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Many DRCNet readers remember the heartbreaking tragedy of Rainbow Farm, the alternative campground and concert site outside Vandalia, Michigan, where marijuana activists Tom Crosslin and Rollie Rohm, driven to desperation by a relentless prosecutor, were killed by FBI and state police in fall 2001. Killed for no good reason -- as a local sympathizer expressed it to Drug War Chronicle's Phil Smith at the funeral, "[Prosecutor] Scott Teter said this was their choice, but it was his choice to hound them and try to take their land and their son. He's the one who chose to shoot and kill." Rohm and Crosslin before the end burned down their beloved buildings to keep the government from getting them.

Journalist Dean Kuipers of the Los Angeles CityBeat has now written "Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went up in Smoke," a 304-page book being released by Bloomsbury USA this June 13. DRCNet is offering "Burning Rainbow Farm" as our latest membership premium -- donate $35 or more to DRCNet, and we will send you a copy -- donate $45 or more and we will send you one signed by the author. Your donations will help our work to end drug prohibition, while raising awareness of the recklessness and excesses of drug enforcers like prosecutor Teter -- click here to donate and order your copy.

Publishers Weekly writes of Kuipers' book, "Drawing on extensive interviews, government documents and news coverage, the author [who grew up 20 miles from the shootings] verges on portraying the prosecutor as evil incarnate. But Kuipers doesn't cross the line from sound journalism into advocacy, while letting the story unfold through superbly detailed characterizations and skillful pacing."

We also continue to offer the DVD video Law Enforcement Against Prohibition and the 5th edition of Drug War Facts. Add $5 to the minimum donation to add either of these to your request, or $10 to add both of them. Again, you can make your donation and place your order online, or send a check or money order to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036. (Note that contributions to Drug Reform Coordination Network, which support our lobbying work, are not tax-deductible. Deductible contributions can be made to DRCNet Foundation, same address.) Lastly, please contact us for instructions if you wish to make a donation of stock. (Also note that copies of Rainbow Farm will be mailed out from DRCNet during the third week of June.)

Thank you for your support. If you want to read more about Rainbow Farm in the meanwhile, please Phil's articles in the Drug War Chronicle archive: Michigan Drug Warriors Drive Marijuana Activists to the Brink, Then Gun Them Down on 9/7/01 and Rainbow Farm Marijuana Activists Laid to Rest, Friends Not Resting on 9/21.

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Issue #439 -- 6/9/06

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Feature: ACLU Files Suit to Block Alaska Marijuana Recriminalization, State Says It Will Wait on Litigation's Results | Feature: Turning the Corner in Baltimore | DRCNet Book Review: "Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke," by Dean Kuipers (2006, Bloomsbury Press, $24.95 HB) | Book Offer: Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went up in Smoke | Alert: Still Time to Lobby Congress on Colombia Vote | Alert: Important Medical Marijuana Vote Coming Up in Congress -- Your Help Needed | Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle? | Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories | Europe: British Home Office Proposes Tough Presumed Drug Dealing Thresholds | Europe: Swiss Harm Reduction Policy for Heroin Results in Less Problematic Heroin Use | Sentencing: US Conference of Mayors Comes Out Against Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences | Methamphetamine: Number in Treatment Skyrockets in Last Decade, But Much of Increase Linked to Criminal Justice System | Methamphetamine: Illinois Governor Signs Meth Bills, Will Increase Penalties, Create Meth Maker Registry | Elections: Alabama's Nall to Continue With Write-In Campaign After Falling Short on Signature Drive | Web Scan: Dueling Vigils for Lost Promise, Things About Drugs Top Ten List, Pain Articles in Reason and Medical Economics, Drug Czar's Meth Mispronouncement | Weekly: This Week in History | Weekly: The Reformer's Calendar


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