DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JUNE 16, 2006 #453

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec1

(1) The Don't-Bother-To-Knock Rule (2) Officials Seeking Source Of
Lethal Heroin Mixture (3) VPD Won't Attend Drug Overdoses (4) Green Thumbs Up

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) After Gang Threat, It's Cap, Gown and Lockdown (6) Stuart Police
- - Adults Using Kids To Sell Drugs (7) Cocaine Found In More Area
Autopsies (8) Doctor Group Needles Board Over Proposal

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) U.S. Prisons Called Risk To Lives (10) Prison Guard Sentenced For
Trying To Smuggle Drugs Into Prison (11) Border Patrol Officer
Arrested On Drug Charge (12) Lawmen Paint Ugly Picture, Stay Silent
On What's Next (13) State Meth Units Make 653 Arrests In First Year

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) Medical Marijuana Still Not Widely Available: Report (15)
Israeli Researcher Lowers Blood Pressure With Cannabis Component (16)
High Above The Law (17) 'Burning Rainbow Farm' Book Released Today
(18) 'A/K/A Tommy Chong,' A Documentary About The Comedian And The Law

International News

(19) Harper Under Gun To Kill Insite (20) Bolivia Shifts Tactics In
Its War On Cocaine (21) Mexico Grapples With Wave Of Drug Violence,
Pressure From U.S. (22) UK Fears Record Afghan Heroin Output

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec3

New Report Disproves Myth Of Methamphetamine "Epidemic"

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Medicinal Cannabis May Soon Be A Treatment Option In New Zealand

Among Whites, Imprisoning Drug Users A Minority Opinion, Survey Finds

Labour Likes To Hide Its Dirty Laundry / By Philip Johnston

Zarqawi And The Drug War / By Jacob G. Hornberger

Stupid Drug Story Of The Week / By Jack Shafer

* What You Can Do This Week
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Join A Media Activism Roundtable Online

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec5

Removing Drug Cartels Fruitless / By Clifford Schafer

* Letter Writer Of The Month - May
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Robert Sharpe

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec7

Giambra Is Right; New Approach Needed To Drug War / By Nicolas Eyle

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n453.html#sec8

Thomas Paine

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