Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #410
-- 11/4/05
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- FEATURE:
DENVER
SAYS
LEGALIZE
POT
--
OFFICIALS
VOW
TO
THWART
WILL
OF
VOTERS
After
a
tough
and
surprisingly
bitter
campaign,
voters
in
Denver
Tuesday
approved
a
ballot
measure
legalizing
the
possession
of
up
to
an
ounce
of
marijuana
by
persons
21
or
older.
But
more
bitterness
may
be
ahead,
as
city
and
state
officials
have
vowed
to
ignore
the
vote.
- FEATURE:
SUPREME
COURT
HEARS
AYAHUASCA
RELIGIOUS
USE
CASE
--
JUSTICES
SKEPTICAL
OF
GOVERNMENT
ARGUMENTS
The
US
Supreme
Court
Tuesday
heard
oral
arguments
in
a
case
in
which
the
federal
government
seeks
to
bar
a
small
religious
group
from
using
its
holy
sacrament,
a
hallucinogenic
tea
known
as
ayahuasca.
- FEATURE:
NEW
MEXICO'S
COMPREHENSIVE
METHAMPHETAMINE
RECOMMENDATIONS
APPROACH
"FOUR
PILLARS"
SCOPE
A
New
Mexico
working
group
on
methamphetamine
has
released
a
set
of
comprehensive
recommendations
for
dealing
with
the
drug
that
explicitly
recognizes
the
role
of
harm
reduction
as
part
of
a
broader
strategy.
- DRCNET
BOOK
REVIEW:
"THE
GREAT
DRUG
WAR:
AND
RATIONAL
PROPOSALS
TO
TURN
THE
TIDE,"
BY
ARNOLD
TREBACH
A
classic
by
the
founder
of
the
modern
drug
policy
reform
movement
detailing
the
outrages
of
the
1980s
drug
war
has
been
re-released.
The
bad
news
is
that
it
is
still
relevant.
- EVENT:
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PERRY
FUND
RECEPTION
IN
LOS
ANGELES,
MONDAY,
NOVEMBER
7
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helping
students
who
have
lost
government
financial
aid
for
college
because
of
drug
convictions.
- MARIJUANA:
IN
LATEST
GALLUP
POLL,
36
PERCENT
SAY
LEGALIZE
IT
--
HALF
IN
THE
WEST
ARE
READY
Support
for
the
legalization
of
marijuana
has
reached
record
levels.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COP
STORIES
A
slow
week
on
the
corrupt
cop
front,
with
only
yet
another
crooked
prison
guard
making
the
roster
--
you
can
help
by
sending
in
stories.
- SENTENCING:
NUMBER
IN
JAIL
OR
PRISON,
ON
PROBATION
OR
PAROLE
NEARS
7
MILLION,
1.8
MILLION
OF
THEM
DRUG
OFFENDERS
The
US
Bureau
of
Justice
Statistics
reports
another
all-time
record
for
the
American
incarceration
juggernaut.
- SUPREME
COURT:
NOMINEE
HAS
MIXED
BUT
MOSTLY
BAD
RECORD
ON
DRUG-RELATED
ISSUES
Supreme
Court
nominee
Judge
Samuel
Alito
is
a
former
drug-fighting
US
Attorney
whose
support
for
increasing
police
powers
has
often
exceeded
that
of
other
conservative
jurists.
- LATIN
AMERICA:
BOLIVIAN
ELECTIONS
RESCHEDULED
The
December
4
election
that
could
put
a
left-leaning
coca
grower
leader
in
the
Bolivian
presidency
will
now
take
place
December
- AUSTRALIA:
AMID
WAVE
OF
REEFER
MADNESS,
GOVERNMENT
CALLS
FOR
TOUGHER
MARIJUANA
LAWS
The
Australian
government
of
Prime
Minister
John
Howard,
egged
on
by
the
country's
tabloid
press,
is
pressuring
state
governments
to
roll
back
marijuana
decriminalization
laws
adopted
in
the
last
dozen
years.
- WEB
SCAN
Hartford
City
Drug
Conference,
Norm
Stamper
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
EXECUTIVE
ASSISTANT,
MARIJUANA
POLICY
PROJECT
The
Marijuana
Policy
Project
is
seeking
an
Executive
Assistant
to
manage
MPP's
main
office
in
Washington,
DC,
and
to
assist
the
executive
director.
The
application
deadline
is
November
11,
and
the
post
could
be
filled
sooner
than
that,
so
act
fast
if
you
think
you
want
the
job.
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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