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Media
Scan:
Arianna
Huffington
6/7/02
Arianna Huffington points
the finger at the federal government's skewed priorities that kept the
FBI's focus on drugs while the agency dropped the ball on warning signs
of terrorist attacks:
http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/060302.html
An upcoming article in the
University of Iowa's Journal of Race, Gender and Justice lays out legal
arguments to be used in lawsuits against the Higher Education Act's drug
provision. "How to Construct an Underclass, or How the War on Drugs
Became a War on Education," was written by law professors Eric Blumenson
and Eva Nilsen of Suffolk and Boston University law schools. The
complete citation is 6 Univ. of Iowa Journal of Gender, Race and Justice
61 (2002), and we have posted the article online, with permission:
http://www.raiseyourvoice.com/blumensonnilsen.pdf
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Issue #240, 6/7/02
Editorial: Time for Action | Feds Move to Seize LA Cannabis Resource Center, Hunger Strike Underway | Medical Marijuana Supporters Turn to Civil Disobedience, Direct Action | Rave Regulation Bill Passes California Assembly on Unanimous Vote, Heads for Senate | Cops Jockey for More Drug War Funds in Wake of FBI Revamp | Hot Topic: Adolescent Drug Treatment Abuse Conference Begins in St. Petersburg Tomorrow | Newsbrief: Wiretaps Up, Drug Investigations Behind Most, Feds Report | Newsbrief: New Mexico Governor Commutes Sentence of Raped Prisoner | Newsbrief: Fort Worth Police Chief Dares to Cut DARE | Newsbrief: Afghan Opium Harvest Estimated at 3,000 Tons | Newsbrief: Buds in Bhutan | Media Scan: Arianna Huffington | Grant Program: Tides Foundation RFPs for Latin America, Prop. 36 Implementation and Overdose Prevention | New DRCNet/StopTheDrugWar.org Merchandise Out -- Discounted Purchase Available | The Reformer's Calendar
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