DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MARCH 28, 2008 #542

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) OPED: Drug Tests Make No Sense

(2) OPED: County Errs In Ignoring Medical Marijuana ID Law

(3) Mexico Sending 2,500 Agents Into Troubled Border Town

(4) Column: Prince Of Pot's Deal With U.S. Shot Down By Ottawa

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) OPED: Politics, Drugs And Race

(6) Drug Fight Uses Dose Of Reality

(7) Editorial: Find A Way To Keep Valuable Testing Programs

(8) Drug Sweep At John Marshall High School Is First Of Many

(9) Editorial: Drugs, 'Games' Are New Threats To A New Generation

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(10) Drop In Drug Task Force Funding Could Hit Area Programs Hard

(11) Budget Cuts May Imperil Drug War

(12) Column: Time To Spy On Your Neighbors

(13) Women In Prison

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) Superskunk Me

(15) Feds May Start Their Own Pot Eradication Plan

(16) Marijuana Prescriptions Getting Lost In Smoke

(17) OPED: We Need To Get Smart About Marijuana

International News

(18) Air Strikes, War On Drugs Drive Taliban

(19) Local Mayors Want Fed $ To Tackle Gangs, Drugs

(20) Endemol Exec Sent To Dubai Jail After Police Find 'Speck Of Dirt'

* Hot Off The 'Net

Report To The UN From The "Beyond 2008" Vancouver NGO Consultation

Mainstream Medicine Has Endorsed Medical Marijuana / By Dr. Jocelyn Elders

Spitzer's Fall Sparks Hope For Overhaul Of New York's Rockefeller Drug Laws

Update On Commonwealth V. Cusick And Stroup / By Keith Stroup

Barney Frank And NORML Team Up On Federal Decriminalization Legislation

Calling B.S. On The Idea Of 'Marijuana Addiction' / By Paul Armentano

* What You Can Do This Week

Medical Marijuana In Michigan - Yea Or Nay?

Students Get A Raw Deal / By Bill Piper

* Letter Of The Week

Insane Drug War / Robert P. Wood

* Feature Article

We Are Family / Richard Lake

* Quote of the Week

Theodore Roosevelt

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