MAP's TOP TEN OF 2006

With the optimism of a new year now upon us, DrugSense would like to
begin 2007 with a quick look back at the most popular stories of
2006. Last year, DrugSense's Media Awareness Project
(http://www.mapinc.org) logged another 17,299 drug-related news
stories into its DrugNews Archive, bringing the total for this
incredible resource to 175,760.

The following list of top 10 articles is not a judgment on the most
important stories of 2006, but rather a more democratic examination
of what mattered to mapinc.org users based on simple popularity.

As could be expected from the most used illicit substance in the
world, cannabis-related stories dominated drug news in 2006, taking 7
of the 10 spots on the list. Few would argue that Dr. Donald
Tashkin's study, which found that cannabis use did not lead to lung,
head or neck cancer (which came in a at #5), was not groundbreaking.
It was also good to see Loretta Nall's bid for Governor of Alabama
get some attention in the #4 spot.

Taking the number #1 spot this year with just over 10,000 hits was a
story about a pretty undercover officer's high school drug sting in
Falmouth, MA. The sting and resulting busts caused quite a stir with
both parents and students, who questioned the need for such extreme
and ethically questionable police tactics.

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And now without any further ado, the DrugSense/MAP "Most Popular
Stories of 2006" top-10 list:

1. U.S. MA: Officer Posing As High Schooler Leads Drug Sting
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n435/a09

2. US: U.S. Plans to Screen All Who Enter, Leave Country
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1481/a03

3. U.S. CA: Hemp To Turn King Cotton?
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n139/a09

4. U.S. MS: Nall Looks to Ride Colorful Campaign
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n966/a03

5. US: Pot's Low Cancer Risk a Surprise Finding
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n666/a02

6. U.S. FL: Hemp: A Growing Need? http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n244/a08

7. Netherlands: Dutch Take Sober Look at Pot Laws
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n001/a02

8. US: Marijuana Aids Therapy http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1217/a02

9. US: Edu: Study Finds Another Use For Marijuana
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1371/a01

10. US: Studies Link Psychosis, Teenage Marijuana Use
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n108/a08

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Mark Greer is the Executive Director of Drugsense.