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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #407 - Monday, 27 July 2009 Last week we distributed an alert about the Wall Street Journal front page article "With 'Med Pot' Raids Halted, Selling Grass Grows Greener" http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n731/a02.html Today readers of the Washington Post, including the folks on Capitol Hill, may read an article about marijuana in California. In the first half of this year MAP has archived 782 news clippings about California marijuana. In the first half of last year it was 437. The increased interest in what is happening with the marijuana issue in California is real. The Post writes on it's website "Letters must be fewer than 200 words and exclusive to The Washington Post. They may not have been submitted, posted to, or published by any other media. They must include the writer's home address, e-mail address, and home and business telephone numbers." 200 words is the average published letter length. However, longer well written letters have been published. News items about marijuana in California may be found at http://www.mapinc.org/find?115 PLEASE SEND US A COPY OF YOUR LETTER Please post copies of your letters to the sent letter list ([email protected]) if you are subscribed. Subscribing to the Sent LTE list will help you to review other sent LTEs and perhaps come up with new ideas or approaches. To subscribe to the Sent LTE mailing list see http://www.mapinc.org/lists/index.htm#form Suggestions for writing LTEs are at our Media Activism Center http://www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides

The Unvarnished Truth From the Drug Truth Network *** Note: Schedulte & Format Changes & NEW 800 # 1-877-9-420-420 *** This coming Sunday, August 2nd at 6:30 PM central time I will interview our guest on the Cultural Baggage program, Professor Arthur Benavie author of "Drugs - America's Holy War". Here's where you come in, following at 7PM central, Century of Lies will feature a new segment: "Face the Inquisition" where you get the chance to question the professor regarding America's 100 year old folly of drug war. You can tune into both programs, live, at 6:30 central time on Pacifica's KPFT at http://www.kpft.org and call in your questions toll free at 1-877-9-420 420. More details available in the 4:20 report for Monday July 20th. The two, 29:00 shows will 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 64 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 07/26/09, 29:00 Paul Armentano of NORML & co-author "Marijuana is Safer, So Whey are We Driving People to Drink" + Eric Sterling, president of Criminal Justice Policy Foundation LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2518 TRANSCRIPT: This Evening Century of Lies for 07/26/09, 29:00 Paul Armentano of NORML takes listener calls in the first 1 hour Drug Truth Network call in show in more than 6 years. Paul is co-author of a new book: "Marijuana is Safer, So Why are We Driving People to Drink?" LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2510 TRANSCRIPT: 072709 PM 4:20 Drug War NEWS, 7/27 to 8/02/09 Link at www.drugtruth.net on the right margin - Sun - Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance 2/2 Sat - Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance on US Congress' progress towards drug laws 1/2 Fri - Paul Armentano of NORML takes YOUR CALLS on Century of Lies 2/2 Thu - Paul Armentano of NORML takes YOUR CALLS on Century of Lies 1 Wed - Obama speaks to racial disparity, US marines try to blow up tons of Afghan drugs Tue - Shane Warner regarding is recent editorial in the Fort Worth Star Telegram: "AMERICANS FLEECED LONG ENOUGH IN A FUTILE AND FAILED WAR ON DRUGS" Mon - Richard Lee, founder of Oaksterdam University regarding progress in California cannabis 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?": Professor Arthur Benavie, author of "Drugs - America's Holy War". 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! We now feature TRANSCRIPTS of most of our programs again! 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, 713-849-6869, www.drugtruth.net