HOT OFF THE 'NET

AREN'T DRUG WARRIORS FUNNY?

By Pete Guither at DrugWarrant.com

"Smoking marijuana causes people to wear the same trench coat for 20
years. That's why it's illegal!"

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/02/24.html#a3314

WILL LEGALIZING POT SAVE CALIFORNIA FROM ITS CASH CRUNCH?

By Bruce Mirken, Marijuana Policy Project

A new bill could make marijuana California's newest cash crop.

http://drugsense.org/url/1QZh5vXn

PLAN MEXICO IS BACK IN CONGRESS

By Kristin Bricker

Yesterday the House Passed 2009 Plan Mexico Funding Despite Mexico's
Failure to Comply with the 2008 Funding's Human Rights Conditions.

http://drugsense.org/url/mO7j8qhE

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 02/24/09 - Richard Lee

Oaksterdam I - Richard Lee, founder of Oaksterdam University, Dale
Gieringer of California NORML, Roger LaChance of Medical Cannabis
Safety Commission, Chris Conrad, publisher and Court Qualified
Marijuana Expert, Atty. James Anthony, Atty. Robert Raich.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2310

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 02/25/09 - Richard Lee

Oaksterdam II - Founder Richard Lee, anonymous instructor, Keith
Stevenson of Purple Heart Dispensary, Atty. James Anthony of LEAP,
Atty. Robert Raich

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2311

ROB KAMPIA INTERVIEWED ON GLENN BECK SHOW

Rob Kampia, executive director of MPP, is interviewed by Glenn Beck
about the California bill introduced by Assemblyman Tom Ammiano to
tax and regulate marijuana like alcohol.

http://tv.mpp.org/news/rob-kampia-interviewed-on-glenn-beck-show-22509/

STATE CONSIDERS MARIJUANA TAX

A California bill to regulate recreational use could spark
confrontation with federal government. CNN's Casey Wian reports.

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/bestoftv/2009/02/24/wian.pot.tax.cnn

MEDICAL CANNABIS AN "AMERICAN POLICY".

By Steph Sherer

I wish everyone were here to see it. As many of you know by now, on
Wednesday U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told reporters at a press
conference, while standing next to Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA) Administrator Michele Leonhart that ending federal raids on
medical cannabis dispensaries "is now American policy."

http://safeaccessnow.org/blog/?p=217

DRUG POLICY REFORM: CUTTING THE GORDIAN KNOT

Sanho Tree, a drug policy analyst from the Washington based Institute
for Policy Studies, has contributed a chapter on drug policy reform
to a new book titled Mandate for Change, published this month and
presented to the White House last week.

http://drugsense.org/url/Qamf89MV

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The Drug War South Of The Border. A DrugSense Focus Alert

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