TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Past Alerts: Oregon activists are fighting back against recriminalization
2. Proposition 200
3. International Blackmail: The word from down under is... BUSTED -- US State Department is exposed blackmailing Australia to resist reform
4. Link of the Week: Cannabis policy report makes front page news in New Zealand
5. Organization News: One new Advisory Board members signs up, while another bids farewell but not goodbye
6. Media Alert: Good discussions of medical marijuana and the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity by the New York Times
7. Quote of the Week

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