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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Long in the Making
2. ACLU, Drug Reform Groups Sue over Federal Ban on Public Transit Drug Reform Ads
3. Utah Asset Forfeiture Reform Law Under Attack
4. As Continental Harm Reduction Movement Hits Bump, Brazil House Passes Drug Possession Depenalization Bill
5. Oakland "Regulate and Tax" Marijuana Legalization Initiative Getting Underway -- Poll Says Public Support Strong
6. Action Alert: HEA Campaign Entering New Stage -- Your Letters and Phone Calls Needed!
7. Newsbrief: DEA Moving to Restrict Vicodin
8. Newsbrief: Canadian Government Reintroduces Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
9. Newsbrief: Methadone Maintenance Doctors Under Attack in Britain
10. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
11. Newsbrief: Drug War First -- Florida Town Offers Used Car Drug Inspections
12. This Week in History
13. Psilocybin Cancer Research Study Seeking Participants
14. Asian Harm Reduction Network Launches Online Resource Collection
15. Offer and Appeal: New StoptheDrugWar.org Ink Stamps and Strobe Lights -- DRCNet Needs Your Support in 2004
16. The Reformer's Calendar

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