MAP'S TOP 100

Below are the titles and links to the current top 100 news items as
selected by the readers of DrugNews from the Media Awareness Project (MAP).
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/

1) Canada: What A Difference A Day Makes
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1060/a08.html?999

2) US: Web: Fighting 'Cheech and Chong' Medicine
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1057/a07.html?999

3) US DC: Column: Make War on the War on Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1055/a03.html?999

4) US: Web: Fighting 'Cheech & Chong' Medicine
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a03.html?999

5) US PA: OPED: Refocus The Drug War
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1050/a05.html?999

6) US: Drug War Awaits Attack Of Killer Fungus
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n999/a10.html?999

7) US: Time Magazine: The Arianna Sideshow
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1052/a06.html?999

8) US: Officials To Appeal Medicinal 'Pot' Ruling
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a11.html?999

9) US: Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1055/a08.html?999

10) US: War On Drugs Killing US Rose Growers
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1058/a11.html?999

11) US NM: NM Governor Makes Foes on Front Lines of Drug War
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1049/a11.html?999

12) US HI: PUB LTE It's Time to Get Rid of Marijuana Laws
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a02.html?999

13) US CA: Martin Sheen Joins Foes Of Drug Measure
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1050/a02.html?999

14) US TX: Column: A First Encounter With Justice System
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a06.html?999

15) US: Web: 8-PUB LTEs: One Toke Makes Good Read
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1046/a02.html?999

16) US: Shadow Conventions May Shift Klieg-Lights from GOP
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a08.html?999

17) Canada: Column: Courting Mary Jane Is No Crime
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1058/a01.html?999

18) CN BC: Pot-Home Fees Rile Landlords
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1060/a09.html?999

19) US AL: Sheriff's Spokesman Says High-Profile Drug Raid No Publicity
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a07.html?999

20) UK: Editorial: Blowing Smoke
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1046/a06.html?999

21) US NY: OPED: Common Sense Drug Policy
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1055/a04.html?999

22) US: Buzz Kill
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a04.html?999

23) CN ON: Customs Planted Pot, Guns On Travellers
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a02.html?999

24) US CA: Republican Assembly Candidate Announces Support For
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a12.html?999

25) US NY: US Jails West Van Man Over $20 LSD Deal In '71
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1054/a01.html?999

26) Colombia: US Goes On Attack In Jungle
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1054/a11.html?999

27) US IN: PUB LTE: Legalize Marijuana; Problem Will End
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1058/a07.html?999

28) Canada: Bikers Expand Crime Empire
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1046/a04.html?999

29) US FL: OPED: Waco Increased Distrust Of Government
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1060/a10.html?999

30) CN BC: Column: Justice, American Style - No Shower, No Mail, No Sense
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1065/a09.html?999

31) US IN: 4 PUB LTE: Editorial Sustains Marijuana Myth
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1057/a03.html?999

32) US CO: Officer Won't Be Charged For Drugs In Backpack
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a08.html?999

33) US IL: Column: Summit Skips One Idea On Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1049/a04.html?999

34) US GA: Editorial: A Small Addition To Drug-Test Policy
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1058/a03.html?999

35) US AK: PUB LTE: Face Facts About Marijuana
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1046/a05.html?999

36) US NM: Updated Pot Law Backed
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1047/a08.html?999

37) US IL: PUB LTE: Leaders Afraid To Discuss Legalizing Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a01.html?999

38) US MS: Column: Drug Kingpins? Hardly Bureau Needs New Plan
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1065/a02.html?999

39) US CA: OPED: Drug-Fighting Agenda For 2 Presidents
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1038/a04.html?999

40) Canada: Customs Plants Dope On Granny
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1062/a03.html?999

41) US CA: 'Beat Feet' Program Ruled Constitutional
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1048/a01.html?999

42) US NY: Column: The Other Victims Of The War On Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1056/a01.html?999

43) US: Web: PUB LTE: Final Solution
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1060/a03.html?999

44) US WI: $18 Million Prison Savings Projected
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1046/a07.html?999

45) US CA: Editorial: Court's New Marijuana Stance Should Hold
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1056/a06.html?999

46) CN BC: Canada's Absurd Notion Of Justice Triumphs Again
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1052/a09.html?999

47) New Zealand: OPED: US Heading For A Stupid Mess
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1061/a08.html?999

48) US: Shadow Conventions Plan Dark Humor
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n932/a03.html?999

49) US HI: PUB LTE: Where's Whitney?
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1053/a07.html?999

50) China: Study Finds Near-Perfect Drug Addiction Remedy
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1042/a04.html?999

51) CN BC: 'Grow Busters' Uproot Pot Operations
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a07.html?999

52) US MN: Independence Party Candidates Rap War
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1061/a04.html?999

53) US NY: Grand Jury Clears Drug Detective Who Killed Unarmed
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a01.html?999

54) CN NS: Editorial: Scent Of Outrage In Customs Test
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1065/a08.html?999

55) US MS: Report Rips Drug Agency
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1048/a03.html?999

56) US IN: Editorial: Barry And Bribes
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1048/a09.html?999

