Latin
American
Anti-Prohibition
Conference,
Feb.
12-15,
Mérida,
Yucatán,
Mexico
1/31/03
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: (202) 362-0030, fax: (202) 362-0032, [email protected]
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Issue #274, 1/31/03
The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign | Road to Mérida: Dr. Silvia Inchaurraga, Argentine Harm Reductionist | Road to Mérida: Sala Errata | Ed Rosenthal Convicted, Faces 10-Year Mandatory Minimum for Oakland Medical Marijuana Grow | Bush Treatment Initiative Draws Mixed Reviews from Reformers | Into the Morass: Green Berets in Colombia as "War on Drugs" Morphs into "War on Terror" | Drug Czar Says Nevada Election Laws Don't Apply to His Politicking | Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 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: Violence Continues as Talks Begin in Bolivia -- Coca Growers, Workers, Indians Present Demands | Newsbrief: DEA Moving to Schedule Two More Hallucinogens | Newsbrief: Utah Drugged Driving Bill on the Move | Newsbrief: Colorado Bill Equating Meth Manufacture and Child Abuse Moves Forward | Newsbrief: Asian Drug Abolition Mania Spreading -- Malaysia Calls for "Total War," Drug Free Southeast Asia by 2015 | Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story | Newsbrief: Judge Kane Speaks Out Again, Lambasts Federal Drug War | DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator | The Reformer's Calendar
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