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Issue #291 6/13/03

    Editorial: The Rule of Law
  1. Global Social Forum Meeting in Cartagena to Draw Broad Spectrum of Global Activists for Colombia Focus -- DRCNet Will Be There
  2. Anatomy of a Victory: How Reformers Rolled Back Souder and the Drug Czar
  3. Ontario Marijuana Laws in the Twilight Zone
  4. Jacksonville Hemp Fest Marred by Police Violence, Warrant Issued for Organizer for Obstructing (In)Justice
  5. Drug Reform and the Democratic Presidential Nominating Process
  6. Sad Day in the Medical Marijuana Movement: Medical Marijuana Patient and Activist Cheryl Miller Passes Away at 57
  7. DRCNet Urgently Needs Your Donations -- Sullum Book Offer Still Going
  8. This Week in History
  9. Newsbrief: European Union Presidency Calls for Frank Discussion of Drug Laws
  10. Newsbrief: Demonstrations Mark Thailand Drug War Killings
  11. Newsbrief: Oregon Medical Marijuana Provider Gets Prison Time
  12. Newsbrief: Drug Czar Declares War on Summer
  13. Newsbrief: Supreme Courts Again Says No to Cincinnati Drug Zone Ban Law
  14. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #290 6/6/03

    Editorial: Courage and Perseverance
  1. Thousands Rally in NYC to Demand Repeal of Rockefeller Drug Laws
  2. Medical Marijuana Cultivator Rosenthal Sentenced to One Day, Plus Probation
  3. DEA Uses RAVE Act Threats to Block Montana NORML/SSDP Benefit
  4. Dems on Drugs: The Presidential Contenders and Their Drug Policies
  5. In a Strong Reversal, Congress Prohibits Drug Czar from Running Ads Against Ballot Measures and Candidates
  6. Newsbrief: Texas Governor Signs Bill Freeing Tulia 14
  7. Newsbrief: Sentencing Reform -- No in Oklahoma
  8. Newsbrief: Sentencing Reform -- Yes in Missouri
  9. Newsbrief: Feds Reject MPP Complaint Against Drug Czar
  10. Newsbrief: The Next Prohibition? Surgeon General Supports Banning Tobacco
  11. Newsbrief: Belgian Marijuana Decriminalization Now in Effect
  12. Newsbrief: DEA Can't Kidnap People in Other Countries, Federal Court Rules
  13. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #289 5/30/03

    Editorial: For Decency's Sake, No More "No-Knock" Drug Raids
  1. Canadian Government Introduces Cannabis Decriminalization Bill
  2. Ed Rosenthal to be Sentenced Wednesday -- Could Escape Mandatory Minimum as Pleas for Leniency Roll In, Supporters Prepare to Rally
  3. DRCNet Book Review: "Saying Yes: In Defense of Drug Use," by Jacob Sullum (Tarcher & Putnam, 24.95 HB)
  4. Democratic Presidential Contender Endorses Medical Marijuana -- Ohio's Kucinich First Out of the Gate
  5. Saying Yes: New Book Offer from DRCNet
  6. Action Alerts: Medical Marijuana, HEA Drug Provision, Global Legalization and Drug Treaty Reform Petition
  7. Newsbrief: NYPD Under Fire in Death of Woman in Botched Drug Raid
  8. Newsbrief: Federal Hepatitis C Control and Prevention Bill Filed
  9. Newsbrief: Mississippi Drug Czar Not One to Let the Law Get in His Way
  10. Newsbrief: The Hash Fields of Morocco
  11. Newsbrief: Dutch Coffee Shops Take Hit in Anti-Tobacco Campaign
  12. Newsbrief: New Zealand to War on "Evil" Meth
  13. Newsbrief: Garcia Marquez Takes Back His Legalization Comments, Sort Of
  14. Newsbrief: Gambian Narcs Mar Marley Remembrance with Raids
  15. Newsbrief: Japanese Author, Legalization Advocate Gets Suspended Sentence for Marijuana Possession
  16. Reflections Seeking Submissions for Special Issue on Prison
  17. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #288 5/23/03

    Editorial: Outrage at Outrages
  1. No Marijuana Possession Law in Ontario, Court Rules -- Cops Vow to Keep Arresting Users Anyway
  2. Hip Hop Nation Set to Rock the Rockefeller Laws -- Mass Protest Set for June 4 if Laws Not Repealed
  3. GOP Effort to Let Drug Czar Propagandize Against Reform Stalled in House Committee
  4. Drug Testing Has No Impact on Student Drug Use, Study Finds
  5. Stop the Murder of Thai Drug Users -- International Day of Action, June 12
  6. CNN Special Report on "Killing Pablo"
  7. Newsbrief: Rosenthal Loses Motion for New Trial, Sentencing Date Looms
  8. Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana -- Yes in Maryland, No in Connecticut
  9. Newsbrief: "States' Rights to Medical Marijuana Act" Reintroduced
  10. Newsbrief: "Smoke a Joint, Lose Your Student Loan" Bill Introduced in Wisconsin
  11. Newsbrief: House Committee Takes Slap at Needle Exchange
  12. Newsbrief: Garcia Marquez Says Legalize Drugs to End Colombian Violence
  13. Newsbrief: Scotland Yard Chief Says Legalize It
  14. Newsbrief: British Government to Issue Guidelines for Heroin Prescriptions, Pilot Programs Coming Soon
  15. Newsbrief: Australian State to Do Medical Marijuana Trials
  16. Newsbrief: "Indian Hemp" Farmers Shoot It Out With Nigerian Narcs
  17. Media Scan: Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Buying Initiatives, CNN on Bad Drug Raid
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #287 5/16/03

    Editorial: Coddling Kidnappers
  1. Illinois Over-the-Counter Syringe Bill Passes House, Awaits Governor's Signature
  2. Moves Continue to Win Freedom for Tulia 13 -- Congress to Take a Look
  3. Canada Marijuana Decriminalization Legislation Delayed -- Fears of United States, Discord in Government Cited
  4. Alert and Clarification: Truth in Trials Act
  5. Vote Now in Two Online Marijuana Decriminalization/Legalization Polls
  6. World Social Thematic Forum to Address Drug Policy, Cartagena, Colombia, Next Month
  7. Countdown to Fairness: Celebrity-Led Rockefeller Drug Law Protest Coming June 4th
  8. Six-Year Anniversary of Esequiel Hernandez Shooting This Week
  9. Newsbrief: Indonesia Quietly Supports Needle Exchanges
  10. Newsbrief: US Functionaries Bluster at Bolivia
  11. Newsbrief: US Invasion Liberates Iraqi Heroin, Cocaine Sales
  12. Newsbrief: You Better Watch Yer Ass in Texas, Boy
  13. Newsbrief: Utah Supreme Court Restricts Random Roadblocks, Again
  14. Newsbrief: Supreme Court to Revisit Roadblock Ruling
  15. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  16. Newsbrief: New Jersey Drug Warrior Prescribes More Aggression
  17. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #286 5/9/03

