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VIDEO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA REJECTING LEGALIZED CANNABIS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBl0KNKha4

OBAMA SHOULD HAVE TAKEN POT QUESTION SERIOUSLY AT HIS PUBLIC TOWNHALL

By Paul Armentano, NORML

Since 1965, police have arrested over 20 million Americans for
violating marijuana laws. Obama shouldn't laugh at questions about
legalizing it.

http://drugsense.org/url/v47yij8y

REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S MARIJUANA BLUNDER

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/03/27.html#a3380

END PROHIBITION AND END GANG VIOLENCE

This was the debate between Kirk Tousaw and Barry Joneson which took
place as part of the Langara College Dialogues series held in Vancouver.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWjLBuNR4qU

FORMER DRUG FREE AMERICA DIRECTOR ENDORSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA

Contrary to scientific opinion, the U.S. government still posits that
marijuana has no medical value. Not only has the government used this
position to harmfully intrude in the lives of our most vulnerable
citizens, it has done so with scorn for the voters and legislatures
that enacted state medical marijuana laws

By David E. Krahl, Ph.D.

http://drugsense.org/url/lJdr8x9Y

UNODC REMAINS SHY ABOUT PUBLISHING REPORT ON DUTCH COFFEE SHOP SYSTEM

Dr Frederick Polak and others have been trying to get the UNODC to
publish their discussion document on the Dutch coffee shop system for
some time now. Here's the latest attempt to get some answers about the report.

http://drugsense.org/url/dGf7RUBZ

THE END OF HYSTERIA AND THE LAST MAN

Will the Justice Department's new medical marijuana policy save Charlie Lynch?

By Jacob Sullum

http://www.reason.com/news/show/132436.html

HELP MEXICO BY LEGALIZING MARIJUANA

By Bill Piper and Ethan Nadelmann

If ever there were a time for politicians to open up this debate, it is now.

http://drugsense.org/url/THrBxvMA

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 03/22/09 - Martin Jelsma

Martin Jelsma director of Transnational Institute, interviewed at the
UN Drug Conference in Vienna by Michael Krawitz

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2340

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 03/25/09 - Terry Nelson

UN Drug Conference NGO's speak in Vienna, with Professor Fredrick
Polak, Terry Nelson of LEAP, Lennice Werth, Chris Conrad and Mikki
Norris, courtesy Vienna Public Radio

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2348

ROB KAMPIA DISCUSSES MARIJUANA TAX AND REGULATION ON CNBC'S POWER LUNCH

MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia debates the failure of the war on
marijuana and the benefits of taxation and regulation on CNBC Power
Lunch. Also on the show was Asa Hutchinson, former head of the DEA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALc0wVFfIKs

MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION MARIJUANA SMOKERS IN DRUG TREATMENT EACH YEAR

Are We Wasting Valuable Treatment Resources?

Even as the demand for drug treatment slots continues to grow, an
increasing number of people who enter drug treatment are being
treated for marijuana as their primary drug of abuse, leading some
observers to question whether scarce drug treatment resources are
being wasted on people who don't need drug treatment.

http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/578/SAMHSA_drug_treatment_marijuana

HEMP IS NOT POT

It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need

By Dara Colwell

We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it.
Environmentalists love it. You can't get high from it. So why is it
still illegal?

http://drugsense.org/url/PBwvLpW7

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

TELL OBAMA YOU ARE NOT AMUSED

Since many of you are writing President Obama on your own, NORML
would like to assist the process by providing you with a link for
contacting the White House directly.

http://drugsense.org/url/8ewfyZ4N

FINALIZE REAL ROCKEFELLER REFORM IN NEW YORK

Tell your state senator, the senate president and the governor to
finalize real Rockefeller reform.

http://drugsense.org/url/jE2lLIea