DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MARCH 21, 2008 #541

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) State Marijuana Law In Supreme Court's Hands

(2) Pair Get Prison In Pot Case

(3) Struggling For Solutions As Opium Trade Blossoms

(4) Editorial: House Right To Reduce Marijuana Penalties

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) Drug Office's Budget Tactics Faulted

(6) Court Ruling Limits Employment Drug Testing

(7) Central Times Staffers Defend Their Adviser

(8) Crist Wants To Maintain Drug Penalties

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Doggy Style

(10) Four Cops Indicted In Highwaymen Probe

(11) Operation Tarnished Badge - Ex-deputy Gets Prison Term

(12) Longtime Narcotics Agent Feels Sting Of Reprimand

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) N.H. House OKs Marijuana Bill

(14) Sacramento Supervisors Reject State's Medical Marijuana ID Program

(15) MDs Increase Dosage Of Medical Marijuana

(16) The Dope Rush

International News

(17) If Drugs Were Legal, Scarlett Might Be Alive

(18) Brazil Finds Coca Fields

(19) Party Pill Critics Fear New Wave Of Drugs

(20) Going Tough On Grass Users

(21) Jail 'Not The Solution' To Drug Crime

* Hot Off The 'Net

No Bad Drugs / Jacob Sullum

Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies News

Massive Drug Raid At Orange County Hotel Fails To Locate Drugs

UN Drug Czar Evades Awkward Question

A Four Pillars Approach To Methamphetamine / By Bill Piper

Drug Truth Network

Marijuana: It's Time For A Conversation

* What You Can Do This Week

Read The DrugSense Insider

Intern At MPP This Summer

* Letter Of The Week

Enough Is Enough! / Rev. Steven B. Thompson

* Feature Article

All Those People in Jail, and What Do We Have to Show for It? / Ned Cabaniss

* Quote of the Week

Arthur C. Clarke (16 December 1917 - 19 March 2008)

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