57) US AL: Local Effort Key in Anti-Drug War
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1060/a01.html?999

58) US TX: Editorial: Let Suspension Stand
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1065/a01.html?999

59) US: Web: PUB LTE: May We Kill Drug Users, Mr May?
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1049/a01.html?999

60) CN NS: Column: Even Some Police Want To Abandon War On Pot
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1036/a06.html?999

61) US: Many Of Essential Nutrients Can Be Found In Hemp Seed
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1061/a06.html?999

62) CN BC: OPED: Back Off Busting B.C. Bud
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1036/a10.html?999

63) US: Web: PUB LTE: Round Up The Misfits
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1061/a03.html?999

64) US CA: Pot ID Cards Protested
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n998/a09.html?999

65) US: Web: LTE: Simple - Just Kill The Drug Users
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1044/a07.html?999

66) US AK: LTE: Is Alcohol Drug Of Choice?
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1059/a06.html?999

67) US NM: Drug Defendants File Rights Suit
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1043/a04.html?999

68) US: Web: Editorial: One Toke Over the Line, Sweet Jesus?
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1018/a04.html?999

69) US AR: Editorial: Intervention
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1052/a05.html?999

70) New Zealand: Wire: Otago Students Vote To Promote Cannabis Law Reform
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a04.html?999

71) US CA: Golden Pen Award PUB LTE: When The Case For Medical Marijuana
Hits Home
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1039/a08.html?999

72) US: OPED: No Ecstasy
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1045/a11.html?999

73) US OH: Lucas Joins 5-County War Against Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a09.html?999

74) US CA: Drug Addicts Need To Be Held Directly Accountable By The Court
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1064/a03.html?999

75) US: Court Reversals On Search-And-Seizure Narrow Police Power
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1066/a12.html?999

76) US UT: Home Seizure In '95 Illegal
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n926/a07.html?999

77) Australia: Top Cop's Drug Anger
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1052/a02.html?999

78) US: High Court Ruling May Rewrite Sentencing
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1034/a02.html?999

79) Australia: Suburbia Hides Bikie Cannabis Crop
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1062/a04.html?999

80) US CA: Templeton May Change Drug-testing Policy
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a05.html?999

81) New Zealand: Editorial: Dealing With The Dope
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1063/a09.html?999

82) US AZ: Marijuana Initiative Won't Make Nov Ballot
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1066/a01.html?999

83) US: Shadow Conventions May Outshine Real Things
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1047/a05.html?999

84) US: FBI's 'Carnivore' E-Mail Tool Chewed Up by Lawmakers
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1053/a02.html?999

85) US CA: Holding Firm On The Right To Pot
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1038/a01.html?999

86) US: You've Got To Change The Political Wind
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1036/a11.html?999

87) US NM: Drug Ideas Land Gov. On Podium
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n928/a03.html?999

88) US NY: Editorial: Your Tax Dollars Hard at Work
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1047/a03.html?999

89) US NV: OPED: When Dancing is Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Dance
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n959/a06.html?999

90) Canada: LTE: Pot Possession Plus
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1055/a01.html?999

91) US OR: Peaceful Crowd Enjoys Sunny Hemp Celebration
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n999/a04.html?999

92) US NY: Sudden Exit as Clinic Chief Sends Addiction Specialist Reeling
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1053/a01.html?999

93) US: Web: Pot Shots
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1007/a03.html?999

94) US: Alternative Conventions Gain Support
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1061/a01.html?999

95) US CO: Cops Defend Slaying In Drug Raid
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1055/a10.html?999

96) US OH: Drug-Fighting Tool Unused
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1037/a05.html?999

97) US GA: Column: Legalizing Drugs
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1005/a02.html?999

98) US TX: Jurors To Hear 'Marijuana Medicine' Case
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1057/a04.html?999

99) US DE: NCCo Police Spot Pot Plants From Air
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n1039/a12.html?999

100) US: Getting Higher In High School
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v00/n997/a04.html?999

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Anyone may obtain the list any time they wish. This list was obtained Sat,
29 Jul 2000 at 09:02 Pacific time.

Note that the 2nd and 4th place items are duplicates, caused because we
posted the story by accident to the MAP archives twice. If the interest
counts for both were added together, I suspect that the item would be in
first place.

While the list does reflect the top 100 items, out of a possible about 400,
in terms of the numbers of folks reading the item from our archives; I
would not suggest that the other items not listed are not as significant or
important. Only the readers know why they found the items important. We
hope that it is because they are thinking about responding, sending Letters
to the Editor. But we do not know.

Of course, we do have more readers with an interest in some broad topics
than in others. And we do have more readers in the U.S. than elsewhere. But
this in no way means that the less popular topics, or the fact of less
readers outside the U.S., make those items less important or valued.

Also the spread between the most popular item on the list, to the last item
(or even to items that may not have been listed) is not huge.

Thus the list is simply a way of finding out what others are reading -
perhaps so you may not miss something that others think is important.

Check the DrugSense Weekly at http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm for
another selection of articles, along with comments.

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