Drug War Chronicle
(formerly The Week Online with DRCNet)
Issue #448
-- 8/11/06
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Phillip S. Smith, Editor
David Borden, Executive Director
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL:
LEGALIZE
THE
DRUG
TRADE
TO
CUT
OFF
TERRORISM
FUNDING
In
a
time
of
global
insecurity
we
need
clearer
thinking
from
our
leaders
about
this
issue.
- FEATURE:
SOUTH
DAKOTA
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
PATIENT
SUES
ATTORNEY
GENERAL
OVER
BAD
BALLOT
SUMMARY
LANGUAGE
South
Dakota's
medical
marijuana
campaign
has
sued
the
state
attorney
general
over
ballot
explanation
they
charge
is
illegally
misleading.
- FEATURE:
FEDERAL
SENTENCING
REFORM
GOES
NASCAR
With
the
federal
prison
system
stuffed
with
nonviolent
drug
offenders,
activists
are
turning
to
the
NASCAR
circuit
to
rally
support
for
a
federal
parole
bill.
- FEATURE:
SIGNATURE
DRIVE
FOR
PORTLAND
"LOWEST
PRIORITY"
MARIJUANA
INITIATIVE
FALLS
SHORT
A
Portland
effort
to
place
a
"lowest
law
enforcement
priority"
marijuana
law
reform
initiative
on
the
November
ballot
came
up
short
this
week.
- LAW
ENFORCEMENT:
THIS
WEEK'S
CORRUPT
COPS
STORIES
More
problems
in
Memphis,
a
former
cop
goes
down
in
St.
Paul,
and
a
Virginia
deputy
gets
caught
smuggling
goodies
into
the
local
jail.
- MARIJUANA:
COLORADO
LEGALIZATION
BACKERS
TURN
IN
110,000
SIGNATURES
IN
BALLOT
BID
Marijuana
legalization
could
be
on
the
ballot
in
Colorado
in
November.
Initiative
organizers
turned
in
more
than
110,000
signatures
Monday.
- MARIJUANA:
MICHIGAN
ORGANIZERS
HAND
IN
SIGNATURES
FOR
TWO
LOCAL
BALLOT
INITIATIVES
Local
organizers
in
two
Michigan
communities
submitted
signatures
for
marijuana-related
initiatives
this
week
and
are
now
awaiting
official
word
on
whether
they
will
make
the
November
ballot.
- MEDICAL
MARIJUANA:
AFSCME
ENDORSES
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
The
nation's
largest
public
service
employees
union
has
joined
the
ranks
of
organizations
backing
the
medicinal
use
of
marijuana.
- HARM
REDUCTION:
BOSTON
ABOUT
TO
MOVE
TO
SUPPLY
ADDICTS
WITH
HEROIN
ANTIDOTE
Faced
with
a
rising
number
of
heroin
overdose
deaths,
Boston
is
about
to
join
the
handful
of
cities
that
supply
the
heroin
antidote
naloxone
to
drug
users.
- METHAMPHETAMINE:
TENNESSEE
JUDGE
THROWS
OUT
MANUFACTURE
PRECURSOR
CASES
Tennessee
prosecutors
may
have
to
go
back
to
the
drawing
board
after
a
circuit
court
judge
ruled
they
were
misinterpreting
the
state's
new
law
restricting
the
sale
of
pseudoephedrine.
- MIDDLE
EAST:
NOW,
ISRAELIS
CALL
FOR
BOYCOTT
OF
HEZBOLLAH
HASHISH
Lebanese
hash
has
long
been
a
favorite
with
Israeli
tokers,
but
now
some
are
calling
for
a
boycott,
saying
the
trade
helps
fund
Hezbollah.
- WEB
SCAN:
NEW
VIDEO
FROM
"EMPEROR
OF
HEMP"
CREATOR,
JIM
HIGHTOWER
ON
MARIJUANA
WAR,
SPITZER
FLAKES
ON
MEDICAL
MARIJUANA
DRCNet's
weekly
compilation
of
interesting
web
links
about
the
drug
war.
- WEEKLY:
THIS
WEEK
IN
HISTORY
Events
and
quotes
of
note
from
this
week's
drug
policy
events
of
years
past.
- WEEKLY:
THE
REFORMER'S
CALENDAR
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up
at
an
event
can
be
the
best
way
to
get
involved!
Check
out
this
week's
listings
for
events
from
today
through
next
year,
across
the
US
and
around
the
world!
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