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- Feature: The 2007 International Drug Policy Reform Conference -- Mr. Costa Meets the Opposition
- Feature: The Bible, a Black Bag, and a Drug Dog -- A Florida Drug War Story
- Press Advisory: Ninety-Nine Percent Say They Wouldn't Use Hard Drugs If Legalized, According to Zogby Poll
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Racial Disparities in Drug Sentences the Norm in the Nation's Most Populous Counties, Study Finds
- Latin America: Mexico's President Says Fighting Drugs, Crime His Highest Priority
- Europe: British Drug Council Calls for Heroin, Cocaine Prescribing By Nurses, Pharmacists, Chides Government's Drug Strategy Consultation
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Canadian Tories' Mandatory Minimum Drug Bill Draws Stiff Opposition, But Can It Be Stopped?
- Chewing and Grinding: A South Dakota Drug War Story
- Medical Marijuana: Courts in California and Colorado Rule Cops Must Return Patient's Medicine
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: New Jersey's First Legal Needle Exchange Is Open
- Hemp: Court Rejects Bid By North Dakota Farmers to Get DEA Out of the Way
- Europe: Edinburgh Police Plan for "Drug Tolerance Zone" in City Center Stirs Controversy
- Southwest Asia: US Plan For Aerial Spraying of Afghan Poppies on Hold -- for Now
- Southeast Asia: Most Killed in Thailand's 2003 Drug War Not Involved With Drugs, Panel Finds
- Death Penalty: More Executions in Iran, More Death Sentences in Vietnam
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Field Director, SAFER, Denver
- Internships: Two Openings at Americans for Safe Access
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- Feature: On the Anniversary of Kathryn Johnston's Death, Poll Finds Most Americans Oppose Use of SWAT-Style Tactics in Routine Drug Raids
- Feature: Higher Education Act Drug Conviction Penalty Repeal Stymied As Democrats Choke -- Again
- Sentencing: US Prison Population Could Be Cut in Half With Four Humane Reforms, Including Drug Decriminalization, Report Says
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Michigan Initiative Organizers Hand in Half a Million Signatures
- Canada: Federal Government Introduces Anti-Drug Legislation
- Southeast Asia: Reports Coming on Thailand's 2003 Drug War Killings
- Europe: British Heroin Maintenance Trials a Success, Researchers Say
- Australia: In Desperate Pre-Election Move, Prime Minister Howard Says He Will Take Control of Drug Users' Welfare Payments
- Europe: Irish Labor Party Debates Cannabis Legalization, Defers Decision
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Outreach Director, Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Job Opportunities: Two Openings at PreventionWorks, Washington, DC
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- Editorial: They Know More Than They're Willing to Admit About the Drug War
- Feature: Presidential Contenders and Drug Policy II -- Republicans
- Feature: Would-Be North Dakota Hemp Farmers Have Another Day in Court
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- Full of It: Rep. Mark Souder Souder Gets Called on His Characterization of HEA Reform Supporters
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Medical Marijuana: Invited By "Pro-Family Group," Drug Czar's Chief Scientist Testifies at Tennessee House Hearing
- Marijuana: California Cops Destroy Pot Worth Twice As Much as State's Largest Legal Cash Crop, But Still Miss Vast Majority of It
- Marijuana: A Week After Initiative Vote, Denver Bites the Bullet -- Sort Of
- Popular Culture: One-Third of Hit Songs Contain Drug Use References
- Australia: Queensland to Increase Drug Penalties
- Death Penalty: Two More Executed for Drug Trafficking in Saudi Arabia
- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Opportunity: Drug Policy Alliance, Deputy Director, San Francisco Office
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- Editorial: Two Drug War Tragedies, and No Excuse
- Feature: Presidential Contenders and Drug Policy I -- Democrats
- Feature: Denver Votes to Make Marijuana Offenses Lowest Law Enforcement Priority
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: Anti-Safe Injection Site Amendment Killed in Conference Committee
- Marijuana: Three of Four Reform Initiatives Pass in Hailey, Idaho
- Europe: Dutch to Extend Medical Marijuana Program for Another Five Years
- Death Penalty: Two More Drug Offenders Executed in Iran
- New Zealand: National Conversation on Marijuana Policy Urged
- Africa: NGOs Criticize Emphasis on Cutting Drug Supply, Urge Attention to Demand Reduction
- Caribbean: Trinidad & Tobago Political Leader Calls For New Approach in Dealing with Marijuana
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- Editorial: Newsflash -- Governments Are Violently Destroying Lives in the Drug War
- Feature: New, Less Severe Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing Guidelines Go Into Effect, But Will They Be Retroactive?
