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- Feature: Beyond 2008 -- Global Civil Society Tells the UN It's Time to Fix International Drug Policy
- Chronicle Book Review: "Dying to Get High: Marijuana as Medicine," by Wendy Chapkis and Richard J. Webb (2008, NYU Press, 244 pp., $22.00 PB)
- Media: David Borden in Televised Drug Legalization Debate
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Seattle Police Seize Hundreds of Patient Files in Raid on Co-op
- Search and Seizure: Strip Search of School Girl for Ibuprofen Went Too Far, Federal Appeals Court Says
- Europe: Battle of the Swiss Drug Referenda
- Europe: Austrian Parliament Okays Medical Marijuana, But Only State Agency Can Grow It
- Europe: Rastafarians Can Smoke Marijuana, Italian Court Rules
- Death Penalty: Indonesia Gives Go-Ahead for More Executions
- Europe: Selling Grow Equipment Not a Crime, British Appeals Court Rules
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunities: Two Full-time Jobs, a Fellowship, and an Internship, Marijuana Policy Project, DC
- Job Opportunity: Outreach Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy, DC or San Francisco
- Job Opportunity: Media Relations Director, Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM), Washington, DC
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Editorial: Do Drug Laws Affect Drug Use Rates? Evidently Not
- Feature: Vested Interests of Prohibition I: The Police
- Feature: Despite Harsh Drug Policies, US Leads in Cannabis, Cocaine Use, Global Survey Finds
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Massachusetts Decrim Initiative Approved for November Ballot
- Marijuana: Oregon Initiative For Regulated Sales Starts Gathering Signatures
- Pain Medicine: Pain Relief Network Sues State of Washington Over Narcotic Prescribing Guidelines
- Marijuana: Georgia Grand Jury Foreman Says Legalize It
- Drug Prohibition: No Clue in the Texas Legislature
- Latin America: Ecuador Assembly Pardons Hundreds of Drug Mules
- Middle East: Iraq Becomes Key Conduit in Global Drug Trade
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Job Opportunity: Harm Reduction Counselor/Driver, FROST'D @ Harlem United, New York City
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Editorial: How Long Does an Experiment Need to Continue Before It's Declared a Failure? (e.g. Drug Prohibition)
- Feature: Future Doctors Support Medical Marijuana
- Feature: New Jersey State Assembly Passes Bill Reforming State's "Drug-Free School Zone" Law
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Mendocino County Move to Restrict Grows Passes, Barely
- Marijuana: Puerto Rico Ex-Officials Say Legalize It
- Europe: Hashish Growers Fight Police in "Greece's Colombia"
- Latin America: Bolivia's Chapare Coca Growers Tell USAID to Get Lost, Say They Will Seek Funding from Venezuela
- Southwest Asia: West Threatens to Block Iran Drug Aid Over Nuclear Issue
- Southwest Asia: Taliban Makes $100 Million a Year Off Drug Prohibition
- Death Penalty: More Executions, More Death Sentences, A Glimmer of Hope in Vietnam
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Feature: US Drug Policies Flawed and Failed, Experts Tell Congressional Committee
- Feature: Amsterdam, Connecticut? Drug Reformer With Bold Vision Seeks State Office, Radical Change
- Law Enforcement: SWAT Run Amok
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Bill Passes New York Assembly, Senate Must Act By Monday
- Medical Marijuana: Massachusetts Entrepreneur Gets Monopoly Distribution Initiative on Michigan Town Ballot -- Officials Surprised and Confused
- Press Release: New Report Finds Teen Marijuana Use Down in States With Medical Marijuana Laws
- Europe: Amsterdam's Coffee Shops Brace for Tobacco Smoking Ban
- Latin America: Coca Production Up Last Year, UN Reports
- Middle East: Israel to Ban Bong Sales?
