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(renamed "Drug War Chronicle" effective issue #300, August 2003)

Issue #199, 8/17/01

"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"

Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

  1. Editorial: Let Justice Be Done
  2. US Global Lead in Imprisonment Still Safe: State Prison Populations Begin to Decline but Feds Make Up Difference
  3. Prison Industry Confab Gets Heated Reception in Philadelphia
  4. Mandatory Minimums Under Threat, Supreme Court Showdown Looming After 9th Circuit Rules Against Certain Drug Sentencing Laws
  5. Oregon Bar Ethics Brouhaha Continues: Feds Still Refusing to Authorize Undercover Operations, State Narcs Could Be Out There
  6. Department of Education Cites Pressure to Modify Restrictions on Financial Aid
  7. Australia: Top Cops Propose "Heroin Bank," Political Firestorm Ensues as Prime Minister Nixes Idea
  8. Chess Players Become Drug Tested Pawns in Game's Bid for Olympic Status, Players Not Amused
  9. Vermont Governor Leads Way in Restricting Oxycontin for the Poor
  10. Weitzel Prosecution Condemned by Leading Pain Specialist
  11. Marijuana Extracts for Pain Study to Begin in Canada
  12. DRCNet Book Review: Hooked: Five Addicts Challenge Our Misguided Drug Rehab System
  13. T-shirts for Victory! Special Offer and Appeal from DRCNet This Month
  14. Action Alerts: Ecstasy Bill, HEA, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana, John Walters
  15. HEA Campaign Still Seeking Student Victim Cases -- New York Metropolitan Area Especially Urgent
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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