Latin
American
Anti-Prohibition
Conference,
February
12-15,
Mérida,
Yucatán,
Mexico
1/24/03
Out from the Shadows:
Ending Drug Prohibition in the 21st Century
an international conference
series uniting reform forces in a call for global sanity
Please join activists, academics,
politicians, journalists and others in Mérida for the first Latin
America-wide summit opposing drug prohibition. Be a part of this historic
gathering! Meet, listen, talk, collaborate and show your solidarity
with our allies in the growing Latin American drug reform movement.
February 12-15, 2003, Universidad
Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/sombras/
(Español)
Register by credit card online
(http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/register-credit.html),
or print out a registration form to submit by mail (http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/register.pdf).
Registration is free to Latin Americans (http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/sombras/inscripcion-gratis.html),
and sliding scale is available to others who need it. Scholarships
to assist with travel costs may be available. Please make a donation
if you can afford to, so we can offer more scholarships to bring more Latin
American attendees to the conference! Your registration fee will
support scholarships too, so please register today!
Steering Committee:
Gustavo de Greiff, former
attorney general, Colombia, Chairman Jaime Malamud, former attorney general,
Argentina
Mario Menéndez, publisher,
Por Esto!, Mexico
Marco Cappato, Member of
European Parliament, Lista Bonino, Italy
John Gilmore, United States
Conference Staff Director:
David Borden, DRCNet, United States
Volunteer Media Advisor:
Al Giordano, NarcoNews.com
Details on program to be
posted shortly. Visit http://www.stopthedrugwar.org/shadows/
for hotel and discount travel options. Other dates and locations
to be announced for Europe, Canada and the United States. E-mail
[email protected]
to sign up for an official event notication by mail or e-mail. Visit
http://www.stopthedrugwar.org
or http://www.drcnet.org to read or
subscribe to our weekly online newsletter.
Contact StopTheDrugWar.org:
the Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) at: P.O. Box
18402, Washington, DC 20036, voice: (00 1 202) 362-0030, fax: (00 1 202)
362-0032, [email protected]
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Issue #273, 1/24/03
The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign | DRCNet Interview: Gustavo de Greiff, Former Attorney General of Colombia | DRCNet Interview: Luis Gómez, Andean Bureau Chief for Narco News | DRCNet Interview: Ricardo Sala, ViveConDrogas.com (Live With Drugs), Mexico | Mérida Addendum: Missing Paragraphs from Last Week's Giordano Interview | Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Medical Marijuana Supporters Stage Demos, Start Billboard Campaign | Bolivia: As Strife Continues, Armed Rebels Emerge -- Or Do They? | Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, February 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico | Cumbre Internacional sobre Legalización, 15-Dec Febrero, Mérida, México | Cúpula Internacional sobre Legalização, 15-Dec de Fevereiro, Mérida, México | Newsbrief: Maryland Governor to Support Medical Marijuana | Newsbrief: Southeast Asians to End Drugs | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story | Newsbrief: Canadian Heroin Bust Study Finds Drug War Futile | Newsbrief: Peruvian Coca Growers Begin to Organize | Newsbrief: Mexico Disbands Anti-Drug Agency, Cites Corruption | DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator | The Reformer's Calendar
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