Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #404
-- 9/23/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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Intrepid DRCNet editor
Phil Smith is in Afghanistan -- read our brief
intro this issue and check back for reports on Phil's conversations
with officials, farmers and many others, and on an important conference
happening this week in Kabul.
Attention graphic artists read about our t-shirt design contest, info
below in this issue.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
TIME
FOR
ACCOUNTABILITY
The
sad
case
of
Jonathan
Magbie
again
gained
the
public's
attention
after
members
of
his
family
this
week
filed
a
multi-million
dollar
lawsuit
against
the
District
of
Columbia.
- ENDLESS
DRUG
WAR,
ENDLESS
VIOLENCE:
HARTFORD
LOOKS
FOR
A
NEW
WAY
Despite
or
perhaps
because
of
intense
law
enforcement
efforts
against
the
drug
trade,
the
violence
associated
with
Hartford,
Connecticut's
black
market
continues
to
grow.
But
a
conference
next
month
will
bring
leaders
and
reformers
together
to
see
if
Hartford
can
find
a
new
way
out.
- DRCNET
IN
AFGHANISTAN:
REFORMER
CONFERENCE
APPROACHES
IN
KABUL
AS
AMERICANS
AND
RUSSIANS
DECRY
AFGHAN
OPIUM
TRADE
With
Afghanistan
still
producing
nearly
90
percent
of
the
world's
opium
and
heroin,
alarm
bells
are
ringing
from
Moscow
to
Washington.
But
a
reform
conference
convening
in
Kabul
next
week
will
explore
an
alternative
to
the
"more
drug
war"
calls
emanating
from
the
Capitol
and
the
Kremlin.
- MEDICAL
MARIJUANA:
WISCONSIN
BILL
PENDING
AS
POLL
SHOWS
BROAD
SUPPORT
Medical
marijuana
is
on
the
move
in
Wisconsin,
with
a
legislator
shopping
his
bill
around
and
polling
demonstrating
massive
public
support.
- NEEDLE
EXCHANGE:
BOSTON
CRACKDOWN
NETS
NEEDLE
EXCHANGE
CLIENT
A
police
crackdown
on
drug
users
in
the
Boston
Common
and
Public
Garden
has
raised
the
issue
of
the
contradictory
missions
of
public
health
and
police
in
the
drug
war.
- MARIJUANA:
BOSTON'S
FREEDOM
RALLY
BOUNCES
BACK
Recovering
from
a
financial
crunch
after
last
year's
Boston
Freedom
Rally
against
marijuana
prohibition
was
washed
out
by
Hurricane
Ivan,
the
Massachusetts
Cannabis
Reform
Coalition
was
back
last
weekend
without
missing
a
beat.
- DRCNET
T-SHIRT
DESIGN
CONTEST
DRCNet
is
currently
soliciting
designs
for
new
t-shirts
to
be
made
available
on
our
web
site
and
worn
by
people
nationwide
who
want
an
end
to
prohibition
and
the
war
on
drugs.
- LATIN
AMERICA:
THREE
SPANISH-LANGUAGE
RESOURCES
ON
DRUG
POLICY
AVAILABLE
Chronicle
readers
who
speak
Spanish
might
be
interested
in
two
books
and
a
magazine
that
were
available
at
the
Buenos
Aires
conference
last
week.
- WEB
SCAN
Change
The
Climate,
Rockefeller
Laws,
Jonathan
Magbie,
Marc
Emery,
More...
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- 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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