? If so, we\'d like to hear from you. DRCNet needs two things:  We are in between newsletter grants, and that makes our need for donations more pressing. Drug War Chronicle is free to read but not to produce! Click here to ma..." target="_blank">Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/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/609/police_drug_corruption" title="One New Jersey prison guard gets indicted and another gets sentenced. There\'s also another Customs officer lured by lucre, a meth-slinging Indiana cop, and a Colorado cop turned pill provider. Let\'s get to it: If we can&#039;t keep drugs out of the pris..." 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/609/mexico_former_foreign_minister_castaneda_army_killing_drug_gang_members" title="Jorge Castaņeda, Mexico\'s foreign minister under President Vicente Fox, said Saturday that the Mexican military is engaging in the extrajudicial execution of members of drug trafficking organizations. The frank and surprising comments came as Castaņeda s..." target="_blank">Latin America: Former Mexican Foreigner Minister Accuses Army of Extra-Judicial Executions in Drug War</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/david_nutt_ACMD_decriminalize_marijuana" title="Professor David Nutt, the former head of Britain\'s Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), who was fired late last month by Home Secretary Alan Johnson for criticizing the government\'s drug policies as driven by politics instead of science, is n..." target="_blank">Europe: Fired British Drug Advisor Calls for Royal Commission on Marijuana Decriminalization</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/los_angeles_city_council_medical_marijuana_dispenary_ordinance" title="For four years, the Los Angeles City Council has been wrestling with how to regulate the city\'s rapidly growing number of medical marijuana dispensaries. When the council started, there were four dispensaries in the city. When it initiated a moratorium o..." target="_blank">Medical Marijuana: Battle Over Regulating Los Angeles Dispensaries Drags On, But Council Rejects Prosecutor\'s Advice</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/rhode_island_mandatory_minimum_drug_sentences" title="As of last week, Rhode Island sentencing reforms that eliminate mandatory minimums for drug offenses have taken effect. The sentencing reforms were embodied in H 5007 and its companion bill, S 039, which were passed by the General Assembly on October 29 a..." target="_blank">Sentencing: Era of Mandatory Minimums for Drugs Comes to an End in Rhode Island</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/tennessee_prison_budget" title="Faced with a demand from Gov. Phil Bredesen (R) that all state agencies slash their budgets by 9%, the Tennessee Department of Corrections has responded with a plan to free somewhere between 3,000 and 4,000 prisoners before they have finished serving thei..." target="_blank">Budget Crunch: Tennessee Could Free 4,000 Prisoners in Bid to Cut Costs</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/k-2_synthetic_marijuana_kansas_peggy_mast" title="An herbal preparation containing synthetic cannabinoids has show up in Kansas, and a prohibitionist Kansas politician has a reflex response: Ban it. The preparation, sold under the name K-2 is available over the Internet and at selected shops in the Kansa..." target="_blank">Prohibition: Kansas Politician Hears of New Drug, Responds with Plan to Ban It</a><br />');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/609/drug_war_history" title="November 23, 1919: Mescaline is first isolated and identified by Dr. Arthur Heffter. November 22, 1963: Aldous Huxley uses LSD to enhance his awareness as he dies. November 22, 1975: Colombian police seize 600 kilos from a small plane at the Cali airport ..." 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/609/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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