DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JAN. 25, 2008 #533

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Workers Can Be Fired For Using Medical Pot Off Duty, Court Rules

(2) Undercover Work Seen As Mix Of Art, Temptation And, Sometimes, Corruption

(3) Mukasey Sees Risk In Early Release

(4) Marijuana Bill Getting Mixed Reviews

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) U.S. Drug Czar Points Finger At Chavez

(6) Agent's Death Highlights Attacks on Border Patrol

(7) DVD Aimed at Saving Lives of Those With Drug Overdose

(8) U.S. Slapped for Seizing Former JFK Boat

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) S.F. Cops on Desk Duty Told to Patrol Streets

(10) Fatal Shooting of Officer Leaves Neighborhood Numb

(11) Mansfield Woman Free After Drug Conviction Based on Lies

(12) Huntington Beach Officer Arrested in Drug Case

(13) Feds: NYPD Cop Helped Drug Dealers

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) Cannabis Experts Lash Out At Ministers For Ignoring Advice

(15) Proposed Legislation Would Permit Cultivation Of Hemp

(16) Tips On Grow-Ops Draining Crime Stoppers

(17) New Study Shows Marijuana May Fight Cancer

International News

(18) No Drugs War Killers Found

(19) RCMP Deny Canada Dumping 'Extreme Ecstasy' Into U.S. Market

(20) Cannabis Farming Still Flourishes

(21) Landlords Get Tough In The War On Drugs

* Hot Off The 'Net

Marc Emery And Alan Young On CTV's The Verdict

Medellin - The Peace Of The Pacifiers / By Forrest Hylton

Controlling Illegal Stimulants / By Mark Haden

Transform Submission To The ACMD On Cannabis Reclassification

Reducing The Harm Of Drugs / UNODC

MAPS January News Update

Drug Truth Network

NORML Report Highlights The Role Of Pot In Moderating Disease

* What You Can Do This Week

Write A Letter

Job Opportunities at MPP

* Letter Of The Week

Crack-Pipe Program Saves Lives, Money / Stephen Kravcik, MD

* Feature Article

Lou Dobbs And The Drug War / Jacob G. Hornberger

* Quote of the Week

Mark Twain

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