TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Economic Realities
2. Proposed New Medical Marijuana Initiative Would Create State-Controlled Medical Marijuana Distribution System
3. Feds Lose "Crack House" Case Against Florida Rave Club Owners
4. Rave Wars Come to Austin: Cops Threaten Club Owners, Promoters, Negotiations Under Way
5. Western Australia Decriminalizes Marijuana Possession, Approves Heroin Trials, Rejects Safe Injecting Rooms
6. The Good, the Bad and the Well-Deserved: Needle Exchange Updates on San Diego, Albuquerque and Chicago
7. European Drug Monitoring Center Releases Annual Report: Concerns About Cocaine, Ecstasy, HIV/AIDS
8. Lebanese Government Looks the Other Way as Farmers Harvest Hash Crop, Poppies Now Being Planted
9. The Souder Files: This Week's Words of Wisdom
10. Higher Education Act Reform Campaign Gains New Endorsements
11. Media Scan: National Review on Medical Marijuana
12. Alerts: HEA Drug Provision, Drug Czar Nomination, Sembler Nomination, DEA Hemp Ban, Ecstasy Bill, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana
13. The Reformer's Calendar

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