    Editorial: Time for Bill Bennett to Sit Down
  1. DRCNet Interview: Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, Chairman, Canadian Senate Select Committee on Illegal Drugs
  2. Canada Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Cases that Could End Marijuana Laws
  3. Colombia: Pro-Legalization Governor among FARC Hostages Killed in Failed Monday Rescue Attempt
  4. Bolivia Coca Conflict Heating Up Again
  5. Oregon SWAT Raid Victims to File Suit
  6. Tens of Thousands March Worldwide in Annual Million Marijuana March
  7. Newsbrief: Bill "Mr. Virtue" Bennett Outed as Heavy Gambler
  8. Newsbrief: Bush Twins Outed as Tokers by "That '70s Show" Star
  9. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  10. Newsbrief: Baltimore Grand Jury Calls for Regulated Drug Distribution to Addicts
  11. Newsbrief: Sentencing Reform Measures Moving in Colorado
  12. Newsbrief: Rhode Island Bill Allowing Eviction for Drug Possession on the Move
  13. Newsbrief: Minnesota High Court Bars Suspicionless Consent Searches, Questioning of Motorists
  14. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #285 5/2/03

    Editorial: Much to Emulate from Abroad
  1. Senator Nolin Comes to Washington
  2. Cannabis Canada: Decrim on the Way, Says Prime Minister -- The People are Ready, Says Poll
  3. Vancouver: Unsanctioned Safe Injection Site Opens in Midst of Police Crackdown on Downtown Eastside Hard Drug Scene
  4. Peruvian Coca Growers Move from Joy to Anger as Meeting with President Yields False Accord
  5. Sentencing Reform through Budget Crisis: Washington State Passes Early Release Bill
  6. Drug Czar Escapes Prosecution for Election Law Violations in Nevada
  7. Newsbrief: Scottish Police Call for Drug Law Reform
  8. Newsbrief: Oregon House Passes Bill to Restrict Medical Marijuana, Action Pending in Senate
  9. Newsbrief: Friend of Drug Reform Upsets Veteran in Detroit City Council Race
  10. Newsbrief: Utah Marijuana Case against Dennis Peron Crumbles
  11. Newsbrief: Missouri Court Challenges Meth Arrest for Cold Pills
  12. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  13. Web Scan: CSDP, Policy Review, High Point Enterprise
  14. Job Opportunity: Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, DC
  15. Fellowship Opportunity: Ira Glasser Racial Justice Fellowship Program, American Civil Liberties Union
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #284 4/25/03

    Editorial: International Singularity
  1. Vienna: UN Reaffirms Prohibitionist Path, Cracks Appear in the Consensus as Clamor for Change Grows
  2. Peru: Coca Farmers Claim Partial Victory After Meeting With President
  3. If It's 4/20 and We're in San Francisco, This Must Be NORML
  4. California County, Patients Sue Federal Drug Warriors Over Medical Marijuana Raids
  5. Newsbrief: Lying Tulia Undercover Cop Indicted for Perjury
  6. Newsbrief: Canadian Government to Unveil Marijuana Decriminalization Bill in June, Newspaper Says
  7. Newsbrief: Brazilian Health Ministry Proposes Legalization of Drug Possession
  8. Newsbrief: Russia Declares War on Drug "Barons"
  9. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  10. New WOLA Report on Mexico's Military in the War on Drugs
  11. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #283 4/18/03

  1. DRCNet Interview: David Bronner
  2. Ninth Circuit Court Blocks DEA Hemp Rule
  3. The Week Online Still Needs Your Help!
  4. Newsbrief: California Appeals Court Just Says No to "Hippie Profiling"
  5. Newsbrief: House GOP Leadership Gives Cold Shoulder to "Truth in Trials" Medical Marijuana Bill
  6. Newsbrief: Indiana Ponders Early Prisoner Release, Drug Possessors Included
  7. Newsbrief: Legal Swiss Marijuana to Be Heavily Taxed, Black Market Profits Will Instead Be Windfall for Government
  8. Newsbrief: CIA Propaganda Radio Rap Song Links Saddam to Demon Weed
  9. Media Scan: Cato, Sojourners, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Criminal Justice Journalists
  10. Harm Reduction Jobs in Pittsburgh and New York
  11. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #282 4/11/03

  1. HEA Reform: Day of Action on Campuses Nationwide, Press Conference in Washington, ABA and Join Together Join the Fight
  2. Save the Children, Screw the Rest of Us: RAVE Act, Measure to Limit Judicial Sentencing Discretion Pass House and Senate
  3. Coca Battles Heat Up in Peru: Strikes, Street Battles, March to Lima Underway
  4. US Prisoner Number Hits Two Million
  5. Columbia, Missouri, Marijuana Reform Initiative Prompts Progress in Defeat
  6. Action Alerts: Hemp Food, Global Legalization, Maryland Medical Marijuana
  7. The Week Online Still Needs Your Help!
  8. Newsbrief: Brazilian Cabinet Member Calls for Drug Decriminalization
  9. Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana "Truth in Trials Act" Introduced
  10. Newsbrief: New Jersey Doubles "Club Drug" Penalties
  11. Newsbrief: Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Michigan Welfare Drug-Test Requirement
  12. Newsbrief: Ohio Appeals Court Rules Mom's Marijuana Use Not Adequate Reason for State to Seize Kids
  13. Newsbrief: Wayne State Passes HEA Reform Resolution in Advance of SSDP National Day of Action
  14. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
  15. Web Scan: IAL report, Southern Prison Expansion, Huffington on Tulia, Journal of Neuroscience on MedMj, Reason on Stepnoski
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #281 4/4/03

