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JIM GIERACH ON WUWM RADIO, WISCONSIN

Jim Gierach is a former prosecutor in the Cook County Attorney's
Office in Chicago. He's now a defense attorney and a member of the
group LEAP, Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. He speaks with Dan
Harmon on the "Lake Effect" program, WUWM radio, Wisconsin, Tue, 27 Nov 2007

http://www.leap.cc/link/128

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

11/28/07 - Roger Goodman, Wash State Rep + Poppygate & Corrupt Cop Story

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_112807.mp3

Century of Lies

11/27/07 - Dr. David Bearman speaks to Wisc. Med School 2/2

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_112707.mp3

IN SEARCH OF THE DIVINE VEGETAL, Part 2

Monday, November 26

From the Amazon jungles to downtown Canada, ideas about Ayahuasca
revive a decades-old argument about the uses and abuses, the
ecstasies and the efficacies of mind-altering plants. Ayahuasca has
been part of shamanic tradition for centuries. Broadcasters Thomas
McKinnon and Leonard Cler-Cunningham travel the old trails, attend
the ceremonies, and debate the religious, economic and political
questions surrounding the divine vegetal.

Webpage: http://www.cbc.ca/ideas/

Audio: http://mattelrod.org/audio/divine_vegetal_2.mp3

ETHAN NADELMANN AND DANIEL WOLFE DISCUSS INTERNATIONAL DRUG POLICY

Ethan Nadelmann, executive director of DPA, and Daniel Wolfe, deputy
director of the International Harm Reduction Development Project,
discuss international drug policy and the impact of Nadelmann's cover
article in Foreign Policy magazine.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/112807nadelmann.mp3

POLITICS OF FEAR: HARPER'S "WAR ON DRUGS"

In Canada, there is a growing movement of NGOs and individuals to
defeat Harper's "war on drugs."

by Libby Davies

http://www.rabble.ca/news_full_story.shtml?x=64925

RETIRED B.C. JUDGE JERRY PARADIS OF LEAP ON CALGARY TV

Thanks to Debbie and Keith Fagin and Deb Harper.

http://www.leap.cc/link/126

http://www.leap.cc/link/127

MORE INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY REEFER MADNESS EXPOSED

By Steve Rolles, Transform Drug Policy Foundation

Back in mid-September the Independent on Sunday (IOS) ran yet another
cannabis themed news feature this time under the dramatic headline
Re- classification of cannabis 'fuels youth crime wave'.

http://drugsense.org/url/18xyAxdb

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

THE BIGGEST AND THE BEST: NEW ORLEANS 2007

With only days to go, the 2007 International Drug Policy Reform
conference is set to convene in New Orleans Dec. 5-8 with a record
number of attendees. More than a thousand drug policy activists,
researchers, criminal justice and treatment advocates, students,
legislators and others will attend sessions on nearly every subject
within the drug policy reform spectrum. There's still time to join
us: register today!

http://www.drugpolicy.org/conference

Perhaps the biggest highlight among dozens of new features for 2007
is a special plenary featuring the executive director of the UN's
Office of Drugs & Crime, Dr. Antonio Maria Costa. The UN's drug
policy is often criticized by those within the reform movement, and
we are pleased that Dr. Costa has accepted our invitation to make
his case for the UN's drug policies before an audience of those who
care most deeply about them.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/112907conf.cfm