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Issue #272, 1/17/03
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign
- The Road to Mérida: Interview with Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Anthropologist and Former Rector of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
- The Road to Mérida: Interview with Al Giordano, publisher of Narco News
- Bolivian Government Represses Coca Protests, Four Dead... So Far
- Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Judge Blocks Mention of Prop. 215, Has Trouble Seating Jury
- Canadian Prime Minister Promises Motion on Decriminalization as Courts Continue to Chip Away at Marijuana Laws
- Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
- Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 15-Dec Febrero, Mérida, México
- Newsbrief: Souder Pushes Partial HEA Reform, Frank to Reintroduce Drug Provision Repeal Bill
- Newsbrief: Racine Caves Before the Ravers
- Newsbrief: MPP "War on Drug Czar" Continues -- State Reacts to Allegations
- Newsbrief: 12 Dead in Brazil as Drug Police Raid Shantytowns
- Newsbrief: Mexican Soldiers Bust Narcs
- Newsbrief: Colombian President Seeks Iraq-Like Mobilization Against Traffickers
- Newsbrief: Some Colombian Terrorists May Be More Equal Than Others
- Newsbrief: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Disqualifies Marijuana Legalization Petition Signatures, Proponents Vow Fight
- Newsbrief: Return of the RAVE Act
- Newsbrief: Ecstasy Rarely Kills, British Study Finds
- Alan Shoemaker Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund Needs Support
- Media Scan: Washington on Forchion, Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Walters, Szasz on Drug Medicalization, Bruce McKinney, GAO on DARE
- DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
- The Reformer's Calendar
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