TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. Editorial: Under Its Own Weight
2. Supreme Court Ruling Portends Massive Changes in Federal Sentencing -- Thousands Could Benefit from Reduced Sentences, Early Releases on Appeal
3. Federal Judge Declares Sentencing Guidelines Unconstitutional
4. Supreme Court to Hear Federal Government Appeal in California Medical Marijuana Case
5. International Anti-Drugs Day Marked by Executions in China, "Revolutionary Justice" in India, Silly Stuff Elsewhere
6. DRCNet Book Review: "Can't Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age, 1945-2000" by Martin Torgoff (Simon & Schuster, 2004, 474 Pages, Notes/Bibliography/Index, $27.95)
7. Newsbrief: Bill Introduced in Congress Would Mandate Ten Years to Life for Some Marijuana Sales
8. Newsbrief: New Jersey Needle Exchange Battle Continues
9. Newsbrief: Iran Wants to Ban Water Pipes
10. Newsbrief: European Drug Agency Punctures "Not Your Father's Marijuana" Myth
11. Newsbrief: North Carolina Supreme Court Settles Dispute, Declares Cocaine Possession Is a Felony
12. Media Scan: Ethan Nadelmann in National Review
13. This Week in History
14. The Reformer's Calendar

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