HOT OFF THE 'NET

THE KILLING OF RACHEL HOFFMAN AND THE TRAGEDY THAT IS POT PROHIBITION

By Paul Armentano

Police caught Hoffman with pot but promised to drop charges if she
agreed to go undercover in a drug bust. She was killed soon afterward.

http://drugsense.org/url/Gpp49YxT

MEXICO'S DRUG WAR

Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the country's drug war and to
examine the role the U.S. is playing in it.

1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDHNeJxazU

2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8k39p8z4U

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Cultural Baggage Radio Show- 07/30/08 - Marie Gottschalk

Marie Gottschalk, U of Penn Professor & author of "The Prison and the
Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration"

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1988

Century of Lies - 07/29/08 - Arthur Burnett

Judge Arthur Burnett, director of National African American Drug
Policy Coalition & Jay Rorty, Deputy Director of ACLU Drug Law Reform Project

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1987

TWO DOGS DEAD, A FAMILY TRAUMATIZED, ANOTHER DAY IN THE DRUG WAR

David Borden, Drug War Chronicle

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/545/another_day_in_the_drug_war

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tpUjcGZcw&

TACKLING DRUG MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS IN THE UK

A review of the recent literature

UK Drug Policy Commission

http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/Publications.shtml

LEGALISATION IS A NO-GO AREA

A report on drug policy, like so many before it, fails to recognise
the simple fact that prohibition is actually part of the problem.

By Steve Rolles

http://drugsense.org/url/LQs5o55R

CONGRESS SETS SIGHTS ON CANNABIS PROHIBITION LAWS

By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

http://drugsense.org/url/BpIwR2Eo

PAUL ARMENTANO ON THE DR. DREW RADIO SHOW

Dr. Drew welcomes Musician Toby Keith to talk about his new film
"Beer For My Horses." Then, he talks to Deputy Director of NORML,
Paul Armentano. Paul comes on 30 minutes in (following Toby Keith)
and discusses HR 5843 and the futility of government efforts to
control what substances people put in their bodies.

http://fetch.noxsolutions.com/ww1/mp3/drdrew_073108.mp3

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

Write A Letter

Insite Works. A DrugSense Focus Alert.

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0378.html