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6/30/06
We are pleased that Drug War Chronicle had two "scoops" last week -- we hope you'll click back on those articles if you haven't already read them. One is that Rep. Hinchey (D-NY) spoke with Drug War Chronicle last week during the lead-up to the House floor vote on his medical marijuana amendment. Click here to see what he had to say. The other was our interview with leading criminologist Samuel Walker, one of whose books was quoted by Justice Scalia in the majority opinion restricting 4th amendment rights last week. Walker explained -- for the first time in print anywhere, if we're not mistaken -- how Scalia twisted his words to mean basically the reverse of what they meant when Walker wrote them. Click here to read that story. Please help us continue to publish Drug War Chronicle and publishing "scoops" like these, in the following two ways: 1) We are in between newsletter grants, and that makes our need for donations more pressing. Drug War Chronicle is free to read but not to produce! Click here to make a donation by credit card or PayPal -- consider signing up to donate monthly -- or scroll down in this e-mail for info on donating by mail. 2) Please send quotes and reports on how you put our flow of information to work, for use in upcoming grant proposals and letters to funders or potential funders. Do you use DRCNet as a source for public speaking? For letters to the editor? Helping you talk to friends or associates about the issue? Research? For your own edification? Have you changed your mind about any aspects of drug policy since subscribing? Do you reprint or repost portions of our bulletins on other lists or in other newsletters? Do you have any criticisms or complaints, or suggestions? We want to hear those too. Please send your response -- one or two sentences would be fine; more is great, too -- to [email protected] or just reply to this e-mail. Please let us know if we may reprint your comments, and if so, if we may include your name or if you wish to remain anonymous. IMPORTANT: Even if you have given us this kind of feedback before, we could use your updated feedback now too -- we need to hear from you! It's important to remember that Drug War Chronicle is not just a great newsletter, it's also a primary tool used to support and grow the drug policy reform movement as a whole. For example, this same issue of Drug War Chronicle used quotes or other info to support the work of 16 allied organizations, linked to five other important web sites involved with drug policy reform and promoted five different books about the issue. Drug War Chronicle is very much about service to the larger cause -- it's not an exaggeration to say that there are many more people, in more places, working to end prohibition and the drug war because of DRCNet's efforts. And using Drug War Chronicle -- the only full-blown newsletter of original reporting on the drug war and the reform movement -- they have an intellectual edge to help make everything they do bigger and better. Again, please help us keep Drug War Chronicle alive at this important time! Click here to make a donation online, or send your check or money order to: DRCNet, P.O. Box 18402, Washington, DC 20036. Make your check payable to DRCNet Foundation to make a tax-deductible donation for Drug War Chronicle -- remember if you select one of our member premium gifts that will reduce the portion of your donation that is tax-deductible -- or make a non-deductible donation for our lobbying work -- online here or check payable to Drug Reform Coordination Network, same address. We can also accept contributions of stock -- e-mail [email protected] for the necessary info. Thank you for your support.
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