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SIGHTS AND SOUNDS FROM THE 2008 NORML CONFERENCE IN BERKELEY

This three-day conference was held on Friday, October 17 through
Sunday, October 19, 2008 with social events and an opening reception
on the evening of Thursday, October 16. This was the 37th Annual
Conference for NORML, held in Berkeley, California, at the Doubletree
Berkeley Marina.

http://stash.norml.org/berkeley-national-conference-2008/

TO JAIL OR NOT JAIL FOR DRUG RELAPSE?

By Tony Newman, AlterNet. Posted October 21, 2008.

There is a raging battle in the treatment community over how much
carrot vs. stick we should use to help people who need treatment.

http://drugsense.org/url/xxoVEDlu

DRUG CZAR BUSTED - AGAIN!

by Paul Armentano, NORML Deputy Director

Like the Energizer bunny, Drug Czar John Walters' lies just keep on coming.

http://blog.norml.org/2008/10/23/drug-czar-busted-again/

MEXICAN DEFENSE DEPARTMENT PLANS TO EXPAND ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS

The military will carry out joint operations in Chiapas, Oaxaca,
Sonora, Tabasco, Coahuila, and Campeche

by Jorge Alejandro Medellin Translation and notes by Kristin Bricker

http://drugsense.org/url/d7TBg2bz

2008 PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES ON MARIJUANA

Join MPP-TV's Noah Brozinsky as he reviews five of the 2008
presidential candidates' positions on marijuana policy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9flhDmz7Kwo

2008 DRUG POLICY REFORM CONGRESSIONAL VOTER GUIDE

http://drugpolicy.org/library/2008VoterGuide.cfm

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 10/21/08 - James Anthony

Pledge drive special with reports from the National Organization for
Reform of Marijuana Laws conference in Berkeley California with Steve
Bloom, former high times editor and author of pot culture + attorney
James Anthony

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2103

Cultural Baggage - 10/22/08 - Keith Stroup

NORML & Pledge Drive Special: Keith Stoup, former Dir of NORML, Dale
Gieringer of CA NORML, Mason Tvert of SAFER, Los Marijuano's, Phil
Jackson with Black Perspective on the Drug War & Winston Francis with
the "Official Government Truth"

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2104

GAO REPORT CRITICIZES ONDCP EVALUATION OF DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES GRANTEES

By Bob Curley

The federal Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) set up its
own process for determining grant eligibility for the Drug-Free
Communities Support Program that resulted in an inability to "show
that only eligible coalitions received grants in accordance with the
Drug-Free Communities Support Program's statutory framework,"
according to a recently released report from the U.S. Government
Accountability Office (GAO).

http://drugsense.org/url/y0f5eF3j

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

APPLY FOR A JOB WITH MPP

The Marijuana Policy Project is opening a new office and has many job
opportunities.

http://www.mpp.org/jobs/

ATTEND HIGH TIMES' SMOKE THE VOTE IN NYC ON OCTOBER 26

A Benefit For NORML

http://drugsense.org/url/TQBAsOrR