TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. California Medical Marijuana: One Step Forward, One Step Back in Federal Courts
2. Supreme Court's Apprendi Ruling Results in More Sentence Reductions, Ramifications Still Uncertain, Could Affect Thousands
3. Colombia: For Clinton, Drug War Trumps Human Rights, Light at End of Tunnel Recedes Even as War Effort Gets Underway
4. South Dakota: Drug War Cowboys Raid Reservation Hemp Fields, Medical Marijuana Bill Emerges
5. San Diego City Council Moves Toward City-Sanctioned Needle Exchange Program
6. Nader Calls for Marijuana Legalization, "Harm Reduction" for Other Drugs
7. McCaffrey and His Mendacious Minions: At It Again
8. Drug Czar Wants to 'Check' Chess Players For Drug Use
9. Drug Policy Grant Program
10. Event Calendar
11. Editorial: Hemp Lunacy

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