HOT OFF THE 'NET

KEEPING THE PSYCHEDELIC DREAM ALIVE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICK DOBLIN

By Arran Frood, New Scientist. Posted September 2, 2008.

Doblin: "I awoke to psychedelics' value just as the law was shutting
them down. It was very painful -- like having something snatched away."

http://drugsense.org/url/KSzJmyCn

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 09/02/08 - Richard Van Winkler

Richard Van Wickler, superintendent for the Cheshire County (NH)
Department of Corrections and member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2032

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 09/04/08 - Peter Christ

Peter Christ, one of the founding members of Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition discusses failings of current drug war policy.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2033

MCCAIN, PALIN & POT

By Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance

It's hard to know what to make of Senator McCain's selection of
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. She's admitted to
smoking marijuana -- but then again that's also true of every
Democratic nominee for president since 1992, as well as Newt
Gingrich, Clarence Thomas and lots of other prominent Republicans.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/palin.cfm

CHEMICALS IN MARIJUANA MAY FIGHT MRSA

By Paul Armentano, NORML

Well what do you know? A mainstream media outlet finally picked up on
this story!

http://drugsense.org/url/h0eg3cF8

VENEZUELA, US GOVERNMENTS SPAR OVER DRUG FIGHTING

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #550, 9/5/08

The tense relations between the Bush administration and Venezuela's
President Hugo Chavez grew even more strained this week as Washington
and Caracas traded charges and counter-charges over Venezuela's fight
against cocaine trafficking.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/550/US_Venezuela_cocaine

2007 NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH

This report presents the first information from the 2007 National
Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the
civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged
12 years old or older. This initial report on the 2007 data presents
national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users, and other
measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products.

http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k7nsduh/2k7Results.cfm#TOC

OBAMA, MCCAIN: WHO'LL LEAD ON DRUGS, BLOATED PRISONS?

By Neal Peirce

Will America's ill-starred "war on drugs" and its expanding prison
culture make it into the presidential campaign?

Standard wisdom says "no way."

http://citiwire.net/post/164/

ETERNAL WAR MUSIC VIDEO

The Drug Truth Network has released of a new anti-drug-war song,
Eternal War from "Adult Users"

The radio version in WAV and MP3 formats as well as video versions in
AVI, MOV, MPG and WMV formats are available at:

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2034

The video is now on YouTube at:

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2034/play

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

SHOULD NO-KNOCK POLICE RAIDS BE RARE-OR ROUTINE?

Policy Forum, Thursday, September 11, 2008, 4:00 PM

The Cato Institute will be hosting an event next week on no-knock
police raids featuring Mayor Cheye Calvo, Radley Balko, author of the
Cato study, Overkill, and LEAP's Peter Christ. If you're in the DC
area, they hope you can make it. For those outside the DC area, you
can watch the event live on the web.

For more information, visit:

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5268

TELL THE NFL TO STOP DRIVING ITS PLAYERS TO DRINK.

SAFER has a fun on-line petition going on... Please check it out and
spread the word if you're interested.

http://www.saferchoice.org/petitions/nfl/