TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Out from the Shadows: First Latin American Anti-Prohibition Summit Convenes in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
2. Mérida Interview: María Mercedes Moreno of Mama Coca
3. Mérida Interview: Luiz Paulo Guanabara, Brazil, Executive Director of Psico-Tropicus
4. Rosenthal Verdict Fallout: Angry Jurors, Media Attention, a New Bill in Congress
5. Victory for Bolivian Coca-Growers Imminent, Reports Say Government Will Allow Coca in the Chapare
6. Thailand War on Drugs Turns Murderous, 600 Killed This Month -- Human Rights Groups Denounce Death Squads, Executions
7. Peoria Needle Lady Busted in Pekin, But Charges Later Dropped
8. Drug Czar's Office Masks TRUE Costs of War on Drugs in Federal Budget
9. Newsbrief: DEA Kills 14-Year-Old Girl in San Antonio, Claims Self Defense
10. Newsbrief: US Spooks Killed, Captured in Colombia
11. Newsbrief: French Cannabis Activist Faces Jail for "Encouraging Drug Use"
12. Newsbrief: Corrupt Cop of the Week I
13. Newsbrief: Corrupt Cop of the Week II
14. Newsbrief: Oklahoma Report Urges Sanity in Sentencing
15. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
16. The Reformer's Calendar

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