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Rave Drug Named in "Honor" of Kanck (Australia)

from Test Publication, July 10, 2006
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Coming in the Chronicle this week

by psmith, July 09, 2006, 11:48pm
Here's a late Sunday night heads-up on what I'll be working on this week--subject, of course, to breaking news and other vagaries... The Portland pot initiative handed in signatures Saturday, and it

Marijuana Group Trying to Get Two Issues on Ballot (Fayetteville, Arkansas)

from , July 07, 2006
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Tax Act, Drug Deals Don't Stick (Connecticut)

from , July 07, 2006
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Medical Marijuana: Five Arrested, 13 Dispensaries Raided by DEA in San Diego

by psmith, July 07, 2006, 01:00am, (Issue #443)
Just a week after the US House of Representatives voted to continue funding Justice Department raids on medical marijuana patients and providers in states where it is legal, the feds struck again. Five people have been arrested in a series of DEA and local police raids Thursday hitting 13 medical marijuana dispensaries in San Diego County. Some people are being charged under state marijuana distribution laws in the cooperative federal-local effort. More arrests are expected, local law enforcement officials said.

Five Arrested, Marijuana Dispensaries Raided (DEA, San Diego)

from , July 06, 2006
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No Plans to Legalize Soft Drugs, Russian President Says

from , July 06, 2006
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Court Hears Pot vs. Privacy Pitches (Alaska)

from , July 06, 2006
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Coming in the Chronicle this week

by psmith, July 05, 2006, 09:54pm
We've got a bad bill in California, a bad arrest in Wisconsin, needle exchange news on a couple of fronts, a bevy of corrupt cops, and our favorite Australian MP goes to a rave and likes it.

Australian MP Says Raves Safer Than Hotel Bars, Urges Pill Testing Programs

from , July 05, 2006
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DRCNet friend and future Speakeasy blogger Cliff Thornton is first African American to run for governor of Connecticut

from , July 03, 2006
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Severed Heads in Acapulco Drug War Bad Sign for Next Mexican President (Reuters)

from , July 03, 2006
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DRCNet in Afghanistan

from Drug War Chronicle, October 07, 2005
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