  1. Week Online Fundraising Update
  2. Editorial: Reasonable Doubt Routinely
  3. Victory in Tulia!
  4. Rosenthal Asks for New Trial, Cites Juror Violations
  5. Drug Czar Gives Up on Drugs and Terror Ad Campaign, Also Cancels Studies to Track Ads' Effectiveness
  6. Drug Czar Sends Flunkies to Try to Stop Columbia, Missouri, Marijuana Initiative
  7. DRCNet Interview: Marco Cappato, Member of European Parliament
  8. Newsbrief: Reform Rumblings Begin in Brazil, While "Commands" Create Chaos
  9. Newsbrief: Post-Assassination Serbian Crackdown Creates Drug Panic
  10. Newsbrief: Jamaican Official Promises Ganja Decrim Bill "Soon"
  11. Newsbrief: Belgian Marijuana Decriminalization Passes Final Hurdle
  12. Newsbrief: Midwest Meth Madness -- Indiana
  13. Newsbrief: Midwest Meth Madness -- Iowa and Illinois
  14. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  15. Web Scan: New HR95, JAPHA on Syringe Sales, Reason, Mama Coca, OAS
  16. Clinical Cannabis Conference CDs Available
  17. Job Listings: Drug Policy Forum of Massachusetts and Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #280 3/28/03

  1. The Week Online Needs Your Help
  2. Editorial: I Smuggled Coca Soap into the United States
  3. Road to Vienna: British Government Chides International Narcotics Control Board on Cannabis Rescheduling Critique
  4. Will Canada Marijuana Decriminalization Be Collateral Damage in Iraq War?
  5. Maryland Legislature Rebuffs Drug Czar, Passes Medical Marijuana Bill, Awaits Governor's Signature
  6. DRCNet Interview: Ed Forchion, the New Jersey Weedman
  7. Newsbrief: DEA Issues Final Hemp Rule, Would Ban Hemp Food Products in Weeks, Hempsters Fight Back
  8. Newsbrief: Bill to Allow Syringe Purchases Moving in Illinois Legislature
  9. Newsbrief: Bill to Restrict Needle Exchanges Gets Push in Rhode Island
  10. Newsbrief: Colombia to Get $100 Million Bounty for Supporting Iraq War
  11. Newsbrief: More Americans Dead in Colombia
  12. Newsbrief: Lawsuit Charges Chicago Cops with Pattern of Illegal Stops, Searches of Minorities
  13. Newsbrief: Bush to Nominate Woman Prosecutor to Head DEA
  14. Newsbrief: Silence on Pusherstrasse -- Christiania Drug Sellers Strike for Future of "Free City"
  15. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  16. Jobs at WOLA
  17. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #279 3/21/03

  1. New York City Mayor Bloomberg Backs Needle Exchange, But Where's the Money?
  2. Medical Marijuana Update: Bills Killed in Arkansas, Wyoming But Moving Forward in Maryland, Vermont, Bad Bill Introduced in Oregon
  3. UN Says Colombian Coca Cultivation Down 30 Percent, Overall Production Down, Too -- Experts Say Not Really
  4. Newsbrief: Marco Cappato in Jail for British Marijuana Civil Disobedience
  5. Newsbrief: Mexican Governor Candidate Says Legalize Drugs
  6. Newsbrief: Guardian Newspaper Calls on Britons to "Promote" Home Grows, Not Prosecute Them
  7. Newsbrief: Vancouver Ponders "Safe Smoking Materials" for Crack Users
  8. Newsbrief: Medical Marijuana Hits the Shelves in Dutch Pharmacies
  9. Newsbrief: New Jersey Bans Racial Profiling
  10. Newsbrief: NJ Weedman Sues Comcast, Asks $420,000
  11. Newsbrief: House Republicans Hold Off on Subpoena of Federal Judge
  12. Newsbrief: Informant Nailed for Fake Ecstasy Scam
  13. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #278 3/14/03

  1. Federal Judge Refuses to Block Potential Federal Arrests of California Medical Marijuana Patients
  2. No Comment: Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General of UN Office on Drugs and Crime Addresses Swedes on Marijuana
  3. Funding Crunch Hits Drug Reform Movement
  4. DRCNet Interview: Adam Jones, Teachers Against Prohibition
  5. DRCNet Book Review: "Down by the River: Drugs, Money, Murder, and Family," Charles Bowden (2002, Simon & Schuster, $27.00 HB)
  6. Alert: HEA Reform Legislation Re-filed, Needs Your Support
  7. Newsbrief: Mexican Anti-Drug Choppers Shot Down, Five Dead
  8. Newsbrief: Colorado Kiddie Meth Bill Passes, Awaits Governor's Signature
  9. Newsbrief: Colorado Legislators Ponder Plan to Cut Nonviolent Offender, Drug Sentences
  10. Newsbrief: Illinois DA Makes Woman Meth Poster Child
  11. Newsbrief: House Panel Goes After Federal Judge for Being Too Lenient on Drug Offenders
  12. Newsbrief: Who Wants Drug Testing? Not Pennsylvania Cops, Not Colorado Teachers
  13. Newsbrief: New Zealand Moves to Heighten Methamphetamine Penalties -- Life Sentences for Some Offenses
  14. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #277 3/7/03

  1. 50 Years for Stealing Videotapes? No Problem, Say Justices -- Supreme Court Upholds California Three-Strikes Law
  2. Medical Marijuana Update: Bill Killed in New Mexico, New Ones Introduced in New York and Rhode Island
  3. Australia: NSW Green Party Drug Platform in Tabloid "Exposé" Furor as Election Looms
  4. "Seeds of Peace" Released in Brussels as Prelude to Vienna UN Conference
  5. Medical Marijuana Supporters Demonstrate at Fundraiser for Presidential Candidate Howard Dean
  6. Alert: HEA Reform Legislation Re-filed, Needs Your Support
  7. Newsbrief: Swiss Lawmakers Give Okay to Continued Prescription Heroin
  8. Newsbrief: Sweden's Drug Head Calls for Needle Exchange Programs Across Country
  9. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
  10. Newsbrief: Oxycontin Not So Deadly, Researchers Find
  11. Newsbrief: California Highway Patrol Settles Racial Profiling Lawsuit
  12. Kansas Legislators Consider "Treatment Not Jail" Bill
  13. Newsbrief: In Surprise Move, Judge Changes Mind, Declines to Jail Oakland Cannabis Co-op Head
  14. Newsbrief: Two Suicides Enough for One Pot Bust, Says Wisconsin Judge, Orders Probation for Son of Dead Couple
  15. Media Scan: New York Times, The Economist, The Independent, Washington Times, Change the Climate Ads, HRC Newsletter
  16. Drug War Vigil Film Festival Seeking Submissions
  17. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #276 2/28/03

