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Stand Up to the DEA! (Americans for Safe Access San Diego Action, 10/31)

Please forward this message Patients to Protest DEA Raids at upcoming San Diego Conference Medical cannabis (marijuana) patients and advocates will protest outside a DEA conference in San Diego on Tuesday, October 31, at 12:00 PM. The

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Drug Dealing on Frat Row - Profits & Losses

Progressive Drug Educator Sheldon Norberg will deliver a specially commissioned presentation focusing on Harm Reduction in the Greek community at UCLA. See http://www.SheldonNorberg.com for more in

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Divided [Oregon] Supreme Court Upholds Restrictions on Police Seizures

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Charities Slam George Michael Over Smoking Cannabis On TV

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President Bush Keeps Up the Pressure On the Colombian Drug Trade

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Medical Marijuana Policy Signed by CHP, Attorney General, Governor; ASA Lawsuit Settlement Yields Binding "Consent Decree" and $75,000 in

For Immediate Release-October 19, 2006 Contact: William Dolphin 510-919-1498 Medical Marijuana Policy Signed by CHP, Attorney General, Governor ASA Lawsuit Settlement Yields Binding "Consent Decree" and $75,000 in

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Oregon Supreme Court Affirms Legality of Property Protection Act of 2000

For Immediate Release: Contact: Tony Newman (646) 335-5384 October 19, 2006 Daniel Abrahamson (510) 295-5635

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Sheriff Deputy Probed

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Veteran Payne County Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Brooke Buchanan Suspended Amid (Meth Lab?) Investigation By State

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Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire -- Eric E. Sterling, President, Criminal Justice Policy Foundation

Students for Sensible Drug Policy is delighted to host Eric E. Sterling to speak at a campus-wide event at Franklin Pierce College, Rindge, New Hampshire, on Monday, November 6, 2006, at 5 pm, on "The

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Editorial: Drug Busts as Taxpayer-Funded Media Lobbying/Electioneering Campaigns

If law enforcers stage a high-profile drug bust with the intention of influencing the outcome of the legislative process, is it lobbying?

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Harm Reduction: New Jersey Needle Exchange, Needle Access Bills Advance

New Jersey is the last state in the nation without either needle exchange programs or access to syringes without a prescription, but with bills moving in committee, that could soon change.

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Europe: Italian Government Gives Approval for Marijuana Derivatives for Pain Control

The Italian cabinet Thursday gave its approval for the use of marijuana derivatives in the relief of pain.

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Feature: Prominent Drug Reformers Run for Statewide Office in Connecticut, Maryland

Prominent activists are carrying the drug reform message in the Connecticut governor's race and the Maryland US Senate race.

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Feature: Afghanistan Throws Out Group Urging Legal Opium -- Not

Despite press reports to the contrary, a think tank advocating licensing of Afghanistan's opium crop for the licit medical market has not been banned from the country, the group says.

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DRCNet Video Review: "Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine, and the Law," Produced and Directed by Jed Riffe

Documentary filmmaker Jed Riffe's "Waiting to Inhale: Marijuana, Medicine, and the Law" very successfully pulls together all the threads of the medical marijuana story in this compelling video.

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Brand New Connecticut Chapter of SSDP Hosts Candidate for Governor and Drug Policy Reformer Cliff Thorton

Thornton Suggests Drug Policy by Theresa Murphy of The Daily Campus (10/12/06) Green Party candidate Cliff Thornton was welcomed Wednesday afternoon by Students for Sensible Drug Policy, who invited Thorton to speak during their weekly meeting.

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Upward & Onward: 10 Years of Visionary Reform in California, a reception benefiting the Drug Policy Alliance

Supporters will gather to celebrate the five and ten year anniversaries of Proposition 36 and Proposition 215, respectively, and to honor three dear friends of DPA: philanthropists and DPA supporters John Sperling (Apollo Group) and George Zimmer (The Men's Wearhouse), and Marsha Rosenbaum (Safety First Project). Mayor Gavin Newsom is co-chairing the event together with Assembly Member Mark Leno and Assembly Speaker Fabian NÃºÃ±ez.

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Announcement: New Format for the Reformer's Calendar

Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to the events coming up the soonest, and more.