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	The Court has spoken, now it's up to Congress.

1. EDITORIAL: LEARN TO SEE HOPE
   These times while dark hold hope for change, and those who learn to see hope can bring it to fruition the sooner thereby.
2. FEATURE: RAICH CASE RULING -- FEDS CAN ENFORCE MARIJUANA LAWS AGAINST PATIENTS, BUT STATE LAWS REMAIN IN EFFECT
   Contrary to what some anti-drug groups claim, state medical marijuana laws were not affected by yesterday's ruling, and remain in effect -- nothing in the law has changed.
3. DRCNET INTERVIEW: SUPREME COURT PLAINTIFF ANGEL MCLARY RAICH
   DRCNet spoke with Supreme Court plaintiff Angel Raich Thursday to see how she is responding to the decision and what comes next.
4. FEATURE: IN THE WAKE OF RAICH -- OFFICIALS IN THREE MEDICAL MARIJUANA STATES OVERREACT
   While the Supreme Court's Monday ruling in the Raich case did not invalidate any state medical marijuana laws -- they were not addressed by the court -- officials in at least three medical marijuana states reacted as if it had. Advocates are threatening to sue -- sooner rather than later -- if they don't back down.
5. FEATURE: RAICH RAMIFICATIONS -- THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY
   Monday's Supreme Court decision does not change either state or federal laws regarding medical marijuana and has changed little on the ground. But the decision's ramifications are already beginning to reverberate in the nation's political scene.
6. MEDICAL MARIJUANA: ONE DAY AFTER RAICH, RHODE ISLAND SENATE PASSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA BILL
   One day after the Supreme Court upheld a federal ban against medical marijuana, legislators in Rhode Island passed a medical marijuana bill by the most impressive margin ever recorded on the issue.
7. WEEKLY: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
   More trouble for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a coke-crazed cop gets his first sentence, a deputy picks the wrong time to score, and a Mississippi twofer.
8. MARIJUANA: RETAILERS SAY LEGALIZE IT IN ONLINE POLL
   Prompted by last week's news that 500 economists including Nobel laureate Milton Friedman had called for a national debate on marijuana policy, RetailWire.com took the question to its readership.
9. EUROPE: DUTCH MEDICAL MARIJUANA PROGRAM AILING IN FACE OF WIDESPREAD AVAILABILITY FOR ALL
   If marijuana is easily and legally available for all comers, you don't really need a medical marijuana program, the Dutch government is finding out.
10. CANADA: VANCOUVER TELLS OTTAWA TO LEGALIZE IT
    A city of Vancouver report calls for the full-blown legalization of marijuana in Canada.
11. ASIA: INDONESIAN PROTESTORS CALL FOR CORBY'S EXECUTION WHILE AUSTRALIANS CALL FOR BALI BOYCOTT
    The case of Schapelle Corby, an Australian woman sentenced to 20 years in an Indonesian prison after being convicted of marijuana smuggling, continues to roil relations between the two countries.
12. ASIA: IN MAJOR SHIFT, CHINA TO PROMOTE NEEDLE EXCHANGE
    In an implicit acknowledgment that purely repressive measures have not worked to reduce the nation's burgeoning HIV infection rate, the Chinese Health Ministry this week called on local communities around the country to promote needle exchange programs and the distribution of free condoms.
13. MEDIA SCAN
    Pain Man, Connecticut Cocaine Sentencing, Uncontrolled Substances
14. WEEKLY: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
    Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
15. WEEKLY: THE REFORMER'S CALENDAR
    Showing up at an event can be the best way to get involved! Check out this week's listings for events from today through next year, across the US and around the world!

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