- Feature: Can Medical Marijuana Cost You Your Kid? In California, It Can
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Harm Reduction: Measure to Bar Federal Funds for Cities With Safe Injection Sites Passes Senate
- Marijuana: Democratic Candidates Forgo Opportunity to Support Decriminalization During Tuesday Night Debate
- Families: Utah Supreme Court Rules Mere Presence of Drugs in Home is Not Child Endangerment
- Sentencing Reform: Massachusetts Bar Association Forms Drug Policy Task Force
- Southeast Asia: Drug Crackdowns Spread HIV/AIDS, Experts Say
- Southeast Asia: Indonesia Constitutional Court Upholds Death Penalty For Drug Offenses
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- Web Scan
- Weekly: This Week in History
- In the Movement: Job Opportunities at MPP
- Announcement: Deadline Approaching for Abstract Submission to IHRA Barcelona Conference
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- Editorial: Enough Already -- Stop Funding the Taliban Through Opium Prohibition
- Feature: Bush Reveals Plan Mexico, Proposes $1.4 Billion Anti-Drug Aid Package
- Feature: San Francisco Ponders a Safe Injection Site, Would Be the Nation's First
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Sentencing: Ohio Senate Passes Bill to Equalize Crack/Powder Cocaine Disparity By Raising Sentences
- Marijuana: Florida Bill Would Toughen Penalties for Growing
- Law Enforcement: Karen Tandy Resigns As DEA Chief
- Death Penalty: Iran Executes Five More Drug Traders, Australian Faces Ultimate Sanction Over Half Ounce of Hash in Bali
- Southwest Asia: Opium Accounts for Maybe Half of Taliban Funding, US Commander Says
- Latin America: Ecuador President Jerks Washington's Chain Over Manta Air Base
- Web Scan
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- Jobs in Harm Reduction: Harm Reduction Coalition and PreventionWorks!
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- Editorial: The Arrogance of Stupidity
- NORML Does LA: The 2007 National Convention
- Europe: Britain's North Wales Police Back Chief's Call for Drug Legalization
- Video: US Government Encourages Drug Offenders to Choose the Army Instead of College
- And Still More... Yet ANOTHER Big Digg Hit Last Week Increases Our Web Site Traffic
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Law Enforcement: With Violent Crime on the Rise, New Orleans Police Are Arresting Thousands of Drug Offenders, Traffic Violators
- Harm Reduction: San Francisco Safe Injection Site Discussions Underway
- Marijuana: Pot Politics On Display in Local Races in Cincinnati and New York State
- Australia: Drugs Are "Evil," Says Prime Minister
- Drugged Driving: Experts Say Marijuana DUI Limit Should Be Similar to Alcohol, Not Zero Tolerance
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Jobs at MPP: Michigan Campaign Manager, DC Membership/Grants/VIP Program Fellow
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- Feature: Canada's New Drug Strategy: Mandatory Minimums In, Harm Reduction Out
- Europe: North Wales Top Cop Calls For Legalization, Regulation of Drugs
- Prohibition: San Francisco Mayor Says Drug War an "Abject Failure," Sheriff Agrees
- More Web Site Success: Another Big Digg Hit Last Week Massively Increased Our Web Site Traffic
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
- Students: Intern at DRCNet and Help Stop the Drug War!
- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Drug Treatment: GAO Study Reveals Abuse Allegations, Deaths at Residential Treatment Programs
- Tobacco: California City Becomes First to Ban Smoking In One's Own Home
- Southwest Asia: US Turns Up the Pressure to Spray Poppy Fields, Afghan Government Resists -- So Far
- Southeast Asia: Burmese Opium Production on the Rise
- Middle East: Lebanese Political Crisis Means Bumper Hash Crop
- Europe: Dutch to Ban Magic Mushroom Sales
- Weekly: This Week in History
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- Editorial: Yes, the Drug War Really is Still Failing, DEA and ONDCP
- Feature: Supreme Court Weighs Arguments on Limits of Judicial Discretion in Sentencing
- Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Addiction-Proof Your Child: A Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol, and Other Dependencies," by Stanton Peele (2007, Seven Rivers Press, 258 pp., $14.95 PB)
- Appeal: More DRCNet Stories Are Going Big Thanks to Your Donations
- Weekly: Blogging @ the Speakeasy
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- Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories
- Marijuana: Pot Prohibition Costs $41 Billion a Year in Enforcement Costs, Lost Tax Revenues, Study Finds
- Marijuana: Hawaii Supreme Court Rejects Religious Use Defense
- Latin America: US Plans to Supersize Mexico Drug War Aid -- $1.4 Billion Package in Works
- Asia: Nine National Red Cross/Red Crescent Groups Endorse Humanitarian Drug Policies
- Europe: Dutch Marijuana Trade Under Pressure
- Canada: Vancouver Safe Injection Site Granted Six-Month Extension, Again
- Europe: New Agency Created to Battle Booming Cocaine Trade
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- Weekly: This Week in History
- Job Listing: Executive Director, Access Works!
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