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Media
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Resources
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4/5/02
Check out the Drug Policy
Alliance's animated graphic created for April Fool's Day, about the Bush
administration changing its mind about drugs:
http://www.drugpolicy.org/changeofheart/
The November Coalition has
launched a new petition; sign it at http://www.november.org/razorwire/2002-01spring/petitionforrelief.html
online.
The Ecosolidarity Working
Group has announced a report, "Andes on Fire: The War for Latin America,"
examining the destructive environmental impact of the Andean drug war on
the region's highly diverse ecosystem. Access it online at:
http://www.bluegreenearth.com
or http://www.bluegreenearth.com/article/feature5.html
Arianna Huffington blasts
the Supreme Court's drug-public housing decision -- read her column online
at:
http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/040102.html
Salon.com and DrugWar.com
have both run revealing articles about the drug war's chilling impact on
pain control:
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2002/04/04/no_relief
and http://www.drugwar.com/cn1.shtm
The Boston Phoenix has run
an interesting story on the DEA vs. hemp foods controversy:
http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/news_features/top/features/documents/02219273.htm
Peter Lewis, chairman of
Progressive and one of the top funders in drug policy reform, was interviewed
on the Charlie Rose show this week. Discussion of drug reform begins
about 18 minutes into this 25-minute interview:
http://media5.bloomberg.com:443/cgi-bin/getavfile.cgi?A=19626210
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Issue #231, 4/5/02
Editorial: Contrasts | Supreme Court to Review California's Three-Strikes Sentencing Law | US Alternative Development Plan in Colombia a Failure, Say Officials, Will Be Abandoned in Favor of Spraying and Bullets | Uncovered Documents Reveal State Department Cover-Up of Bolivian Police Murder of Coca Growers Union Leader | US Abandoning Afghan Opium Eradication Effort | National Prescription Heroin Trials Urged in Australia, Prime Minister Remains an Obstacle | Something New Under the Sun: Scots Offer Retox to Prisoners | Upper Class Marijuana Busts Could Lead to Cracks in South Korean Drug War Consensus | DEA Head Calls Mexican Cartels Terrorists in Effort to Link Vastly Different Phenomenon | Media and Resources Online | Alerts: HEA, Bolivia, DEA Hemp Ban, SuperBowl Ad, Ecstasy Legislation, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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