DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MARCH 7, 2008 #539

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Column: Get Your Cocaine From Superdrug

(2) 'Prince of Pot' Plea Deal Delayed

(3) Lawmaker Lights Up Medical Pot Bill Again

(4) Bipolar Medication Helps Addicts Quit Cannabis

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) Atlantic City's Needle-Exchange Program Bucks State Trend

(6) Pointed Difference Between Two Cities' Needle-Exchange Programs

(7) Cannabis Crusader

(8) Lawmakers, Police Take Aim At Legal Drug

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) In Alabama, a Fight to Regain Voting Rights Some Felons Never Lost

(10) Number Of Prisoners Triples Over 15 Years

(11) Drug Informant's Allegations Trigger Legal Nightmare

(12) Police: 'You Fit The Profile'

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) Remote Aborigines 'Using More Cannabis'

(14) Police Scoff At Push For Medical Marijuana

(15) Going To Pot

(16) Pot Dispenser Suing Modesto

International News

(17) Shut Drug Injection Sites, Canada Told

(18) Hell, A Handbasket And Tougher Drug Laws

(19) Bungling Cop Spreads Strawberry Meth Myth

(20) Mind-Altering Drugs Common In Biblical Times, Professor Says

* Hot Off The 'Net

Americans: Stars In Bars / By Jacob Sullum

End 'Nanny State' Bans, Argues Major New Study

Annual Report Of The International Narcotics Control Board

Closed Minds / By Dan Gardner

Drug Truth Network

Peru And Bolivia Revolt Against The INCB

Dr. Mitch Earleywine On The Capital Outsider

* What You Can Do This Week

Petition Your Senators To Support Medical Marijuana Research

* Letter Of The Week

Mexico's Illegal Drug Problems And Our Own Are Tied Together / Tony Newman

* Feature Article

Change / Buford C. Terrell

* Quote of the Week

Samuel Adams

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