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by borden, February 20, 2007, 01:43am, (Issue #474)

Virtual Medical Marijuana March on Ottawa, new web site by activist Phillipe Lucas.

Albany blog post on upcoming Kunstler Fund TV ad campaign against the Rockefeller Drug Laws.

Ethan Nadelmann urges Canada Must Not Follow the US on Drug Policy... and video from the Ottawa press conference: part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, part 7.

Drug Truth Network Update:
One-hour special report on the impact of the drug war on the African-American community, two MP3 files here and here.
Cultural Baggage for 02/16/07: -- Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project + Dr. Rick Doblin of Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies & Terry Nelson of LEAP, Poppygate, Drug War Facts & CBS4 Denver: "New Marijuana Law Forces Judge to Quit" (MP3)
Century of Lies for 02/16/07: Methamphetamine Conf. IV: Reporter Doug McVay, Dr. Neal Flynn, Phil Smith, Donald Davis, William McCall & Michael Seaver (MP3)

Economist Steven Levitt on Why Selling Drugs in a Gang is the Worst Job in America, glumbert.com.

Pew Charitable Trust Public Safety Performance Project report, "Public Safety, Public Spending: Forecasting America's Prison Population 2007-2011".

California prison guards union sues state to stop out-of-state prisoner transfers, NPR

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