DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JULY 7, 2006 #456

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec1

(1) 1700 Overdoses That Didn't End In Death (2) 15 Held In Raids On
Pot Stores (3) Cop Says He Aided Narcotics Rip-Off (4) Cannabis 'Can
Lead To Harder Drugs'

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) OPED: Former Drug Czars Believe Their War Has Been Won (6)
Candidate Masel Sprayed, Arrested At Union Terrace (7) Legislature
Finally OKs Needle Exchange Program (8) Mitt Vetoes Needle Sales
Bill, Riled Pols Vow Override

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) State Drug War Nets Big Haul (10) New York City Judge Throws Out
Mafia Cops Conspiracy (11) Court Restores Drug Tests In Meth Cases
(12) Bill To Revise Proposition 36 Under Fire

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) Marijuana Fight Envelops Fisherman's Wharf (14) Middle-Class
Kids 'More Likely To Use Cannabis' (15) Tories Keep Medical Pot (16)
Legalization An Option

International News

(17) Two British Soldiers Killed As Afghan Poppy Crop Booms (18)
Dealer's Reduced Term Irks U.S., Canadian Police (19) War On Drugs
Won't Stop Problem: Expert (20) PS Warning That Tories' Crime Laws
Won't Work Was Ignored

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec3

Lynn Zimmer 1947-2006

Bringing The Gateway Theory Back / By Maia Szalavitz

Impaired Reasoning / By Jacob Sullum

10 News Exposes 'Marijuana Doctors'

Cannabinoid Chronicles

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

New Radio Ad Calls Out Politicians Who Have Used Marijuana

* What You Can Do This Week
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Write A Letter For MAP

DPA Jobs And Internship Opportunities

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec5

Taylor Was Wrong To Blame All Addicts' Parents / By Phyllis Spitler

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec6

Independence Day / By Colleen McCool

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n456.html#sec7

Marian Anderson

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