DRUG POLICIES FOR THE NEW MILLENNIUM WILL BE WEBCAST!

Can't attend our New Mexico conference in person this week? Still want to
participate in the most significant gathering to date of people opposed to
the war on drugs?

The good news is you can!

We will broadcast select portions of the conference live over the Internet
on Thursday and Friday.

So visit http://www.drugpolicy.org/conference Thursday and Friday to
participate online!

Here is the live broadcast schedule:

[Please Note: All times are for Mountain Time Zone]

* Thursday, May 31, 2001 *

9:00am - 10:30am

Opening Remarks. Featuring: Ira Glasser, Honorable Jim Baca, Honorable
Gary Johnson, Ethan Nadelmann, Mathilde Krim, and Rev. Edwin Sanders

10:40am - 11:45am

Plenary I: Taking Stock: Victories in Drug Policy Reform. Featuring: Bill
Zimmerman, Graham Boyd, Julie Stewart, and Glenn Backes

1:00pm - 2:10pm

Plenary II: Democrats, Republicans, and the Governor: Legislative
Developments in New Mexico. Featuring: Katharine Huffman, Honorable Toney
Anaya, Honorable Roman Maes, Honorable Joe Thompson, and the Honorable Alex
Valdez

2:15pm - 5:15pm

Live Web Interviews with Drug Policy Reform Luminaries. Tune in and ask
*your* questions!

Marsha Rosenbaum talks with Ethan Nadelmann & Ira Glasser about the future
of drug policy reform.

Jeff Jones, Executive Director of the Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
talks about the recent Supreme Court medical marijuana decision in United
States v. Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative.

Rick Doblin, President of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic
Studies, talks about the latest in Ecstasy and psychedelic issues.

Julie Stewart, President of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, talks
about Clinton's commutations and chances for sentencing reform in Congress.

Specific times and additional interviews will be announced on the Website
as the date approaches, so check back to http://www.drugpolicy.org/conference

* Friday, May 1, 2001 *

8:30am -10am

Plenary III: Ecstasy: Science, Medicine, Culture. Featuring: Marsha
Rosenbaum, Charlie Grob, Dustianne North, Teo Rosenfeld, and Rick Doblin.

10:15am - 11:45am

Plenary IV: Race and the Drug War. Featuring: Deborah Small, James Forman,
Jr., Antonio Gonz, and The Honorable Maxine Waters.

11:45am - 1:35pm

Luncheon and Award Presentation. Keynote address by Salt Lake City Mayor
Rocky Anderson.

2:00pm - 3:30pm

Plenary V - Living Together in the Reform Community. Featuring: Jim Gollin,
Rev. Edwin Sanders, Paula Santiago, Chuck Blitz, and the Honorable John
Vasconcellos.

3:45pm - 5:15pm

Breakout Session - How to Use the Internet to Raise Money, Increase
Membership, and Promote Activism. Featuring Nick Allen, Mark Greer, and
Karynn Fish.

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Dear DrugNews Readers,

A number of the editors, webmasters, focus alert specialists, newshawks and
others who do volunteer work for the Media Awareness Project or DrugSense
will be at the conference. Hopefully it will not slow down our news
clipping service very much.

On the other hand, we know that about 98% of the folks who will be
attending the conference receive their drug and drug policy related news
from our efforts, either from the www.mapinc.org website, or other websites
which receive a MAP news feed - like www.drugpolicy.org and www.norml.org

Among the MAP folks who will be attending are: Derek Rea, Elizabeth
Wehrman, Jo-D Dunbar, Mark Greer, Mark Petersen, Mary Jane Borden, Matt
Elrod, Mike Plylar (aka Sledhead), Richard Lake, Robert Sharpe, Steve
Young, Terry Liittschwager and Tom O'Connell

If we don't see you at the conference, perhaps you will see us during the
webcasts!

Richard Lake, Sr. Editor, DrugNews