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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Global Days Against the Drug War -- Demonstrations Planned to Protest U.N. Special Session on Narcotics -- Please Join the Coalition
2. President's Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS Votes "No Confidence" in Administration -- Demands Immediate Action on Syringe Exchange
3. Major New Study Calls for Treatment Instead of Prisons
4. The Makings of a Constitutional Crisis? California City Officials Back Medical Marijuana Outlets vs. Feds
5. Medical Marijuana Ballot Proposal Filed in Nevada
6. Heicklen Update: Penn State Professor Still Challenging System
7. California Cops Teach Parenting Classes -- "Lie to your kids," They Say
8. Illinois Study Finds D.A.R.E. Graduates Using More Drugs than Their Peers
9. Federal Agency Finds International Drug War a Total Failure
10. Medical Marijuana Patient/Activist Meets with Canadian Health Minister
11. UK Cannabis Campaign -- 2 out of 3 New MP's Favor Royal Commission Review of Drug Laws
12. American Choice for President of Colombia Quits Campaign
13. Malaysia to Drug Test Students
14. Editorial: A Call Goes Up for Public Health, but Our Government is at War

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