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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. "Drugged Driving" Campaigners Open New Front with Federal Legislation
2. Correction/Update: Russia's New Drug Law Held Up, Due to Go Into Effect May 12
3. Medical Marijuana in the State Legislatures, 2004
4. New York's Dirty War
5. Screenings! "BUSTED: The Citizen's Guide to Surviving Police Encounters.shtml" to Air Around the Country March 29th to April 12th -- Host One in Your Home or Community or School!
6. DRCNet StoptheDrugWar.org Merchandise Special Extended
7. Newsbrief: WHO Says Licit Drugs Greater Health Threat Than Illicit Ones
8. Newsbrief: Berlin on Verge of Decriminalizing Cannabis Possession
9. Newsbrief: Trouble in Christiania
10. Newsbrief: Judge vs. Prosecutor in St. Louis Sentencing Scuffle
11. Newsbrief: Joycelyn Elders Joins Detroit Medical Marijuana Initiative Effort
12. Newsbrief: Utah Woman Charged With Murder in Newborn's Death, Drug Use Cited as Factor in Charge
13. Newsbrief: New Government Good News for Spanish Marijuana Culture
14. This Week in History
15. Drug War Facts 2004 Now Available Online
16. Job Opportunity: Prevention Point Philadelphia Hiring Syringe Exchange Site Worker
17. The Reformer's Calendar

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