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Talent Campaign Filled Quota of Pro-Drug Supporters

A guy from Jim Talent's office called me a couple days ago to tell me that they had received my resume and while they were impressed, they had all the help they needed and I just send my resume again in the future.

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Editorial: LlÃ¡mela Como Quiera

A cada dÃa que pasa, los Condenados a PrisiÃ³n Perpetua por HeroÃna de Luisiana languidecen tras rejas, injustamente sin su libertad.

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Weekly: This Week in History

Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.

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Karen Tandy Speaks the Truth...But Doesn't Mean it

USA Today's coverage of DEA's new pain medicine regulations (also blogged here) contains this unbelievable quote from DEA Administrator Karen Tandy:

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Editorial: Call It What You Want

Each day that passes, Louisiana's Heroin Lifers languish behind bars, unjustly denied their freedom.

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Marijuana: In Annual Harvest Roundup, 98% of All Marijuana Seizures Are Ditchweed

Law enforcement authorities seized a whopping 233 million marijuana plants last year under a DEA program. Too bad 98% of them were ditchweed.

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Harm Reduction: Pittsburgh Needle Exchange Wins Health Board Approval for Continued Operation

Pittsburgh's sole needle exchange program is one step closer to being formalized after its legality was challenged earlier this year.

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South Asia: India Rebels Threaten to Kill Drug Traffickers, Tobacco Dealers

Separatist rebels in the Indian state of Manipur are threatening to execute drug traffickers and have already done so.

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Event Launching the Colorado Campaign for Safe Access

Please Join Us What: Support Medical Rights: Event Launching the Colorado Campaign for Safe Access When: Thursday, September 21st, 7-9pm Where: Mercury Cafe, 2199 California Street, Denver, CO 80202, (303) 294-9281, directions at http://www.mercurycafe.com/map.html

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Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Control Policy in Bolivia

The Washington Office on Latin America is pleased to invite you to a seminar: Opportunities and Challenges for Drug Control Policy in Bolivia with Felipe CÃ¡ceres, Vice Minister of Social Defense

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Appeal: Please Support DRCNet's New Web Campaign!

We believe you'll be excited and impressed when you see our new web site and what it can do. But it needs your help.

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Callout: Please Submit Blog Posts, News and Events on New DRCNet Web Site!

Our new web site has many new interactive features...

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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.

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Feature: Vancouver's Safe Injection Site Gets Only Limited Continuing Exemption

Insite, Vancouver's pioneering safe injection site, has won a temporary reprieve from the Canadian government, but now the government wants more research and is refusing to pay for it.

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Job Opportunies: Drug Policy Alliance, NYC & Sacramento

DPA is hiring a public affairs director in New York and a director for their California state capital office.

In The Trenches

Senate Adopts $700 Million for Halting Opium Production

press release from Drug Policy Alliance For Immediate Release: September 7, 2006 Contact: Tony Newman (646) 335-5384 OR Bill Piper (202) 669-6430

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Feature: Afghan Opium Crop Hits Record as Violence Increases

The West faces a crisis in Afghanistan, as opium cultivation rises to all-time record levels and a reinvigorated Taliban insurgency takes on NATO and the US.

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Attention Night Owls: Your Editor Will Be on the Radio Sunday Night

Chronicle editor Phil Smith (that's me) will be the guest on Kootenay Co-op Radio's "Fane of the Cosmos" program Sunday night. Based in Nelson, BC, Kootenay Co-op Radio is the independent voice of the Kootenay counterculture.

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Feature: Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Stirs the Waters in Ireland

LEAP member former Florida police chief Jerry Cameron went to Ireland and managed to really roil the waters.

In The Trenches

Reformers Call for a âNew Bottom Lineâ

For Immediate Release: September 7, 2006 Contact: Tony Newman (646) 335-5384 OR Bill Piper (202) 669-6430 New Government Survey Shows Illegal Drug Use Rates Holding Steady; Drug War Critics Point to Overwhelming Failure