Web Scan: Mark Fiore, Tony Papa, Dean Kuipers US of Incarceration Animation, Tony Papa Knocks DA Report, Dean Kuipers on Tommy Chong
Weekly: This Week in History Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Feature: Living on Katrina Time -- Lost in Louisiana's Gumbo Gulag A national scandal is brewing in the Big Easy over thousands of people imprisoned without access to lawyers or the courts.
Feature: Brazilian President Signs New Drug Law -- No Jail for Users Brazilian President "Lula" da Silva signed into law a bill that will keep most drug users out of jail last week. Is the glass half-full or half-empty?
Feature: Medical Marijuana Victory in South Dakota Court Battle Over Ballot Language A South Dakota judge has thrown out the attorney general's medical marijuana initiative ballot summary as biased and unfair and replaced it with language of his own crafting.
América Latina: Brasileiros Se Opõem à Legalização da Maconha por Ampla Margem, Descobre Pesquisa
Maconha: Iniciativas de âMenor Prioridadeâ Vão a Votação em Santa Bárbara, Santa Cruz, Santa Mônica e Missoula
Cânhamo Industrial: Assembléia da Califórnia Aprova Projeto Sobre o Cânhamo, Será que Schwarzenegger Vai Assiná-lo?
Maconha Medicinal: Já Não Há Ameaça de Prisão para Renee Boje Depois que Federais Aceitam Acordo Simbólico
Latin America: Guatemala Imposes "State of Prevention" in Drug Crackdown Guatemalan authorities declared a form of martial law in San Marcos province this week in a bid to crack down on opium growing and drug trafficking.