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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Web Magazine Rates Drug Library a Perfect Five
2. DPF Conference This Month: The 11th International Conference on Drug Policy taking place in New Orleans
3. Swiss Vote Overwhelmingly Against Zero-Tolerance
4. House Judiciary Committee holds hearings on medical marijuana
5. Needle Exchange Funding: Grant info for large, small and start-up needle exchange programs
6. Substance Abuse Research Grants: Call for proposals from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
7. McCaffrey and Methadone
8. British Newspaper Launches Campaign to Legalize Cannabis
9. Rash of Overdoses in Australia
10. Colombian President Defends His Drug War Record
11. Link of the Week: Monitoring the Colombia situation
12. Quote of the Week: An about face by ex-general McCaffrey on the public's ability to decide the medical marijuana issue
13. Editorial: The Swiss opt out of another war

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