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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. British Correspondents Needed for The Week Online
2. Harvard Study Finds Mandatory Sentences Wasteful
3. Study Finds Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences in Alabama: Really? Hmm
4. Clinton Backs UN Drug Czar's Plan to Give Economic Aid to the Taliban in Exchange for Opium Eradication
5. New Hampshire Legislator Introduces Medical Marijuana, Hemp Bills: "It's time to discuss these issues" says lawmaker
6. Prohibition-Induced Gang Warfare on Native American Reservation: 50 shots fired between children battling over drug turf
7. Colombia Passes Extradition Legislation... But it Won't be Retroactive
8. Mexico: Gun Battle at Border Kills Guard, and Newspaper Editor Shot by Cartel. More Prohibition-related violence
9. UK's New "Drug Czar" Rejects Legalization of Cannabis
10. Quote of the Week: Mr. Hellawell should hear what was said about the possibility of repealing Alcohol Prohibition in America!
11. Drug Policy Institute Accepting Applications
12. Editorial: Supporting barbarians in the drug war

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