  1. Peruvian Government Attacks Cocalero Movement -- Leaders Arrested, Others in Hiding as Protests Spread
  2. The Road to Vienna: International Narcotics Control Board Annual Report Attacks Reformers, Reformers Scratch Back
  3. Ashcroft's Pipe Dream, Bongmaker's Nightmare: Feds Arrest 55 in Paraphernalia Crackdown
  4. Parallel Power Flexes Muscle in Brazil: Rio's Drug Commands in Pre-Carnival Show of Force
  5. In Thailand, Clamor for Investigation Grows as Killings of Drug Suspects Continue
  6. Marijuana at the State House 2003: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
  7. Alert: HEA Reform Legislation Re-filed, Needs Your Support
  8. Mérida Footage, Photos Now Online
  9. Newsbrief: Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Coop Head Gets Three Months in Jail for Trying to Inform Jurors
  10. Newsbrief: Belgium to Legalize Marijuana Possession, Use
  11. Newsbrief: Switzerland Marijuana Legalization Moving, Opposition Mobilizes
  12. Newsbrief: "Kiddie Meth" Legislation Spreads to Illinois, Missouri
  13. Newsbrief: MPP Releases TV Ads on Harms of Marijuana Prohibition in Third Phase of Group's "War on Drug Czar" Campaign
  14. Newsbrief: Utah Drugged Driving Bill is DOA in House
  15. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #275 2/21/03

  1. Out from the Shadows: First Latin American Anti-Prohibition Summit Convenes in Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  2. Mérida Interview: María Mercedes Moreno of Mama Coca
  3. Mérida Interview: Luiz Paulo Guanabara, Brazil, Executive Director of Psico-Tropicus
  4. Rosenthal Verdict Fallout: Angry Jurors, Media Attention, a New Bill in Congress
  5. Victory for Bolivian Coca-Growers Imminent, Reports Say Government Will Allow Coca in the Chapare
  6. Thailand War on Drugs Turns Murderous, 600 Killed This Month -- Human Rights Groups Denounce Death Squads, Executions
  7. Peoria Needle Lady Busted in Pekin, But Charges Later Dropped
  8. Drug Czar's Office Masks True Costs of War on Drugs in Federal Budget
  9. Newsbrief: DEA Kills 14-Year-Old Girl in San Antonio, Claims Self Defense
  10. Newsbrief: US Spooks Killed, Captured in Colombia
  11. Newsbrief: French Cannabis Activist Faces Jail for "Encouraging Drug Use"
  12. Newsbrief: Corrupt Cop of the Week I
  13. Newsbrief: Corrupt Cop of the Week II
  14. Newsbrief: Oklahoma Report Urges Sanity in Sentencing
  15. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #274 1/31/03

  1. The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign
  2. Road to Mérida: Dr. Silvia Inchaurraga, Argentine Harm Reductionist
  3. Road to Mérida: Sala Errata
  4. Ed Rosenthal Convicted, Faces 10-Year Mandatory Minimum for Oakland Medical Marijuana Grow
  5. Bush Treatment Initiative Draws Mixed Reviews from Reformers
  6. Into the Morass: Green Berets in Colombia as "War on Drugs" Morphs into "War on Terror"
  7. Drug Czar Says Nevada Election Laws Don't Apply to His Politicking
  8. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  9. Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  10. Cúpula Internacional sobre Legalização, 12-15 de Fevereiro, Mérida, México
  11. Newsbrief: Violence Continues as Talks Begin in Bolivia -- Coca Growers, Workers, Indians Present Demands
  12. Newsbrief: DEA Moving to Schedule Two More "Hallucinogens"
  13. Newsbrief: Utah Drugged Driving Bill on the Move
  14. Newsbrief: Colorado Bill Equating Meth Manufacture and Child Abuse Moves Forward
  15. Newsbrief: Asian Drug Abolition Mania Spreading -- Malaysia Calls for "Total War," Drug Free Southeast Asia by 2015
  16. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  17. Newsbrief: Judge Kane Speaks Out Again, Lambasts Federal Drug War
  18. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
  19. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #273 1/24/03

  1. The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign
  2. DRCNet Interview: Gustavo de Greiff, Former Attorney General of Colombia
  3. DRCNet Interview: Luis Gómez, Andean Bureau Chief for Narco News
  4. DRCNet Interview: Ricardo Sala, ViveConDrogas.com (Live With Drugs), Mexico
  5. Mérida Addendum: Missing Paragraphs from Last Week's Giordano Interview
  6. Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Medical Marijuana Supporters Stage Demos, Start Billboard Campaign
  7. Bolivia: As Strife Continues, Armed Rebels Emerge -- Or Do They?
  8. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, February 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  9. Cumbre Internacional sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  10. Cúpula Internacional sobre Legalização, 12-15 de Fevereiro, Mérida, México
  11. Newsbrief: Maryland Governor to Support Medical Marijuana
  12. Newsbrief: Southeast Asians to End Drugs
  13. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
  14. Newsbrief: Canadian Heroin Bust Study Finds Drug War Futile
  15. Newsbrief: Peruvian Coca Growers Begin to Organize
  16. Newsbrief: Mexico Disbands Anti-Drug Agency, Cites Corruption
  17. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #272 1/17/03

  1. The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign
  2. The Road to Mérida: Interview with Dr. Francisco Fernandez, Anthropologist and Former Rector of Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán
  3. The Road to Mérida: Interview with Al Giordano, publisher of Narco News
  4. Bolivian Government Represses Coca Protests, Four Dead... So Far
  5. Ed Rosenthal Medical Marijuana Trial Underway -- Judge Blocks Mention of Prop. 215, Has Trouble Seating Jury
  6. Canadian Prime Minister Promises Motion on Decriminalization as Courts Continue to Chip Away at Marijuana Laws
  7. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  8. Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  9. Newsbrief: Souder Pushes Partial HEA Reform, Frank to Reintroduce Drug Provision Repeal Bill
  10. Newsbrief: Racine Caves Before the Ravers
  11. Newsbrief: MPP "War on Drug Czar" Continues -- State Reacts to Allegations
  12. Newsbrief: 12 Dead in Brazil as Drug Police Raid Shantytowns
  13. Newsbrief: Mexican Soldiers Bust Narcs
  14. Newsbrief: Colombian President Seeks Iraq-Like Mobilization Against Traffickers
  15. Newsbrief: Some Colombian Terrorists May Be More Equal Than Others
  16. Newsbrief: Alaska Lieutenant Governor Disqualifies Marijuana Legalization Petition Signatures, Proponents Vow Fight
  17. Newsbrief: Return of the RAVE Act
  18. Newsbrief: Ecstasy Rarely Kills, British Study Finds
  19. Alan Shoemaker Ayahuasca Legal Defense Fund Needs Support
  20. Media Scan: Washington on Forchion, Cockburn on Rosenthal, Forbes on Walters, Szasz on Drug Medicalization, Bruce McKinney, GAO on DARE
  21. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
  22. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #271 1/10/03

