DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 8, 2008 #535

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) OPED: U.S. Needle Policy Hurts Aids Sufferers

(2) Pot Dispensaries Closing Under Threat Of Feds

(3) Crack-Sentencing Reductions Decried

(4) Cannabis Bills Get Mixed Response

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) Opposition To Marijuana Up In Smoke

(6) Column: A Truth Obama Won't Dare Tell

(7) Hailey Officials Plan Lawsuit To Fight Pot Laws

(8) Cocaine Shortage Not Affecting U.P.

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Senators' Plan Would Restore Funding for Anti-Drug

(10) Obenshain Meth Bill Approved In Senate

(11) Pharmacy Limits Slow Production of Meth, Police Say

(12) Struggles Await 15 Men Freed In Tainted Mansfield Drug Case

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) ND Hemp Production: Federal Hang-Up Holds Off Seeding

(14) Editorial: Drugged Driving Law

(15) Local Panel Debates Legalizing Pot

(16) SSDP Takes Initiative On Local Ballot Issue

International News

(17) Colombian Drug Lord Shot Dead

(18) Drug Traffic Beneath The Waves

(19) Mexico Cracks Down On Police Corruption

(20) Police Corruption Case Dies

* Hot Off The 'Net

Drug Truth Network

1997 BBC Horizon On Psychedelics In Medicine

Women Behind Bars / By Silja J.A. Talvi

Jack Cole Interviewed In Vancouver

SSDP Unveils New Website

BBC Horizon - What Is Britain's Most Dangerous Drug?

* What You Can Do This Week

New Mexicans - Let's Step Up The Pressure!

* Letter Of The Week

Cannabis A Very Diverse Plant / Alison Myrden

* Feature Article

Beyond 2008 / By Debra Harper

* Quote of the Week

James Galsworthy

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