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The Unvarnished Truth From the Drug Truth Network Cultural Baggage * Century of Lies * 4:20 Drug War NEWS You can tune into both our 1/2 hour programs, live, at 6:30 central time on Pacifica's KPFT at http://www.kpft.org and call in your questions and concerns toll free at 1-877-9-420 420. The two, 29:00 shows appear along with the seven, daily, 3:00 "4:20 Drug War NEWS" reports each Monday morning at http://www.drugtruth.net . We currently have 69 affiliated, yet independent broadcast stations. With a simple email request to [email protected] , your station can join the Drug Truth Network, free of charge. Cultural Baggage for 10/04/09, 29:00 Reports from the El Paso conference on the War on Drugs: UTEP president, mayors of El Paso & Ciudad Juarez, Councilman Beto O'Rourke, Terry Nelson of LEAP, & Mike Agar LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2608 TRANSCRIPT: Tuesday Century of Lies for 10/04/09, 29:00 Kirk Tousaw, atty fighting Marc Emery's extradition to the US + Paul Armentano and Steve Dillon of NORML & Abolitionist's Moment LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2609 TRANSCRIPT: Tuesday 4:20 Drug War NEWS, 10/05 to 10/11/09 Link at www.drugtruth.net on the right margin - Sun - Paul Armentano of NORML on healing properties of cannabis Sat - Kirk Tousaw, 2/2 Fri - Beto O'Rourke, El Paso city councilman on US/Mexico drug war Thu - Howard Campbell, author Drug War Zone, regarding failure of US drug war Wed - Kirk Tousaw, Canadian Barrister regarding Marc Emery's extradition to the US for selling pot seeds Tue - Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition at the El Paso Drug Conference Mon - Steve Dillon, chairman of the National Organization for Reform of Marijuana Laws Programs produced at Pacifica Radio Station KPFT in Houston, 90.1 FM. You can Listen Live Online at www.kpft.org - Cultural Baggage Sun, 7:30 PM ET, 6:30 PM CT, 5:30 PM MT, 4:30 PM PT (Followed Immediately By Century of Lies) - Century of Lies, SUN, 8 PM ET, 7 PM CT, 6 PM MT & 5 PM PT Who's Next to "Face The Inquisition?": Interview with Robert Field Co-Chairman of Common Sense for Drug Policy Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org We have potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US, Canada and Australia! Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, DTN Producer, 713-462-7981, www.drugtruth.net

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 5, 2009 CONTACT: Carl Olsen at 515-343-9933 Pharmacy Board ordered to appear in Polk County District court again on October 9th The Iowa Board of Pharmacy will conduct a third in a series of four monthly public hearings on the medical value of marijuana. The hearing is scheduled to take place Wednesday, October 7, 2009, Noon to 7:00 p.m. in the 3rd Floor Auditorium of the Bowen Science Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City. Carl Olsen and George McMahon of Iowans for Medical Marijuana will attend the hearing in Iowa City and will be available to answer questions from the press and public. On April 24, Polk County District Judge Joel D. Novak ruled that the Pharmacy Board unlawfully rejected a petition by Iowans for Medical Marijuana’s Board of Directors to remove marijuana from its current classification as a substance having no accepted medical use in treatment in the United States. The petition was based on the fact that marijuana has been accepted for medical use in 13 states in the United States. On July 21, the Board of Pharmacy again rejected the petition, ruling that accepted medical use in treatment in the United States means accepted medical use in all 50 states. The Iowa Board of Pharmacy insists it can determine whether marijuana has accepted medical use in the United States based on science, not on 13 state laws. Another court hearing has been scheduled for October 9 in the Polk County District Court to review the Board’s July 21st supplemental ruling. Whatever the science shows, it’s clear the Iowa Board of Pharmacy has no authority to recommend marijuana be accepted for medical use in any state other than Iowa. The authority of a state administrative agency ends at its own state’s borders. ###