  1. The Road to Mérida: Interviews with Participants in the "Out from the Shadows" Campaign
  2. The Road to Mérida: Interview with Mario Menéndez, Publisher of !Por Esto!, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  3. The Road to Mérida: Dr. Jaime Malamud-Goti, former Argentine Solicitor General
  4. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  5. Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  6. Canada Cannabis Conundrum Continued: Government Will Appeal Ontario Ruling, Prosecutors to Put Possession Cases on Hold
  7. Newsbrief: Eyeing Stiffer Meth Penalties in West Virginia
  8. Newsbrief: First Local Salvia Divinorum Ordinance Proposed
  9. Newsbrief: Huffington SUV-Terrorism Ad Parodies Drug Czar's Drug-Terrorism Campaign
  10. Newsbrief: Corrupt Cops of the Week
  11. Newsbrief: Ontario Court Clears Tokin' Motorist of DWI Charge
  12. Newsbrief: Massachusetts Cops Slow to Act on Racial Profiling Law
  13. Newsbrief: New Jersey Seeks to Delay Ban on Asset Forfeiture, Will Appeal Ruling
  14. Newsbrief: Federal Court Ruling on No-Knock Search Raises Questions About Standard Procedure in Kansas City
  15. Web Scan: Maia Szalavitz in Slate, GAO on Colombia Coca, Globe and Mail on Ontario Marijuana Ruling
  16. DC Job Opportunity at DRCNet -- Campus Coordinator
  17. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #270 1/3/03

  1. Editorial: Constitutional Inconveniences
  2. Pressure for Change Mounts as Ontario Judge Rules Canadian Marijuana Possession Law Invalid
  3. Budget Crisis Forces California Governor to Consider Early Releases, Other Prison Measures
  4. Prosecutors Enlist in Drug Czar's Anti-Marijuana Campaign -- Will Prioritize Marijuana Cases, Lobby Against Reform
  5. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  6. Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  7. Newsbrief: Connecticut Legislator to Reintroduce Medical Marijuana Bill
  8. Newsbrief: Prosecutors Seize Bail Money, Claim Pot Smell -- A New Tactic?
  9. Newsbrief: Louisiana Drug Raid Draws Protests
  10. Newsbrief: France Looking to Heighten Marijuana Penalties
  11. Newsbrief: NJ Weedman to Get Day in Federal Court After Months in Jail for Thought Crime
  12. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  13. Newsbrief: Afghan Opium Farmers Drive Out Eradicators
  14. Newsbrief: Ethiopian Farmers Turn to Khat in Face of Drought, Low Coffee Prices
  15. DC Job Opportunities at DRCNet
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #269 12/27/02

  1. Latin American Anti-Prohibition Conference, Feb. 12-15, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
  2. Cumbre Internacional Sobre Legalización, 12-15 Febrero, Mérida, México
  3. Newsbrief: New Zealand MP Tanczos Cleared in Marijuana Probe
  4. Newsbrief: Nevada High Court Voids Meth Drug Ingredient Law
  5. Newsbrief: "What About the Children?" -- Colorado Bills Target Home Meth Labs
  6. Newsbrief: Ohio Supreme Court Backs Workers in Workers' Comp Drug Test Ruling
  7. Newsbrief: Brit MP Calls for Drug Testing 10-Year-Olds, Comments Came in Debate Over Criminal Justice Bill
  8. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  9. Newsbrief: US-Trained Thai Drug Unit Pulls Back From Burmese Border
  10. Newsbrief: Columbia, Missouri, Marijuana Petition Has Enough Signatures
  11. Newsbrief: Tampa Ordinance Would Criminalize "Drug Dealer Behavior"
  12. Newsbrief: Drug Checkpoints at West Virginia NORML Rally Draw Lawsuit
  13. Online Petition Launched Supporting MEPs' Call for Ending Prohibition
  14. Media Scan: Montreal Compassion Club, Impact Press on Marijuana Legalization
  15. DC Job Opportunities at DRCNet
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #268 12/20/02

  1. Special Offer Continues -- DRCNet Needs Your Help!
  2. Editorial: Expanding the Chorus
  3. 108 Euro-Parliamentarians Call for Legal, Regulated Drug Trade, Reform of UN Conventions
  4. Congressional Drug Warrior Having Doubts: Dan Burton's Near Epiphany
  5. Michigan Legislature Repeals Mandatory Minimum Drug Laws
  6. Canadian Marijuana Activists Skeptical on Decrim
  7. Canadian Supreme Court Postpones Marijuana Cases, Cites Parliament Report, Justice Minister Statement on Decrim
  8. DRCNet Book Review: "Busted: Stone Cowboys, Narco-Lords, and Washington's War on Drugs"
  9. And the Winners Are...
  10. Federal Judge Shows Keen Interest in Raich/Monson Medical Marijuana Case
  11. Bolivia Coca Growers Announce Blockades for January 6 -- Will Continue Dialogue
  12. DC Measure 62 Clears Hurdle, Goes to Congress
  13. Newsbrief: Oakland Cannabis Co-op Director Founded Guilty on Federal Jury Tampering Charges, Handed Out Flyer at Epis Trial
  14. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  15. Newsbrief: Stop the Presses! Poor, Blacks Face Brunt of Houston Drug War
  16. Newsbrief: Texas ACLU Report Slams Task Forces, Calls for End to $200 Million Annual Boondoogle
  17. Newsbrief: MPP Continues "War on Drug Czar" -- More Complaints to be Filed, O'Reilly Appearance Tonight
  18. Newsbrief: Budget Cuts Free Kentucky Drug Prisoners -- Oklahoma Next?
  19. Newsbrief: Nickelodeon Censors Beverly Hillbillies Marijuana References
  20. Newsbrief: Asset Forfeiture Unconstitutional in New Jersey
  21. Media Scan: Joycelyn Elders in Globe and Mail, George McMahon in Fort Worth Weekly, Jeff and Tracy, Santa Fe New Mexican, Medscape
  22. DC Job Opportunities at DRCNet
  23. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  24. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #267 12/13/02

