Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #434
-- 5/5/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
OH,
MEXICO
(OH,
THE
EMBARRASSMENT)
US
officials
have
now
embarrassed
us
with
both
our
immediate
neighbors
by
interfering
in
their
internal
drug
policies.
- FEATURE:
MEXICO
MOVES
TO
DECRIMINALIZE
DRUG
POSSESSION
--
NO,
WAIT,
NEVERMIND
For
a
few
days
this
week,
it
looked
like
Mexico
was
going
to
decriminalize
drug
possession,
but
that
ended
Wednesday
when
President
Fox
rejected
the
bill
under
US
pressure.
- FEATURE:
HARM
REDUCTIONISTS
GATHER
IN
VANCOUVER
Vancouver's
well-deserved
reputation
for
cutting
edge
drug
law
reform
and
harm
reduction
projects
made
it
a
natural
fit
for
this
week's
17th
Annual
International
Harm
Reduction
Conference,
attended
by
more
than
a
thousand
people
from
93
countries.
- FEATURE:
BUILDING
AN
INTERNATIONAL
DRUG
USERS'
MOVEMENT
--
ACTIVISTS
FORM
COALITION,
ISSUE
DECLARATION
More
than
100
activists
representing
at
least
13
different
drug
user
groups
from
around
the
globe
met
in
Vancouver
this
week
to
form
an
international
coalition.
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Law
Enforcement
Against
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that
Walter
Cronkite
called
a
"must-see
for
any
journalist
or
public
official
dealing
with
[the
drug]
issue."
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- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
More
soldiers
cop
pleas
in
a
border
smuggling
sting,
family
ties
bring
down
a
records
clerk
and
a
former
detective,
and
yet
another
prison
guard
gets
busted
for
his
entrepreneurial
efforts.
- THE
MOVEMENT:
ANNUAL
DEA
EVENT
GENERATES
COUNTER-CONFERENCE
NEXT
WEEK
IN
MONTREAL
The
DEA-sponsored
annual
hemispheric
drug
enforcement
conference
is
meeting
in
Canada
for
the
first
time
next
week
--
and
also
for
the
first
time
is
encountering
organized
opposition.
- CELEBRITY
BUST:
TOKEN
ARREST
AS
RADIO
TALKER
RUSH
LIMBAUGH
CUTS
A
DEAL
ON
PAIN
PILL
CHARGES
Rush
Limbaugh
can
talk
the
talk
about
the
drug
war.
But
when
it
comes
to
taking
a
fall
for
his
own
drug-related
misdeeds,
he
can't
walk
the
walk.
- THE
GOVERNMENT:
DRUG
CZAR
UNDER
ATTACK
FROM
RIGHT,
LEFT
Republican
and
Democratic
senators
have
called
for
drug
czar
John
Walters
to
be
fired
because
of
his
focus
on
marijuana
instead
of
methamphetamine.
- MARIJUANA:
UNIVERSITY
OF
COLORADO
POSTS
PICS
OF
STUDENTS
AT
POT
RALLY,
OFFERS
REWARD
FOR
NAMING
THEM
Following
a
"4/20"
marijuana
rally
at
the
University
of
Colorado-Boulder
last
month,
CU
police
have
posted
photos
of
more
than
150
attendees
and
are
offering
rewards
to
those
helping
identify
them.
- MILITARY
MATTERS:
ANGRY
WEST
POINT
CADETS
"RIOT"
AFTER
DRUG
SEARCH
Cadets
at
the
US
Military
Academy
at
West
Point,
New
York,
went
on
a
rampage
last
week
in
response
to
an
unannounced
drug
dog
search
of
their
quarters.
- EUROPE:
SCOTTISH
FIRST
MINISTER
SLAMS
POLICE
FOR
DRUG
LEGALIZATION
SUGGESTION
Three
weeks
ago,
Scotland's
largest
police
union
called
for
the
legalization
of
all
drugs.
At
their
conference
last
week
a
government
official
blasted
the
idea.
- EUROPE:
GERMANY
PLANS
TO
PROVIDE
FREE
HEROIN
TO
LONG-TERM
ADDICTS
A
pilot
program
to
see
if
heroin
maintenance
programs
could
reduce
criminality,
overdose
and
disease
among
hard-core
addicts
was
successful,
according
to
German
officials.
Now
they
are
planning
to
expand
it.
- WEB
SCAN
CounterPunch
on
Suppression
of
Marijuana
Research,
Gay
City
News
on
FDA
and
Medical
Marijuana
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- JOB
OPPORTUNITY
Program
Manager,
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation,
Washington,
DC
- SUMMER
INTERNSHIP
Americans
for
Safe
Access,
Oakland,
CA
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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