TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Corrections System Continues to Bloat With 458,000 Drug War Prisoners: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Justice Policy Institute Crunch the Numbers in Separate Reports
2. Supreme Court Rules, Federal Sentencing Structures Tremble
3. See You in Philly: Shadow Convention Set to Convene Sunday
4. Forbes Exposes McCaffrey's Crusade Against "Cheech and Chong Medicine"
5. Drug Policy Letter Issue Focuses on Drug War Prisoners, DRCNet Launches New Prison/Incarceration Info List
6. Six of One, Half a Dozen of the Other: Important Amendments to Anti-Methamphetamine Act
7. Newsbrief: Recalcitrant Feds to Appeal Oakland Marijuana Club Decision
8. Liar of the Week
9. Media Scan: salon.com, Washington Post
10. AlertS: Colombia, Mandatory Minimums, California, New York, Washington
11. HEA Campaign
12. Event Calendar
13. Editorial: Shocking Incrementalism

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