  1. DRCNet Needs Your Help!
  2. Editorial: O, Canada! (Oh, the Embarrassment!)
  3. Canadian House Drugs Committee Calls for Cannabis Decrim, Safe Injection Sites, Heroin Maintenance
  4. Canadian Justice Minister Calls for Cannabis Decrim "Early Next Year" -- US Opposition Could Pose Obstacle
  5. Britain Drops Old Drug Strategy Targets, Goals Were "Not Credible" -- New Strategy a Mixed Bag
  6. Michigan Legislature Repeals Draconian Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences
  7. New Jersey Court Declares State's Civil Forfeiture Funding Scheme Unconstitutional
  8. Newsbrief: Santa Cruz Deputizes Medical Marijuana Providers
  9. Newsbrief: Massachusetts High Court Blocks Arrest of Needle Exchange Participants
  10. Newsbrief: Colombia -- It's Drug War -- No, Oil War -- No, Terror War
  11. Newsbrief: British Ex-Minister Calls Ecstasy Law "An Ass"
  12. Newsbrief: Israeli Green Leaf Party Eyes Knesset Seats
  13. Newsbrief: Illinois Supreme Court Limits Use of Drug Dogs in Traffic Stops
  14. Newsbrief: Paramilitary Drug Raid Tactics Anger Eugene Residents
  15. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  16. Newsbrief: SAMHSA Says Treat Drug Abusers' Mental Illness
  17. Media and Resources: Medical Cannabis Conference Tapes, WOLA Report, Jacob Sullum in Reason, Deborah Saunders in SF Chronicle
  18. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  19. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #266 12/6/02

  1. DRCNet Needs Your Help!
  2. Editorial: Crimes and Minor Accidents
  3. MPP Files Complaints Charging Drug Czar Violated Election Laws
  4. Wisconsin Rave Rebellion: Racine in the Hot Seat as Hundreds Demand Trial on Bogus Bust at Electronic Music Benefit Concert
  5. Bye, Bye, Asa: DEA Chief to Leave for Homeland Security Gig, Will Be Replaced by Career Narcocrat
  6. The Lone Horseman: Texas Ex-Cop Hits the Trail for Marijuana Legalization
  7. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  8. Newsbrief: Radical Party Anti-Prohibitionist Wins European of the Year in European Voice Magazine Online Vote
  9. Newsbrief: Study Says Terminal Patients Don't Get Adequate Pain Treatment
  10. Newsbrief: New Jersey Weedman Still Jailed for Thought Crime
  11. Newsbrief: Study Says Few Medical Marijuana Users, Little Impact on Law Enforcement -- Feds, Some Cops Disagree
  12. Newsbrief: Study Says "Gateway Theory" is Bunk
  13. Newsbrief: US Accuses North Korea of Drug Trafficking
  14. Newsbrief: Illinois Prosecutors Use Ecstasy Law to Charge Partiers With Murder
  15. Newsbrief: Canadian House Panel Will Call for Cannabis Decriminalization, Newspaper Says
  16. Newsbrief: Swiss Marijuana Potency Becomes an Issue
  17. Newsbrief: Pennsylvania Set to Increase Ecstasy Dealing Penalties
  18. Anniversary of Alcohol Prohibition
  19. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  20. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #265 11/29/02

  1. DRCNet Needs Your Help!
  2. Editorial: Going Out of Business
  3. Pressure on Prisons: State Budget Crises Begin to Hit Home, Moves Afoot in Kentucky, Oklahoma, Virginia to Set Some Free
  4. Weitzel Acquitted in Utah Pain Treatment Manslaughter Case Retrial
  5. The Horrors of War: Forgetting the Occupation Through Obliteration
  6. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cops Story
  7. Newsbrief: Plan Colombia Foe Wins Ecuador Presidency -- Legalization Talk Among Gutierrez Supporters
  8. Newsbrief: Brazil Set to Become World's Biggest Cocaine Consumer
  9. Newsbrief: Colombian Leader Wants Drug Tests for Americans, Europeans, and Revival of Drug Plane Shootdown Program
  10. Newsbrief: A Sweet Decision -- Federal Judge Tells New York Cops to Quit Hassling Needle Exchange Participants
  11. Newsbrief: DEA to Double Ecstasy Investigations
  12. Newsbrief: ACLU to Hire Bob Barr as Privacy Issues Consultant
  13. Correction/Retraction: NORML Did Help the Marijuana Reform Party
  14. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  15. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #264 11/22/02

  1. DRCNet Needs Your Help!
  2. Editorial: It's Not About Public Safety
  3. Drug Czar, Prohibition Establishment Seek "Zero Tolerance" for "Drugged Driving" -- Sober Marijuana Users in the Crosshairs
  4. DC Treatment Initiative Clears Legal, Bureaucratic Hurdles, More Funding and Implementation Battles Loom
  5. Medical Marijuana in New York: As the Marijuana Reform Party Licks Its Wounds, MPP Funds New Legislative Effort
  6. Newsbrief: This Week's Cop Corruption Story
  7. Newsbrief: HEA Resolution on the Move on Campuses
  8. Newsbrief: With Milwaukee Drug War Running on Overdrive, Drug Court Judge Begins to Wonder...
  9. Newsbrief: Oklahoma Prisons Gobble Up More Cash
  10. Newsbrief: Ambitious US Attorney in Boston Orders Increased Drug Penalties
  11. Newsbrief: Arkansas Drug Czar Resigns After DWI Bust
  12. Newsbrief: Could It Possibly Be True Department -- New African High?
  13. Newsbrief: California Town Won't Report Medical Marijuana Cases to DEA
  14. Newsbrief: NORML Gives Heads Up on Anti-Marijuana Research Results to Be Published Next Week
  15. Green Aid Establishes Legal Defense Fund for Ed Rosenthal
  16. Media Scan: Doonesbury, Forbes in Slate, OC Register, Ed Forchion in DrugWar.com, Youth Today, Nando Times, CCLE Salvia, Heroin Times, Pot TV on John Walters, ONDCP
  17. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #263 11/15/02

