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Ahead of Tuesday's Election Gmail Founder Donates to Legalize Marijuana

Gmail and FriendFinder founder Paul Buchheit says that adults should be able to smoke marijuana for fun. Mr. Bucheit's donation of $100,000 to the California Yes on Proposition 19 campaign surpasses Facebook co-founder Dustin Moskovitz’s $70,000 donation. Some more of the tech industry's brightest minds have also supported the campaign -- Sean Parker the financial supporter behind Napster and long-time Facebook collaborator, Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel, and Innovative Interfaces President Steve Silberstein have all donated money to it.
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Officials: Beyond Hartley Case, 92 Americans Killed in Mexico

According to the U.S. Department of State, 92 Americans have been reported as victims of homicide in Mexico from June 2009 to June 2010. On September 10, the agency issued a travel warning for Americans planning to head to Mexico. It warned against taking unnecessary trips to Michoacán, Tamaulipas, parts of Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango and Coahuila because of the ongoing drug prohibition violence.
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Drug Truth Pledge Drive

KPFT is one of the 5 Pacifica "sisters" and was the birthplace of the DTN which now has 94 broadcast affiliates in North America.

For a pledge of $50 you can get Oaksterdam T's and sweatshirts, Ed Rosenthal's latest: Pot Growers Handbook, CD's, DVD's and more.  A pledge of $200 gives you a choice of any 5 items.

For more than 9 years we have broadcast the "Unvarnished Truth about the drug war".  Please show you support by listening live to 90.1 FM in Houston or live on the web at www.kpft.org on Sunday, Oct 31 from 6:30 to 7:30 PM central time.

Our in studio guest will be John Lomax, a reporter for Houston Press and we'll feature segments of an interview done with Kent University professor of criminal justice Alex Stevens.

Here's a link to our most recent DTN Editorial: "Not drug warriors but rather drug war addicts!":  http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/3127

You can call 713-526-5738, toll free 1-877-9-420-420 or pledge online at www.kpft.org

Thank you for you support over the years,

Dean Becker

Producer - Drug Truth Network

Speaker - Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

713-922-4367

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World Series Reporter's 'They're Smoking Weed' Clip Becomes Prop. 19 Ad

Just before game two of the World Series between the San Francisco Giants and the Texas Rangers on Thursday, a reporter for a Dallas television station filed a story on the scene outside AT&T park for the local audience back home. But rather than the usual cliches about the picturesque view of San Francisco Bay, Newy Scruggs' story dealt almost entirely about marijuana being used by fans a short distance away. The group Internet Today quickly edited and tacked on a pro-Proposition 19 message to the end of the clip, which proceeded to go viral on the Internet and become the subject of talk radio and newspaper reports.
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Steve Cooley Hates Medical Marijuana

With all the excitement surrounding Prop 19, Steve Cooley's campaign for California Attorney General hasn't generated as much concern as it should. Americans for Safe Access has released a video to remind voters that Cooley is a vicious enemy of California's medical marijuana laws.

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Ad Watch: Anti-Proposition 19 Spot Distorts Its Impact

A radio ad against Proposition 19 paid for by the California Chamber of Commerce's Business PAC depicts a stoned California work force. But, the chamber's claims contradict rules on marijuana in the workplace upheld by the California Supreme Court and federal law. The chamber's warnings of companies being defenseless against stoned workers – and in danger of losing millions of dollars in federal drug-free workplace grants – don't square with a landmark 2008 state Supreme Court decision.
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Latino Police Officers Endorse Prop 19 [FEATURE]

A national Latino police officers' association has joined the roster of groups supporting Proposition 19. Disproportionate arrests of Latinos for marijuana might have something to do with it.
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This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

A Kentucky sheriff gets caught with his hand in the cookie jar, a Texas deputy gets busted for protecting a drug dealer, two Southern California cops get nailed for doing robberies disguised as drug busts, and a small-town Wisconsin cop lets her crack habit get the best of her.
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Mexico Drug War Update

Another bloody week in Ciudad Juarez and another rough week for Mexican police.
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Day of Action: You Can Help Legalize Marijuana in California (Action Alert)

SSDP Action Alert

Dear friends,

Seven days - that’s how little time is left before California votes on Proposition 19, the ballot initiative that would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana.

We know that young people overwhelmingly support Prop 19, so it’s up to us to make sure they vote by November 2.

SSDP and Just Say Now are launching a Prop 19 Day of Action on Saturday to coincide with Jon Stewart's and Stephen Colbert's Rallies for Sanity and Fear on October 30. We’re going to call thousands of young voters and drive out support for Prop 19.

Can you join us? Pledge to participate in the Prop 19 Day of Action this Saturday.

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/prop19ssdp

When you make your pledge, tell us if you'd like to start making phone calls to California voters about Prop 19 using the Just Say Now call tool right from your home -- or if you want to step up, tell us if you can organize a phone banking party.

Young people throughout California will be watching the rally and getting fired up to cast their vote on election day. You can call them and remind them to vote Yes on 19.

Calling young people is a sure-fire way to turn out voters most likely to support Prop 19 and help legalize marijuana. Plus, it’s super easy and fun to call right from your home. So please sign up to call on Saturday, or let us know you want to have a phone bank party!

Click here to pledge to join the Prop 19 Day of Action on Saturday!

http://action.firedoglake.com/page/s/prop19ssdp

Are planning to be in D.C. on Saturday? Join SSDP for our pre-rally sign making party and post-rally phone banking party in our D.C. office.RSVP to the Rally to Restore (Drug Policy) Sanity in Washington, D.C.

Thanks for all you do to pass Prop 19.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Perri

Associate Director
Students for Sensible Drug Policy

 

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Entire Police Force in Los Ramones, Mexico Quits After Drug Traffickers' Gunmen Attack Headquarters

All 14 police officers in Los Ramones, a rural town in northern Mexico, fled the force in terror after gunmen fired more than 1,000 bullets and flung six grenades at their headquarters. The gunmen’s 20-minute shooting spree destroyed six police vehicles and left the white and orange police station pocked with bullet holes. The attack was the second in less than a week against police forces in Nuevo Leon -- last week, grenades were thrown at police in Sabinas Hidalgo.