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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Please Respond! Recovered Addict Arrested and Incarcerated for Fleeing Treatment -- in 1972!
2. Officials in Oakland, San Francisco Oppose Federal Efforts to Close Medical Marijuana Outlets
3. ...and Mendocino County Sends Even A Stronger Message
4. Florida's Cabinet Votes to Oppose Medical Marijuana Initiative
5. High School Libraries Censor Marijuana Research Book Despite Wide Scientific Praise
6. Penn State Professor Stages Second Protest -- and is Assaulted by Campus Police Chief
7. 44 Ohio Cops Charged with Drug-Corruption
8. Reno Delays Release of CIA/Crack Cocaine Report
9. Former Mexican Governor Arrested for Money Laundering
10. Drugs for Arms in Northern Ireland
11. Former Scotland Yard Drug Chief Urges Legalization of Drugs
12. Editorial: Prosecutorial Discretion and the Death of Common Sense

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