  1. The Week Online Needs Your Help!
  2. Massachusetts: Marijuana on the Move?
  3. Anaheim Conference Reinvigorates Battered Reformers -- Hundreds Gather to Examine Defeats, Plot New Strategies
  4. Narco News Interview with Gustavo de Greiff
  5. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  6. Newsbrief: FCC Says Anti-Drug Ads Must Identify White House Sponsorship
  7. Newsbrief: San Diego Medical Marijuana Rally to Go Transnational
  8. Newsbrief: Hungry Utah Cops Nibbling at Edges of Asset Forfeiture Reform Law, Lying Through Their Teeth as They Campaign
  9. Newsbrief: Free Speech Battle in Tampa after Leafleting Arrest
  10. Newsbrief: Canada Gives Go-Ahead to Safe Injection Sites, First to Open Early Next Year
  11. Newsbrief: Pain Doctor Hurwitz Raided in Virginia
  12. Newsbrief: Pain Doctor Weitzel Retrial Underway in Utah
  13. Newsbrief: Arkansas Prisons Say Methamphetamine Penalties Should Be Lowered
  14. Newsbrief: Border Patrol Begins Random Stops in Michigan
  15. Web Scan: Washington Office on Latin America, Andean Information Network, Latin America Working Group, Miami Herald, Harry Levine
  16. Harm Reduction Coalition Seeking Articles and Artwork for "The Anonymous Issue"
  17. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #262 11/8/02

  1. Editorial: More to This Vote Than Meets the Eye
  2. Black Tuesday for Drug Reform
  3. Arizona Steps Back as Decrim Initiative Loses, Anti-Reform Sentencing Initiative Wins
  4. Legal Pot in Nevada? Not This Year
  5. New York: Pataki Victory Swamps Dems, Golisano, Marijuana Reform Party, Libertarians
  6. Ohio "Treatment Not Jail" Initiative Runs Into Drug War Buzzsaw
  7. No Hemp, No New Rights for Defendants in South Dakota
  8. Wisconsin: Libertarian Thompson Gets Ten Percent
  9. DC Voters Overwhelmingly Approve Treatment Not Jail Initiative
  10. Massachusetts Voters Tell Reps to Support Marijuana Decrim
  11. San Francisco Voters Ask City to Look at Growing Its Own
  12. FAMM Victory: Amendment to Cap Federal Guideline Sentences for Low-Level Drug Offenders is Now Law
  13. Colombian Campaign for Drug Legalization
  14. Anti-Prohibitionists Meet Human Rights Advocates and Political Leaders at Albania Congress of Transnational Radical Party
  15. Newsbrief: Nordic Prohibitionists Beginning Counter-Campaign Supporting UN Drug Conventions
  16. Web Scan: Forbes on Hope Taft, Newsday on Tony Papa, New Scientist on Cannabis, Raich v. Ashcroft Lawsuit Docs
  17. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision, Tulia, Salvia Divinorum
  18. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #261 11/1/02

  1. Editorial: The Space Between the Lines
  2. Ninth Circuit Appeals Court Says Feds Can't Punish Doctors for Recommending Medical Marijuana
  3. Learning the Hard Way in Ohio: The Trials and Tribulations of Issue One
  4. DRCNet Book Review: "Addict in the Family," by Dr. Andrew Byrne
  5. DRCNet Interview: Dr. Harry G. Levine
  6. More Than 700,000 Marijuana Arrests Last Year -- Meanwhile, Violent Crime on Increase
  7. November Coalition Roadshow Hits East Coast
  8. DRCNet Survey/Book Giveaway Contest
  9. Newsbrief: Rockefeller Kin Arrested in Rockefeller Law Protest
  10. Newsbrief: Euro Parliamentarians Found Guilty, Scolded by Judge in Manchester Marijuana Civil Disobedience
  11. Newsbrief: This Week's Corrupt Cop Story
  12. Newsbrief: UN Says Afghan Opium Crop Up Almost Twenty-Fold Over 2001, Trade Employs a Half-Million People
  13. Newsbrief: Liberia Prepares to Join the Drug War
  14. Newsbrief: Chattanooga Jail Full, Faith-Based Alternative Sentencing Offered to Drug Offenders
  15. Newsbrief: Mississippi Supreme Court Bars Telephonic Warrants, but Says It Was Okay Just This Once
  16. Newsbrief: Seattle Initiative to De-prioritize Marijuana Enforcement Makes 2003 Ballot
  17. Media Scan: William F. Buckley in National Review, 2002 Voter Guides and Election Resources
  18. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  19. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  20. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #260 10/25/02

  1. Antiprohibitionists Meet at European Parliament in Brussels
  2. Vigilante Drug Bust in Arizona Opens Window into World of Hurt on Mexican Border
  3. Election 2002: Governor's Races of Interest
  4. Smoke Dope to Fight Chemical Warfare Attacks? Israeli Activists Say Check It Out
  5. This Week's Cop Corruption Story: Two Texas Villarreals
  6. Newsbrief: Federal Court Upholds Drug Tests for Welfare Recipients
  7. Newsbrief: Bill to Ban Salvia Divinorum Introduced
  8. Newsbrief: In Ecuador, Plan Colombia Foe Appears Headed for Presidency
  9. Newsbrief: Feds to Prosecute Ayahuasca Case
  10. Newsbrief: Baltimore Killings Bring More of the Same Old Policies
  11. Newsbrief: Richmond, Virginia Drug Sweep Underway
  12. Newsbrief: Massachusetts Reform Advocates Release Decrim Study as Elections Near
  13. Newsbrief: Oklahoma Uses Civil Suits in War on Meth
  14. Newsbrief: U Missouri SSDP, NORML in Marijuana Petition Drive
  15. Newsbrief: Ontario Court Authorizes Crackdown on Marijuana Growers
  16. Quote of the Week: William Raspberry
  17. Web Scan: DRCNet in the Media, Dan Forbes on Alternet, VoteHemp, Change the Climate, Journey for Justice, Sydney Morning Herald
  18. Job Opportunity: PreventionWorks, Washington, DC
  19. Errata: Polling on San Francisco Proposition S
  20. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  21. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  22. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #259 10/18/02

  1. Election 2002: The Initiatives
  2. Election 2002: Arizona
  3. Election 2002: District of Columbia
  4. Election 2002: Nevada
  5. Election 2002: Ohio
  6. Election 2002: South Dakota
  7. Election 2002: Local Ballot Issues in San Francisco and Massachusetts
  8. November Coalition Journey for Justice Roars through Michigan
  9. Drug War Corruption in Colombia and Mexico
  10. Newsbrief: New Compilation of California Medical Marijuana Guideline Info on MarijuanaInfo.org
  11. Newsbrief: San Diego Medical Marijuana Activist Arrested on Federal Charges
  12. Newsbrief: Damned Sad -- MADD Sues DAMMADD
  13. Newsbrief: This Week's Cop Corruption Story
  14. Newsbrief: DARE Attrition Continues in Kansas City, Kansas
  15. Newsbrief: Canada Study Looks at Marijuana for HIV/AIDS Woes
  16. Newsbrief: In First, British Marijuana User Wins with Medical Necessity Defense
  17. Newsbrief: Virginia Man Lucks Out with Only Two Years in Prison for Sharing Joint with Teenager
  18. Newsbrief: BC City Governments Ask for Tougher Grow Penalties
  19. Newsbrief: Florida School District Wants Positive Drug Test Kids to Pay for Own Counseling
  20. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  21. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  22. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #258 10/11/02

