Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #425
-- 3/3/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
A
BASIC
QUESTION
OF
FAIRNESS
Other
countries
like
Canada
seem
to
have
greener
pastures
when
it
comes
to
drug
policy
reform.
But
inside
those
countries
it's
still
a
relative
matter.
- FEATURE:
CANADA
CANNABIS
SEED
CRACKDOWN?
Canadian
marijuana
entrepreneurs
--
and
their
customers
--
are
worried
after
the
Mounties
busted
what
was
arguably
Canada's
largest
seed
seller.
- FEATURE:
IN
ANNUAL
RITUAL,
BUSH
ADMINISTRATION
SEEKS
MORE
AID
FOR
COLOMBIA
DRUG
WAR
Bill
Clinton's
five-year
Plan
Colombia
is
now
in
its
seventh
year,
albeit
under
a
different
name,
but
has
failed
to
make
a
significant
dent
in
the
flow
of
cocaine
from
Colombia,
and
human
rights
abuses
persist.
Still,
all
expectations
are
that
the
annual
Washington
ritual
of
Colombia
drug
war
funding
will
end
with
little
changing.
- CELEBRITY
MOUTH:
FOX
BLOVIATOR
ATTACKS
TV
NEWS
LEGEND
WALTER
CRONKITE
OVER
DRUG
WAR
Walter
Cronkite,
the
legendary
CBS
news
anchor
widely
dubbed
"the
most
trusted
man
in
America,"
has
joined
the
legions
of
those
who
have
earned
the
scorn
of
Fox
News
television
host
and
commentator
Bill
O'Reilly
--
and
it's
all
about
drugs.
- FEATURE:
THE
PUSH
IS
ON
AGAIN
IN
NEVADA
In
a
campaign
that
officially
kicked
off
last
month,
organizers
are
continuing
a
five-year
effort
to
enshrine
the
regulation
and
control
of
marijuana
into
state
law.
- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
An
Alabama
prosecutor's
investigator
gets
involved
in
a
shootout
with
police
over
40
pounds
of
cocaine,
a
Border
Patrol
agent
pays
for
winking
a
truck-load
of
dope,
two
more
Border
Patrol
agents
are
on
trial
for
shooting
a
fleeing
suspected
drug
courier,
and
a
New
Jersey
cop's
bad
habit
gets
him
in
trouble.
- MARIJUANA:
TWO
STEPS
FORWARD,
ONE
STEP
BACK
AS
LAWRENCE,
KANSAS,
ADJUSTS
ITS
MARIJUANA
LAWS
An
new
ordinance
in
the
college
town
will
protect
students
busted
for
first-time
marijuana
possession
from
losing
their
federal
financial
aid.
But
the
city
took
the
opportunity
to
hike
fines.
- MARIJUANA:
UNIVERSITY
OF
TEXAS,
FLORIDA
STATE
STUDENTS
PASS
SAFER-STYLE
RESOLUTIONS
The
"Safe
Alternatives
for
Enjoyable
Recreation"
is
rolling
along
with
most
campus
victories.
- HIGH
SCHOOLS:
SOUTH
DAKOTA
LEGISLATURE
OVERRIDES
VETO
TO
LESSEN
STUDENT
DRUG
PENALTIES
The
South
Dakota
legislature
last
week
overrode
a
veto
by
Gov.
Michael
Rounds
and
enacted
a
law
that
will
shorten
a
ban
on
extracurricular
activities
by
students
caught
using
drugs.
- DRUG-FREE
ZONES:
CALIFORNIA
HOMELESS
LEGISLATION
WOULD
BAR
CERTAIN
DRUG
OFFENDERS
FROM
LA'S
SKID
ROW
A
package
of
homelessness
bills
in
California
includes
legislation
that
would
create
a
zone
in
the
heart
of
Los
Angeles'
Skid
Row
where
people
on
probation
for
drug
sales
would
be
banned
--
except
to
attend
drug
treatment
programs.
- EUROPE:
SCOTTISH
TORIES
TIP-TOE
TOWARD
LIBERTARIAN
LINE
ON
DRUG
POLICY
A
chapter
in
a
new
book
by
top
Scottish
conservatives
suggests
letting
individuals,
not
the
state,
make
their
own
choices.
- SOUTH
ASIA:
IN
KATMANDU,
HINDU
HOLY
MEN
SMOKE
MARIJUANA
IN
ANNUAL
SHIVA
FESTIVAL
Hindu
holy
men,
devotees,
and
tourists
by
the
hundreds,
if
not
thousands,
smoked
marijuana
this
weekend
outside
a
temple
in
Nepal
to
honor
Shiva
the
Destroyer,
the
Hindu
god
of
change
and
goodness.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY:
RELIGIOUS
OUTREACH
COORDINATOR,
INTERFAITH
DRUG
POLICY
INITIATIVE
The
Interfaith
Drug
Policy
Initiative
is
seeking
an
experienced
community
organizer
who
is
a
dynamic
person
of
faith
to
build
support
among
the
religious
community
for
taxing
and
regulating
marijuana.
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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