HOT OFF THE 'NET

DAVID BORDEN IN TELEVISED DRUG LEGALIZATION DEBATE

StoptheDrugWar.org's executive director recently did a 25-minute
debate on drug legalization on a network that aired across Europe and
the Middle East. Video is online at:

http://drugsense.org/url/Ev5QyEPJ

GOT YOUR NUMBER: NORA IS PROPOSITION 5!

The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act-the most ambitious
sentencing and prison reform in U.S. history-just got its proposition
number. The measure, sponsored by DPA Network, will appear as
Proposition 5 on the California state ballot in November!

http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/071708nora.cfm

STRIP FOR THE PRINCIPAL

How could anyone think a strip search for Advil was reasonable?

By Jacob Sullum

http://www.reason.com/news/show/127566.html

JIM HIGHTOWER ON POT -- SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON POT, THAT IS

"The powers that be like to play games, and Marijuana is a nice diversion."

http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/91446/

GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS THE UN IT'S TIME TO FIX DRUG POLICY

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #543, 7/18/08

Last week, some 300 delegates representing organizations from across
the drug policy spectrum met in Vienna for the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum,
an effort to provide civil society input on global drug policy.

http://drugsense.org/url/69FmJN27

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 07/16/08 - Robert Muhammed

Brother Robert Muhammed of the Nation of Islam & DTN's Dean Becker
discuss Houston's criminal, justice system.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1970

Century of Lies- 07/15/08 - Norm Stamper

Special with: Gatewood Galbreath, Norm Stamper, Carl Veley, Sanho
Tree, Chuck Thomas, The "Marijuanalogues", Bruce Mirken, Ethan Nadelmann.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1969

MAPS NEWS JULY 2008

Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

NIDA Delays Vaporizer Research, Averts MAPS Lawsuit

http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=1634&fmt=stdnews

ROLLING STONE: OBAMA ON ENDING THE DRUG WAR

An interview with Barack Obama is the centre piece of this month's
Rolling Stone magazine. Unsuprisingly, given the magazine's youth
culture niche and long history as vocal critics drug war, they hit
the likely next US president with a serious question about its
failure and what he plans to do about it.

http://drugsense.org/url/HZHTC8so

LEAP SPEAKER TONY SMITH ON CANADIAN TV

Tony Smith appears on "Talk Politics" on CPAC TV to discuss LEAP and
his career in the Vancouver Police Department with host Ken Rockburn.

http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=155

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT

* Office Administrator/Bookkeeper
* Director of State Policies
* Membership & Events Fellowship
* State Policies Internship

For all positions, please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs for full job
descriptions, salary information, and instructions on how to apply.

WRITE A LETTER

Get-Tough Policies Cause More Crime. A Drug Sense Focus Alert.

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0375.html

SUPPORT NORTH AMERICA'S ONLY SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITY

Sign a petition endorsing Insite.

http://www.creativerealizations.com/socialissues/drugpolicy.html