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Events:
MPP
Galas
Next
Week
and
the
Following
4/29/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/384/mppgalas.shtml
On May 4 in Washington, DC,
and May 9 in Santa Monica, California, the Marijuana Policy Project will
be holding a star-studded pair of 10th Anniversary Gala fundraisers.
Seats are still available, but should be reserved soon because the events
are coming up. Visit http://www.mpp.org/galas/
for further information or to purchase your tax-deductible tickets online.
In Washington, DC, US Rep.
Linda Sanchez will present the Public Face of Reform Award to Montel Williams,
and former Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders will present the Legislative
Leadership Award to US Rep. Sam Farr. Acclaimed comic, actor, and
Emmy Award-winning writer Rick Overton will serve as master of ceremonies.
Also attending will be US Reps. John Conyers, Barney Frank, and Dennis
Kucinich.
In Los Angeles, actor Tommy
Chong will accept the Courage Under Fire Award, and Supreme Court plaintiffs
Angel Raich and Diane Monson will receive the Marijuana Policy Reform Activist
of the Year Award. Cast members Christian Campbell, John Kassir,
and Amy Spanger from Showtime's musical remake of "Reefer Madness" will
perform songs from the show. Comedian Tom Rhodes will emcee, with
music by Ray Benson, Inara George, Lily Holbrook, and dj John Kelley.
Both events will feature
clips from the new films "Waiting to Inhale" from Jed Riffe and "Chong's
Not Here!" from Josh Gilbert.
Again, visit http://www.mpp.org/galas/
to support the cause and be part of these exciting events!
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Issue #384
-- 4/29/05
Editorial:
Pointlessness
|
Feature:
In
Civil
Obedience
Campaign,
Hungarian
Drug
Users
Turn
Themselves
In
|
Feature:
Marijuana
Research
Grow
Effort
Heads
for
DEA
Hearing
|
Feature:
The
North
American
Syringe
Exchange
Convention
|
DRCNet
Interview:
Ten
Years
of
Organizing
Hard
Drug
Users
--
Ann
Livingston
of
the
Vancouver
Area
Network
of
Drug
Users
|
Announcement:
DRCNet/Perry
Fund
Event
to
Feature
US
Rep.
Jim
McDermott,
June
1
in
Seattle
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Bad
Cops
II:
South
Texas
Drug
Task
Force
Fights
Dirty
|
Prisons:
US
Inmate
Population
Continues
to
Swell,
Now
at
2.1
Million
|
Drug
Czar:
Walters
Under
Attack
By
Prohibitionists
|
Marijuana
March:
Global
March
May
7
in
More
Than
180
Cities
|
Holland:
Ministers
Squabble
Over
Cannabis
--
One
Calls
For
Legalization,
Has
Public
Opinion
on
His
Side
|
Europe:
British
Heroin
Maintenance
Program
to
Expand
|
India:
Crackdown
on
Opium
Growers
Spurs
Confusion,
Protests
in
Karnataka
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Events:
MPP
Galas
Next
Week
and
the
Following
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
|
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This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
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