Organization News: DRCNet Hits This Week
TV and a prominent link help us take the message to wider audiences this week.
9th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert
On Saturday, January 20, 2007 Ploppy Palace Productions and Tobacco Road will be hosting the 9th Annual Medical Marijuana Benefit Concert to raise funds for FL NORMLâs (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) medical marijuana campaign and the protection of patientsâ rights. As part of this four stage extravaganza, some of South Florida's top bands, spoken word artists and community activists will join together for patientsâ and physiciansâ right to use medical cannabis.
Feature: Marijuana is America's Number One Cash Crop, Study Finds
A new study using federal government statistics and conservative estimates illustrates the extreme failure of prohibitionist policies.
It Was the Worst of Times: Drug Reform Defeats, Downers, and Disappointments in 2006
As 2006 comes to a close, we look back at the year's biggest drug reform defeats, disappointments, and downers.
It Was the Best of Times: Drug Reform Victories and Advances in 2006
As 2006 comes to an end, we look back to find the most significant victories and advances for drug reform this year.
South Pacific: Australia Wants to Ban the Bong
As Australia shivers through a fit of Reefer Madness, the government of Prime Minister John Howard says it wants to ban bongs.
Latin America: Peruvian President Lauds Coca Leaf in Salad, Blasts Guerrillas
Peruvian President Alan Garcia asks for the death penalty for terrorism after Shining Path guerillas attack police and anti-drug workers trying to wipe out illicit coca crops. The following day, he says coca is great in salads.
Harm Reduction: Experts Call for Urgent Action as Fentanyl-Related Overdose Death Toll Climbs
More than 120 medical experts, public health departments, and drug user advocacy groups have signed on to a letter urging Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt to take aggressive action to stem a wave of fatal overdoses related to heroin cut with the synthetic opiate fentanyl.
Harm Reduction: New Jersey Governor Signs Needle Exchange Bill
New Jersey Gov. John Corzine (D) quickly signed the needle exchange passed by the state Assembly last week. Now, up to six Garden State cities may begin pilot programs.