Tapes from the sessions of
the Second National Clinical Conference on Cannabis Therapeutics, held
last May in Portland, OR, are now available for purchase, $8 each plus
$2 shipping. For information or to order, contact Patients Out of
Time, 1472 Fish Pond Rd., Howardsville, VA 24562, (434) 263-4484 or Al@medicalcannabis.com.
The latest issue of the Drug
War Monitor, a publication of the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA),
focuses on "Collateral Damage: US Drug Control in the Andes," an overview
of the impact of drug trafficking and US international counternarcotics
policy on human rights and democratization trends throughout Latin America
and the Caribbean. It is adapted from "Drug Trafficking and the Role
of the United States in the Andes," a chapter of a forthcoming book, "Politics
in the Andes: Identity, Conflict, Reform," University of Pittsburgh
Press. Visit http://www.wola.org
to read the report online, or order a hardcopy for $2 from: Washington
Office on Latin America, 1630 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 200, Washington,
DC 20009.
Jacob Sullum comments on
the government's anti-drug ads in Reason:
http://www.reason.com/links/links120902.shtml
Deborah Saunders calls for
freedom for mandatory minimum prisoner Clarence Aaron, in the San Francisco
Chronicle:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle-old/archive/2002/12/10/ED169533.DTL
-- END --
|
Issue #267, 12/13/02
DRCNet Needs Your Help! | Editorial: O, Canada! (Oh, the Embarrassment!) | Canadian House Drugs Committee Calls for Cannabis Decrim, Safe Injection Sites, Heroin Maintenance | Canadian Justice Minister Calls for Cannabis Decrim "Early Next Year" -- US Opposition Could Pose Obstacle | Britain Drops Old Drug Strategy Targets, Goals Were "Not Credible" -- New Strategy a Mixed Bag | Michigan Legislature Repeals Draconian Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences | New Jersey Court Declares State's Civil Forfeiture Funding Scheme Unconstitutional | Newsbrief: Santa Cruz Deputizes Medical Marijuana Providers | Newsbrief: Massachusetts High Court Blocks Arrest of Needle Exchange Participants | Newsbrief: Colombia -- It's Drug War -- No, Oil War -- No, Terror War | Newsbrief: British Ex-Minister Calls Ecstasy Law "An Ass" | Newsbrief: Israeli Green Leaf Party Eyes Knesset Seats | Newsbrief: Illinois Supreme Court Limits Use of Drug Dogs in Traffic Stops | Newsbrief: Paramilitary Drug Raid Tactics Anger Eugene Residents | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story | Newsbrief: SAMHSA Says Treat Drug Abusers' Mental Illness | Media and Resources: Medical Cannabis Conference Tapes, WOLA Report, Jacob Sullum in Reason, Deborah Saunders in SF Chronicle | Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum | The Reformer's Calendar
|
This issue -- main page
This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
Chronicle archives
|
PERMISSION to reprint or
redistribute any or all of the contents of Drug War Chronicle (formerly The Week Online with DRCNet is hereby
granted. We ask that any use of these materials include proper credit and,
where appropriate, a link to one or more of our web sites. If your
publication customarily pays for publication, DRCNet requests checks
payable to the organization. If your publication does not pay for
materials, you are free to use the materials gratis. In all cases, we
request notification for our records, including physical copies where
material has appeared in print. Contact: StoptheDrugWar.org: the Drug Reform Coordination Network,
P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036, (202) 293-8340 (voice), (202)
293-8344 (fax), e-mail drcnet@drcnet.org. Thank
you.
Articles of a purely
educational nature in Drug War Chronicle appear courtesy of the DRCNet
Foundation, unless otherwise noted.
