HOT OFF THE 'NET

THE FAILED DRUG WAR ON TV

DPA's executive director, Ethan Nadelmann was interviewed for the
Independent Film Channel's intriguing, and often hilarious, episode
of "The IFC Media Project" which dissects the history and policies of
drug prohibition in the U.S.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrmKmQrKT3Q

WHY HEAD SHOP RAIDS ARE UNFAIR AND UNJUST

How a reckless mayor, heartless federal agents and a disorganized
drug-consuming public led to a pointless raid on head shops.

By Norman Kent, CounterPunch

http://drugsense.org/url/lU34Isr6

MAINSTREAM MEDIA LOOKS AT MARIJUANA PROHIBITION

Fire Up The Digital Recorders! January Is 'Marijuana' Month On The Groove Tube

By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

http://drugsense.org/url/DkJOzbD4

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 01/06/09 - Norm Stamper

Norm Stamper, former police chief of Seattle and author of Breaking
Rank - A Top Cops' Expose of the Dark Side of Policing

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2245

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 01/07/09 - Brian Bennett

Brian Bennett discusses the history of the drug war + Fred Burton, VP
of counterterrorism at Stratfor & author of "Ghost - Confessions of a
Counterterrorism Agent", Sigifredo Gonzales, sheriff of Zapata county
and Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth county both call for a look at
legalization & Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2246

SANJAY GUPTA: WHAT THE NEXT SURGEON GENERAL DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT POT

The Next Surgeon General Needs to Stop Putting Politics Before
Science. Gupta May Not Be Ready for That.

By Russ Belville, NORML

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n022/a08.html

DEA REJECTS YET ANOTHER RESCHEDULING PETITION

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #567, 1/9/09

The DEA has rejected yet another petition seeking to remove marijuana
from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), this one from
Iowa-based marijuana reformer Carl Olsen. It is only the latest
petition rejection by the agency in a glacially-paced struggle to
reschedule marijuana that has been going on since 1972.

http://drugsense.org/url/gZpu7smG

WHEN PEOPLE ARE STUPID

The recent comments to various articles in the El Paso story
yesterday reminded me of one of the frustrating parts of being in
drug policy reform and, well, having a brain. It's the incredibly
stupid arguments that reappear time and time again.

By Pete Guither

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/01/08.html#a3214

LOU DOBBS REACTS TO EL PASO RESOLUTION TO DISCUSS DRUG POLICY REFORM

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=cFUpYIGKyZg

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

DrugSense FOCUS Alert #390 - Monday, 29 December 2008

It's A War' - Mexican President Felipe Calderon

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0390.html

JOIN THE "PARDON ME" PROTEST

Tuesday and Wednesday January 12th & 13th 2009, Washington DC

A Demonstration And Campaign To Gain Amnesty For Medical Marijuana Patients

For more information visit: http://www.smoke-in.org/