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[Courtesy of Marsha Rosenbaum, director of the Safety First Project and director of the San Francisco office of the Drug Policy Alliance] My new booklet, "Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs," is now available. We offer the first 25 copies for free and use a sliding scale after that. Our main goal is to make this resource available to parents, educators and reform organizations. Our goal is to reach the widest audience possible.

More plans from the Prison Art Foundation: The response to the email we sent last week inviting organizations across America to partner with us to operate a Prison Art Gallery in their locale met with a very positive response. As a result, we are now in discussions with organizations and individuals in six states.

Press Release Source: City of West Hollywood City of West Hollywood Officials Decry DEA Raids on Five Marijuana Dispensaries Wednesday January 17, 9:52 pm ET WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--City of West Hollywood officials reacted swiftly today to news that the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) had raided and shut down five medicinal marijuana dispensaries located in West Hollywood. "The City of West Hollywood has had a long-standing commitment to the compassionate use of medical marijuana for those persons who are facing catastrophic illnesses," said City Manager Paul Arevalo. The DEA's enforcement of federal drug laws against the dispensaries conflicts with Proposition 215, a ballot measure approved by the California voters in 1996 decriminalizing the use of medical marijuana.

[Courtesy of our friends at the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine] CALL FOR PAPERS: The program committee would like to invite you to present your research at the International Association for Cannabis as Medicine (IACM) 4th Conference on Cannabinoids in Medicine in Cologne, Germany, on 5-6 October. You may submit your abstract electronically until April 15, 2007 for oral presentations and until June 15, 2007 for poster presentations to [email protected]. If your abstract is accepted you will have free access to the meeting. In addition, speakers will have one night of free accommodation at the conference hotel Holiday Inn. Speakers may ask the IACM for a subsidy of their travel expenses.