TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Climb Aboard DRCNet's Campaign '97!
2. International: Mexico, Colombia, Australia
3. War in California: Officials say that Mexican narcotics traffickers are increasingly involved in cultivating marijuana within our own borders
4. Oops: State and Federal agents in Massachusetts raid the wrong house and coerce owner into allowing a warrantless search
5. War on Free Assembly: Seattle's recent Hempfest marred by official mistakes and inappropriate police presence
6. Events -- Trenton, Boston, Denver, Baltimore
7. Link of the Week: Mother's Voices on Needle Exchange
8. Quote of the Week: Joseph Califano Says More Snitches in Schools, Jerome Miller Says No Way
9. Editorial: The Clinton Administration's refusal to act on needle exchange is a sad triumph of politics over government

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