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THERE'S A NEW ARMY IN THE DRUG WAR AND IT'S... NINJAS?

By Pete Guither at Drug WarRant - www.drugwarrant.com

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2008/08/21.html#a2983

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF ART TO COUNTER INJUSTICE

By Anthony Papa, AlterNet.

The Drug Policy Alliance's re:FORM art auction benefit marries art
with tackling the ridiculous "war on drugs."

http://drugsense.org/url/bgeyhQU5

Q & A WITH TOMMY CHONG

The hippie icon recently celebrated his 70th birthday, published his
2nd book, and announced the end of his 26-year feud with Cheech Marin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgpyfLydTxE

WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS: CHANGES IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN DRUGS MARKET

The report, Withdrawal Symptoms: changes in the Southeast Asian Drugs
Market, draws on hundreds of interviews with farmers, users and
traders. It finds that harm reduction and alternative livelihood
policies must be in place before any opium reduction if negative
health and development impacts are to be avoided.

http://www.tni.org/reports/drugs/debate16.pdf

THE HUMAN COST OF MARIJUANA PROHIBITION

by John Berry

John Berry

MPP just released a new documentary examining the effects of
marijuana prohibition on people's lives. The piece looks at four
stories (including our own Rob Kampia's) as examples of how marijuana
prohibition and its consequences impact the lives of a diverse group
of Americans and their families.

http://blog.mpp.org/?p=68

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 08/19/08 - Richard Burton

Richard P. Burton, Director of Project Reach & former chair of NAACP
Prisoner Rights committee + Doug McVay of Drug War Fact & Misha
Glenny discusses drug war on Charlie Rose/PBS

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2014

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 08/20/08 - Peter Moskos

Peter Moskos, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice,
speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, author of Cop in the
Hood & recent US NEWS & World Report article: "Drugs are too
dangerous not to regulate - We should legalize them" + Poppygate
Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson with LEAP Report

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2015

HEMPFEST AGAIN DRAWS MULTITUDES IN CELEBRATION OF CANNABIS CULTURE

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #548, 8/22/08

Last Saturday and Sunday, Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park, a mile-long
strip of land fronting Puget Sound just north of downtown, once again
played host to the Seattle Hempfest. And once again, the Hempfest
lived up to its reputation as the world's largest marijuana "protestival."

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/548/seattle_hempfest_2008

THE RAZOR WIRE, Vol. 11, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2008

Now online at:

http://www.november.org/razorwire/newsletter.html

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

Medical Marijuana Pro Con. A DrugSense Focus Alert.

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0382.html

STOP SWAT-STYLE DRUG RAIDS

Ask the U.S. Conference of Mayors to support an end to violent, SWAT-
style police raids like the one that left a D.C.-area mayor
handcuffed in his boxer shorts while his family's two dogs bled to death.

http://drugsense.org/url/3jEfqQHZ