  1. Editorial: Just Claims
  2. Ordeal of the Pain Doctors: California Physician Still Struggling to Clear His Name, Trial Date Set for December
  3. DRCNet Interview: Nandor Tanczos, Member of Parliament, New Zealand
  4. California Medical Marijuana Chronicles: A Widening Conflict
  5. MedMj Chronicles I: The Feds Are Deadly Serious: Bryan Epis Sentenced to Federal Prison
  6. MedMj Chronicles II: San Jose Police Department Cuts Ties with DEA Task Force
  7. MedMj Chronicles III: Marijuana Patients and Caregivers Sue the Feds, Seek Order to Stop Raids
  8. MedMj Chronicles IV: Marijuana Rescheduling Petition Revived
  9. FDA Approves Buphrenorphine for Home Addiction Treatment
  10. Whose Brain on Drugs? Stanford Symposium Focuses on Addiction and Chemistry
  11. Newsbrief: Colombian Ombudsman Petitions Government for Suspension of Herbicide Spraying
  12. Newsbrief: RAVE Act Stalled in House, Could Be Dead for the Year
  13. Newsbrief: Wisconsin Couple Commit Suicide After Pot and 'Shroom Bust, Forfeiture Notice
  14. Newsbrief: Ban on Narcocorridos Spreads in Mexico
  15. Newsbrief: School Districts Drug Testing for Tobacco, Too
  16. Newsbrief: Leaders of Former Soviet Republics Meet to Fight Drugs and Terror, Drink Wine
  17. Newsbrief: Canadian Researchers Seek Approval for Heroin Maintenance Study
  18. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  19. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  20. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #257 10/4/02

  1. DEA to California Medical Marijuana Patients: Drop Dead
  2. Federal Parole Bill Orphaned with Death of Sole Sponsor -- Activists, Prisoners Look to Other Bills, Other Sponsors
  3. Canadian Government Announces Parliament to Consider Marijuana Decriminalization -- US Worries, Blusters
  4. Widely Hyped Ecstasy Study Full of Holes, Critics Say
  5. In Brazil, "Parallel Power" of the Narcos Flexes Muscle on Eve of Elections
  6. Montana Drug Policy Task Force Calls for More Treatment and Prevention, War on Meth
  7. The November Coalition Hits the Road: Journey for Justice Aims to Mobilize Support for Freeing Drug War Prisoners
  8. Newsbrief: Peruvian Coca on Rise as Country Revamps Coca Eradication Effort
  9. Uribe Wants to Recriminalize Drug Possession in Colombia
  10. Newsbrief: California Governor Vetoes Bill Allowing Syringe Sales, Vetoed Industrial Hemp Study Earlier
  11. Newsbrief: California Town to Pay $3 Million, Apologize for Drug Raid Death
  12. Newsbrief: And the Killing Continues
  13. Newsbrief: Nevada -- The Survey Says... Legalize It!
  14. Newsbrief: University of Missouri SSDP, NORML in Marijuana Decriminalization Petition Drive
  15. Newsbrief: US Explores Drugging Rioters
  16. Newsbrief: Drug Warrior Maginnis Leaves Family Research Council
  17. Newsbrief: DPA Campaign Provides Tools to Fight School Drug Testing
  18. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  19. Do You Read The Week Online?
  20. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  21. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #256 9/27/02

  1. Editorial: The Tulia Lynchings
  2. Medical Marijuana Supporters Rally in Sacramento
  3. WAMM Files Federal Motion for Return of Marijuana Seized in Dispensary Raid
  4. Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision
  5. Former British Drug Czar Mo Mowlam Calls for Total Global Legalization, Cites Need to Quit Funding Political Violence
  6. UC San Diego Orders Student Group to Drop Hyperlink to FARC Web Site, Cites Patriot Act
  7. Colombian Leader Meets with Bush, Paramilitary Leader to Surrender Following US Indictment
  8. Newsbrief: Putin to Create Russian DEA
  9. Newsbrief: RAVE Act Sheds Another Cosponsor
  10. Newsbrief: "Buzzkill" -- Venerable DC Weekly Rave Party Dies from Overdose of Ecstasy Enforcement
  11. Newsbrief: UN Drug Control Chief Warns Canada Not to Legalize Marijuana
  12. Newsbrief: French Cannabis Growers Create Facts on Ground
  13. Newsbrief: German Health Ministry Says Safe Drug Centers Save Lives
  14. Do You Read The Week Online?
  15. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  16. The Reformer's Calendar

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Issue #255 9/20/02

  1. Editorial: Striking at the Heart of Democracy
  2. Do You Read The Week Online?
  3. California Medical Marijuana: Another Bust, Giveaways in Santa Cruz and San Diego, Mass Demo Set for Sacramento Monday
  4. Ordeal of the Pain Doctors: Weitzel Facing Prison for Minor Records Violation, Still Anticipates Vindication in Manslaughter Case
  5. Drug Czar on Anti-Marijuana Crusade -- Threatens Canada, Unleashes New Propaganda Offensive
  6. Rep. Mink Introduces Bill to Reinstate Federal Parole -- Could Free Tens of Thousands If Passed
  7. Swedish Drug War Hardliners Attempt to Block Anti-Prohibition Conference at European Parliament
  8. Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision
  9. Newsbrief: DC Medical Marijuana Initiative Yanked from Ballot
  10. Newsbrief: Leahy Drops Support for RAVE Act
  11. Newsbrief: Mexican Senate Panel to Look at Approving Medical Marijuana
  12. MarijuanaInfo.org Votes/Polls Section Updated
  13. Newsbrief: Sentencing Project Finds Most Drug Offenders Are Nonviolent, Minorities
  14. Newsbrief: Illinois Governor Candidate Says He Smoked Pot -- Sort Of
  15. Newsbrief: Waco Police Department Goes Easier on Applicants with Past Marijuana Use History
  16. Web Scan: Arianna Huffington, Action America, Cultural Baggage, Bob Herbert, Mark Fiore
  17. Errata: New York Marijuana Reform Party
  18. The Reformer's Calendar