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OBAMA, DRUGS AND EVERYONE ELSE

By Froma Harrop

And so Barack Obama tells high school kids in New Hampshire that he
"made some bad decisions" at their age. He "experimented" with pot
and cocaine. This is old news -- but even if it were new news, it
would be ho-hum in today's politics.

http://drugsense.org/url/25hYzkvg

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

11/21/07 - Dr. David Bearman speaks to Wisconsin Medical School

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_112107.mp3

Century of Lies

11/20/07 - Medical Marijuana to Senior Citizens and "Flushing Kids
Down the Toilet"

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_112007.mp3

LEAP SPEAKER JERRY PARADIS ON THE AIR IN CALGARY

Guest Jerry Paradis and caller Alison Myrden of Law Enforcement
Against Prohibition discuss proposed mandatory minimum prison
sentences on The World Tonight, CHQR AM Radio, Calgary, Alberta,
November 22, 2007

http://leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=125

THE ADDICT'S VETO

By Jacob Sullum

Why should problem gamblers ruin online betting for everyone?

http://www.reason.com/news/show/123603.html

LEGAL EASE WITH KIRK TOUSAW

Criminal lawyer and friend to the Cannabis Culture, Kirk Tousaw
discusses Canadian cannabis law, his current case with The Vancouver
Island Compassionate Society and gives an update on the "BC3"
extradition proceedings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AciwO5Zs53g

TEXAS WORST COURT: COPS CAN HAND OUT DOPE TO CREATE SNITCHES

Grits for Breakfast

If court watchers didn't already have enough reasons to disdain the
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which Texas Monthly famously called
"Texas' Worst Court," now they've ruled that it's okay for police
officers to distribute drugs to informants in order to convince them
to become snitches.

http://drugsense.org/url/24chinL7

RICHARD PAEY SPEAKS

An interview with the paraplegic man sentenced to 25 years in prison
for treating his own pain.

http://www.reason.com/news/show/123589.html

UNLOCKING AMERICA

Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population

By James Austin [et al.], JFA Institute, November 2007

http://www.jfa-associates.com/publications/srs/UnlockingAmerica.pdf

BRITAIN'S FIRST DRUG 'SHOOTING GALLERIES' HAILED A SUCCESS

By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor

A trial scheme which set up "shooting galleries" in three cities,
enabling heroin users to obtain drugs and inject them under
supervision, has dramatically cut crime rates and stopped addicts
buying their supplies on the streets.

http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3177003.ece

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

BECOME A MAP VOLUNTEER FROM THE COMFORT OF HOME

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0355.html

MPP DOWNLOAD MATERIALS

Looking for materials to distribute in your community to help educate
others about the need for marijuana policy reform? Download printer-
friendly PDFs of some of MPP's most popular brochures and other materials here:

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