DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JAN 19, 2007 #483

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec1

(1) Officer Testifies In Favor Of Pot Decriminalization (2) Medical
Marijuana Raids Are Criticized (3) A Controversial Weapon In The War
Against Drugs (4) Drug Truce

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) Is Baseball Drugs Ruling A Fourth-Amendment Foul? (6) Vast Data
Collection Plan Faces Big Delay (7) Schools Law Ups Drug Penalty (8)
AG Urges Patience In Mexico Drug War

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Prisoners Face High Death Rate After Release (10) Pinellas Pays
Out $100,000, Suspends 2 For Botched Bust (11) Column: Early-Morning
Police Visit Puts Woman Out Of Her Home (12) OPED: More Prisons Not
the Only Answer

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) Lawmakers Aiming To Legalize Pot (14) Bill Would OK Medical
Marijuana (15) Patients Argue for Expansion of Medical Marijuana (16)
PC World Editor Slain During Home-Invasion Robbery (17) Bay Area
Soars Above Rest of Nation in Recreational Drug Use

International News

(18) Ecuador's Divided Loyalties (19) Drugs Smuggled Into Prisons In
Dead Birds (20) Narcotics Pervade All Sectors Of Society (21) The
Political Addiction To Tough Talking On Drugs Has Failed Us All

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec3

Canada's 2003 Renewed Drug Strategy - An Evidence-Based Review

Most Resist Tory Drug War

Lay Down Your Arms / By Radley Balko

Smoking Marijuana During Pregnancy Alters Newborn Behavior

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Interview With Drug Czar John Walters

Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies News Update

* What You Can Do This Week
http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec4

Protest DEA Raids In West Hollywood & LA!

Donate To DrugSense

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec5

Michigan's Pot Crop / By Steve Thompson

*Letter Writer Of The Month - December

John Chase

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec6

Published Letter To The Editor Writer Of The Year - 2006 / By Richard Lake

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2007/ds07.n483.html#sec7

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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