TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Taking Freedom in Vain
2. Washington State Lawyers, Doctors, Pharmacists Issue Call to End Drug War
3. Education Department Will Not Ease Student Aid Ban, Author Strongly Critical of Decision
4. Supreme Court to Hear Sentencing Case, Mandatory Minimums Could Be At Risk
5. Patients, Advocates Sue Feds for Right to Democratically Change District of Columbia Marijuana Laws
6. Bush Uses Terror War to Push Drug War
7. Italian Member of European Parliament Arrested in British Cannabis Cafe Case
8. Ohio "Treatment Not Jail" Initiative Organizers Accuse Governor, Other State Officials of Improper Lobbying
9. Texas Fights Ditchweed Menace Again
10. Oregon Activist Couple Plot POTaid Benefit Concert for Drug Reform
11. DRCNet Plans for 2002/Year-End Donations Needed
12. Media Scan: Mother Jones, Witness for Peace
13. Errata and Addendum
14. Alerts: Bolivia, HEA Drug Provision, DEA Hemp Ban, Ecstasy Bill, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana
15. The Reformer's Calendar

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