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Judge Blocks Law that Changes Treatment Initiative (California)

from Associated Press, July 14, 2006
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Drug Policy Group Sues Governor for Altering Proposition 36 (California)

from Associated Press, July 13, 2006
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Ambassador to US Resigns in Dispute Over Drugs (Colombia)

from The Guardian, July 13, 2006
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Vancouver MP Libby Davies Urges Campaign to Save Safe Injection Site

by psmith, July 12, 2006, 07:58pm
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INSITE, Vancouver's Downtown Eastside safe injection site, is in danger of being shut down after September 12 if the new conservative health minister doesn't reapprove it.

State of Siege: Drug-Related Violence and Corruption in Mexico

from Washington Office on Latin America, July 12, 2006
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Tennessee Judge Throws Out State's Drug Tax Stamp Law

from Associated Press, July 12, 2006
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More Schools Test For Drugs

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Feature: Wisconsin Drug Reform Activist and Senate Candidate Ben Masel Assaulted, Arrested By Campus Cops, Plans to Sue

by borden, July 12, 2006, 12:34am, (Issue #443)
Wisconsin's best known drug policy reformer, Weedstock organizer Ben Masel, was pepper-sprayed and arrested by University of Wisconsin-Madison police as he collected signatures for his senatorial campaign the evening of June 30. He was charged with disorderly conduct, resisting a police officer, trespassing, and remaining after being warned to leave, all misdemeanors.

Feature: Battle Over California's Proposition 36 to Head to Court

by borden, July 12, 2006, 12:31am, (Issue #443)
Last week, the California legislature voted to approve changes to Proposition 36, the state's "treatment not jail" law, that would alter the law's basic philosophy. This week, Prop. 36 supporters are waiting for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign the bill into law. Then they will immediately file suit to have the new law overturned.

Editorial: Is Ecstasy a Dangerous Drug?

by borden, July 12, 2006, 12:18am, (Issue #443)
Member of the South Australian Parliament Sandra Kanck aroused ire from colleagues again by attending a rave then telling them she felt safer there than at a bar.

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