TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Reform Isn't Good Enough This Time
2. Higher Education Organizations Ask Incoming DEA Chief Hutchinson to Review, Reject Higher Education Act Anti-Drug Provision
3. Bill Introduced by Congresswoman Maxine Waters Would Eliminate Mandatory Minimums in Federal Drug Sentencing, Vaporize Crack-Cocaine Disparity
4. Missouri Governor Signs Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill, Legislature Urges Heightened Ecstasy Penalties
5. Oxycontin the New Drug Plague? Don't Believe the Hype
6. Study Finds Drug Education Programs Ineffective, Plagued By Politics, Author Suggests Involving Educators
7. Syringe Exchange Programs Grow in Scope, Effectiveness, Centers for Disease Control Find
8. UN Drug Agency Casts Evil Eye on Australian Safe Injection Room Again
9. British Columbia Marijuana Party Polls 3.50% in Provincial Elections, May Morph Into Multi-Issue "Freedom Party"
10. Drug Policies for the New Millenium: TLC-DPF Conference to Convene in Albuquerque Next Week
11. Action Alerts: Drug Czar Nomination, HEA Drug Provision, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana
12. Do You Read the Week Online?
13. Media Scan: TomPaine.com, New Republic, World Net Daily
14. The Reformer's Calendar
15. Job Opportunity: NYC Harm Reduction

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