Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #409
-- 10/28/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURE:
DRUG
WAR
PRISONER
COUNT
OVER
HALF
A
MILLION,
US
PRISON
POPULATION
AT
ALL-TIME
HIGH
Numbers
released
by
the
US
Bureau
of
Justice
Statistics
find
that
people
sentenced
for
drug
crimes
accounted
for
21
percent
of
state
prisoners
and
55
percent
of
federal
prisoners
in
2004.
- FEATURE:
LOOKING
AT
POSSIBLE
US
LIFE
SENTENCE,
CANADA'S
"PRINCE
OF
POT"
RISES
TO
THE
CHALLENGE
At
first
glance,
it
appears
that
nothing
has
changed
on
Vancouver's
famous
"pot
block."
But
the
Marc
Emery
seed
company,
which
subsidized
the
block's
famous
activism,
is
no
longer
in
business,
and
the
US
is
trying
to
extradite
Emery
himself
to
face
a
possible
life
sentence.
- FEATURE:
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
SUPPORTERS
RALLY
IN
DC,
SIX
OTHER
CITIES,
IN
EFFORT
TO
FORCE
HHS
TO
ACT
ON
RESCHEDULING
PETITIONS
Hundreds
of
medical
marijuana
supporters
rallied
in
seven
cities
to
pressure
the
Dept.
of
Health
&
Human
Services
to
act
on
its
years-old
petition
to
reschedule
marijuana
as
a
medicine.
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helping
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aid
for
college
because
of
drug
convictions.
- ASIA:
SINGAPORE
TO
EXECUTE
AUSTRALIAN
FOR
DRUG
SMUGGLING
ANY
DAY
NOW
--
AMNESTY
INTERNATIONAL
ISSUES
URGENT
APPEAL
Amnesty
International
is
campaigning
to
save
the
life
of
a
25-year-old
Australian
citizen
facing
hanging
by
Singapore
for
drug
smuggling.
But
it
may
be
too
late.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
A
South
Carolina
head
narc
goes
down
over
shady
dealings,
and
an
entire
Kansas
drug
squad
is
tainted
in
a
prosecutor's
report.
- CREATIVE
WRITING:
MINNEAPOLIS
FED
SPONSORS
ESSAY
CONTEST
ON
DRUG
ECONOMICS
A
usually
staid
essay
contest
for
high
school
juniors
and
seniors
has
selected
the
provocative
topic
of
illegal
drug
economics.
Legalization
is
getting
discussed.
- COURTS:
ARKANSAS
SUPREME
COURT
SAYS
GET
A
WARRANT!
The
Arkansas
Supreme
Court
has
upheld
a
lower
court
decision
throwing
out
the
evidence
in
a
methamphetamine
case
because
police
failed
to
obtain
a
warrant
before
searching
the
house.
- KATRINA
LEGISLATION:
BILL
INTRODUCED
TO
EXEMPT
HURRICANE
VICTIMS
FROM
LAWS
BARRING
FEDERAL
ASSISTANCE
FOR
PAST
DRUG
LAW
VIOLATORS
Some
of
the
victims
of
Hurricane
Katrina
are
past
violators
of
drug
laws,
ineligible
in
many
cases
for
federal
welfare,
food
stamps,
public
housing
and
education
benefits.
A
bill
introduced
this
week
would
exempt
them
from
such
penalties
for
three
years.
- WEB
SCAN
NORML
Report,
Change
The
Climate
Animation,
USA
Today
v.
Souder,
Stamper
on
O'Reilly
Factor
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITIES:
STUDENTS
FOR
SENSIBLE
DRUG
POLICY,
MARIJUANA
POLICY
PROJECT
Two
exciting
job
opportunities
in
the
movement
in
Washington,
DC.
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THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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