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Issue #277, 3/7/03
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 50 Years for Stealing Videotapes? No Problem, Say Justices -- Supreme Court Upholds California Three-Strikes Law
- Medical Marijuana Update: Bill Killed in New Mexico, New Ones Introduced in New York and Rhode Island
- Australia: NSW Green Party Drug Platform in Tabloid Exposé Furor as Election Looms
- "Seeds of Peace" Released in Brussels as Prelude to Vienna UN Conference
- Medical Marijuana Supporters Demonstrate at Fundraiser for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean
- Alert: HEA Reform Legislation Re-filed, Needs Your Support
- Newsbrief: Swiss Lawmakers Give Okay to Continued Prescription Heroin
- Newsbrief: Sweden's Drug Head Calls for Needle Exchange Programs Across Country
- Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
- Newsbrief: Oxycontin Not So Deadly, Researchers Find
- Newsbrief: California Highway Patrol Settles Racial Profiling Lawsuit
- Kansas Legislators Consider "Treatment Not Jail" Bill
- Newsbrief: In Surprise Move, Judge Changes Mind, Declines to Jail Oakland Cannabis Co-op Head
- Newsbrief: Two Suicides Enough for One Pot Bust, Says Wisconsin Judge, Orders Probation for Son of Dead Couple
- Media Scan: New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, Washington Times, Change the Climate Ads, HRC Newsletter
- Drug War Vigil Film Festival Seeking Submissions
- The Reformer's Calendar
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