book reading and discussion: It's Just a Plant
July 26, 7:00pm, New York, NY, book reading by author/illustrator Ricardo Cortés, "It's Just a Plant," with remarks by DPA executive director Ethan Nadelmann, and discussion. At the Housing Works Bookstore Cafe, 126 Crosby Street (between Houston & Prince), admission free, visit http://www.itsjustaplant.com for info.
Weekly: The Reformer's Calendar
Showing up at an event can be the best way to get involved! Check out this week's listings for events from today through next year, across the US and around the world!
Jobs and Internships
Marijuana Policy Project and Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
Web Scan: Cato on Paramilitary Police Raids, John Fugelsang on Drug War for Daily Kos, Australia Institute Drug Prohibition Report
Cato on Paramilitary Police Raids, John Fugelsang on Drug War for Daily Kos, Australia Institute Drug Prohibition Report
Harm Reduction: Needle Access Bills to Become Law in Delaware, Massachusetts
Governors in two states Monday signed into law bills that would ease injection drug users' access to clean needles -- in one case overriding a veto.
Canada: Nelson, British Columbia, Head Shop Busted for Marijuana Sales
Local police in a particularly tolerant part of Canada broke with longstanding unofficial tolerance to bust the Holy Smoke Culture Shop and Psyche-Deli.
Canada: Vancouver Police to Stop Arresting Peaceable Drug Users, According to New Draft Policy
Vancouver police are making it their official policy not to arrest people for quietly using drugs, but to focus instead on those who sell and make them.
Middle East: War Driving Iraqis to Drugs
Thanks to the horrors of war, drug abuse is on the rise in Iraq, Iraqi officials and residents told the Associated Press Monday.