TAKING A TRIP THROUGH TIME

If DrugSense and the Media Awareness Project (MAP) are known for one
thing, it must certainly be our DrugNews Archive. This incredibly
important information resource now holds over 195,000 clippings on
all aspects of drug policy, regardless of spin. We have been
collecting articles on this topic since 1995 and have some stories
dating back as far as 1991.

Here is a sample of some of landmark articles that have become the
foundation of this unique and dynamic resource:

1990 -- "Test Negative," Scientific American. Thursday, March 1,
1990. This was the very first full-text article in the archive, and
it covers a topic that is still controversial: drug testing.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v90/n000/a01.html

1994 -- "Toxic Alternative to Natural Fiber," Sacramento Bee.
Thursday, April 7, 1994, by Jay Bergstrom. This is the first Letter-
to-the-Editor (PUB LTE) favorable to drug policy reform in the archive.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v94/n000/a001.html

1995 -- "Say 'No' to Legalization of Marijuana," Wall Street
Journal. Friday, August 18, 1995, by Donna Shalala. By the Secretary
of Health and Human Services under President Clinton, this
prohibition-focused Op-ed is the first opinion piece in the archive.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v95/n000/a04.html

1996 -- "Misfire on Drug Policy," National Review. Monday, February
26, 1996, by William F. Buckley, Jr. This is ground-breaking
editorial calling the drug war a failure kicked off the first of many
intensive MAP letter-writing campaigns in support of ending prohibition.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v96/n000/a08.html

1996 -- "Stopping Drug Traffickers," Warsaw Voice (Poland). Sunday,
March 10, 1996, by Konrad Niklewicz. This first clipping from outside
of North America. Unfortunately, it took a decidedly pro-drug war stance.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v96/n000/a09.html

1999 -- "Officer Tells of Undercover Work," Amarillo Globe News.
Sunday, August 8, 1998, by Greg Cunningham. A "puff piece" about
undercover cop, Tom Coleman, and the drug arrests he made in the
small Texas town of Tulia.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v99/n000/a18.html

2000 -- "The Race to Racism," Amarillo Globe News. Friday, September
15, 2000, by Redford Givens. Online media activism matures as MAP
letter writers condemn the racism that led to the Tulia arrests.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1585/a01.html

2002 -- "Drug Charges Dropped after Tulia Case Collapses," Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal. Sunday, April 14, 2002, by Linda Kane. The Tulia
case collapses after undercover cop Tom Coleman was found to be lying
and becomes discredited.

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n721/a06.html

As you can see, this robust archive tracks the twists and turns of
our substance use policies, allowing us to identify challenges and to
measure progress over time.

And, all of this incredible information is available for FREE!

However, it isn't free to produce; this valuable resource costs time
and money to maintain. Please consider making a donation today. To
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Thank you for ensuring that important DrugSense resources like our
DrugNews archive stand the test of time and achieve our shared goal
of sensible, compassionate, and humane policies.