- Latin America: Human Rights a Casualty in Chihuahua's Drug War
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Job Opportunity: Director of State Policies, Marijuana Policy Project, Washington, DC
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Feature: Western Hemisphere's Only Heroin Maintenance Program Coming to an End
- Feature: Mendocino Marijuana Battle Waits for Election Results, Restrictive Initiative Draws Strong Opposition
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Help Needed: Drug War Chronicle Seeking Cases of Informant Abuse
- Sentencing: US Jail and Prison Population At All-Time High Again Last Year
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Oregon Appeals Court Protects Workers
- Busted: Veteran Yippie Activist Dana Beal Arrested in Illinois
- Latin America: US House Approves Mexico Anti-Drug Aid Bill, But Mexico Balks at Senate Human Rights Conditions
- Southwest Asia: Afghanistan Makes "World's Largest" Drug Bust -- 260 Tons of Hash Destroyed
- Latin America: More Argentine Courts Throw Out Drug Possession Charges
- Europe: Scottish Parliament Think-Tank Calls for Prescription Heroin, Safe Injection Sites, Legalized Marijuana
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Feature: Summer's Here and the Time is Right for... Getting Busted Going to the Festival (If You're Not Careful)
- Feature: BC Supreme Court Rules Vancouver Safe Injection Site to Stay Open, Federal Drug Law Controlling It Unconstitutional
- Feature: Brazil Appeals Court Rules Drug Possession Not a Crime
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: California Appeals Court Throws Out Quantity Limits
- Medical Marijuana: Employment Rights Bill Passes California Assembly
- Marijuana: Hawaii County Council Rejects "Green Harvest" Eradication Program
- Marijuana: Idaho Resort Town Passes Three Initiatives -- Again
- Sentencing: New Jersey Spends $331 Million a Year Jailing Nonviolent Drug Offenders, Study Finds as Legislature Ponders Reforms
- Latin America: Rising Death Toll in Mexico's Drug War Signals Imminent Victory, Attorney General Claims
- Australia: Doc Group Lobbies for Tougher Western Australia Marijuana Laws, Cites Mental Health Threat
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Drug Policy Alliance's Advocacy Grants Program Application Deadline Approaching
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Feature: New Mexico's Medical Marijuana Law Is Working, But There Is a Hang-Up Over Production and Distribution
- Feature: Medical Marijuana at the Statehouse -- Stalled in St. Paul, Progress in Providence, Coming Out in Columbus
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: Missouri Residents Sue Over Fake DEA Agent Busts
- Pain Medicine: Kansas Doctor Fights Back, Attacks Federal Prosecution and Controlled Substances Act as Unconstitutional
- Drug Treatment: Massachusetts Senate Ponders "Secure Treatment Centers"
- Europe: New Head of British Government Drug Advisory Council Favors Downgrading Ecstasy
- Europe: Colombian Vice-President Wants Debate on Cocaine Legalization
- Europe: Calabrian Mob Grows Rich and Powerful on Cocaine Profits
- Latin America: Chilean Senator Challenges Inclusion of Marijuana on "Dangerous Drugs" List
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- Feature: Battling Military Impunity in Mexico's Drug War
- Feature: Vancouver's Safe Injection Site Fights for Its Life -- Again
- Law Enforcement: Death of Florida Student Forced to Become a Snitch Sparks Protests in Tallahassee
- Offer: New Clergy Anti-Drug-War Video
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: GOP Attacks Obama for Suggesting He Would End Raids
- Pregnancy: South Carolina Supreme Court Overturns Woman's Murder Conviction for Fetal Death After Cocaine Use
- Latin America: Prohibition-Related Violence Surges in Mexico
- Canada: Marijuana Legalization Retains Majority Support, Poll Finds
- Europe: Despite British Marijuana Reclassification, No Jail for Low-Level Sellers
- Southeast Asia: Vietnam Ponders Drug Decriminalization
- Death Penalty: Malaysia Sentences Two to Hang for Marijuana Trafficking, Iran Executes Nine Drug Sellers
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Feature: "Color Blind" Drug War Disproportionately Targets Black Americans
- Feature: Global Marijuana Day Demonstrations Meet Repression in Handful of Cities
- News Release: Will SDSU Drug Bust Coverage Raise the Critical Questions?
- Offer: New Clergy Anti-Drug-War Video
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Salvia Watch: Magic Mint Now Illegal in Kansas, But Alabama Bill Dies
- Medical Marijuana: House Judiciary Chair Calls Out DEA on California Raids
- Medical Marijuana: Oregon Medical Marijuana Foe Drops Initiative Effort
- Harm Reduction: San Antonio Needle Exchange Program Not To Be, Texas Attorney General Says Would Violate State Law
- Europe: In Step Backwards, Britain Reschedules Marijuana as More Dangerous Drug
- Europe: Dutch Marijuana Tax Revenues at $600 Million a Year, Crop Is Country's Third Largest Export
- Southwest Asia: Iran Accuses West of Ignoring Afghan Opium, US Marines Conveniently Aid Tehran's Case
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Feedback: Do You Read Drug War Chronicle?
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Webmasters: Help the Movement by Running DRCNet Syndication Feeds on Your Web Site!
- Resource: DRCNet Web Site Offers Wide Array of RSS Feeds for Your Reader
- Resource: Reformer's Calendar Accessible Through DRCNet Web Site
- In Mexico, Opposition to Plan Merida Emerges
- In Mexico's Drug Heartland, A Debate on Alternatives to the Drug War Takes Place
- Dedication: Seattle Musician Timothy Garon, Victim of the Drug War
- Offer: New Clergy Anti-Drug-War Video
- Sentencing: Woman Who Fled Michigan Drug Sentence 32 Years Ago Caught in California, Faces 20 Years
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Federal Crack Sentence Reductions Begin to Take Hold
- Marijuana: New York City Pot Arrest Capital of the World
- Europe: Dutch Ban on Magic Mushrooms Moves Closer
- Canada: Supreme Court Nixes Random Use of Drug Dogs
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Job Listing: Field Coordinator, Americans for Safe Access, Oakland