HOT OFF THE 'NET

GOVERNMENT GROWN - NEW HEMP DOCUMENTARY

Government Grown is a new short documentary about the Hemp For
Victory program that includes interviews with participating farmers.

http://www.governmentgrownhemp.com/

NEW YORK LIGHTENS UP ON SOME OF THE HARSHEST DRUG LAWS IN THE COUNTRY

By Steven Wishnia

Let's hope the changes mark the beginning of the end of New York's
Rockefeller drug laws.

http://drugsense.org/url/5fwhvSUD

IS THE MEDIA FINALLY GETTING IT ON DRUG POLICY?

By Maia Szalavitz

http://drugsense.org/url/le3n7pLr

KIDS DO THE DARNDEST THINGS: JOE BIDEN'S COCAINE DILEMMA

By Tony Newman

The allegations about Ashley Biden offer her father a chance to join
the millions who challenge the irrationality of our drug laws.

http://drugsense.org/url/y56ILQyl

2007 TREATMENT EPISODE DATA SET (TEDS) MARIJUANA STATS

By Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator

SAMHSA have released the results of their 2007 Treatment Episode Data
Set, or TEDS, showing the National Admissions to Substance Abuse
Treatment Services. Let's take a look at the statistics for
marijuana, shall we?

http://drugsense.org/url/09QltWXH

POT-FOR-PROFIT

The Brian Lehrer Radio Show

If the underground pot economy comes into the light, can it really
have an impact? Ethan Nadelmann, the founder and executive director
of the Drug Policy Alliance Network, makes the case for legalization.

http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2009/03/30/segments/127421

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 03/29/09 - David Duncan

Dr. David Duncan, professor emeritus at Brown University details the
contaminants contained in recreational drugs.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2356

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 04/01/09 - Cliff Schaffer

Cliff Schaffer, founder of DrugLibrary.org and
MarijuanaBusinessNews.com discusses how we steer the discussion on
how to end the drug war.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2358

SHOVELING WATER: WAR ON DRUGS, WAR ON PEOPLE

Please take a few minutes to watch this excellent short film produced
by Witness for Peace, that considers the human and environmental
costs of the disastrous ongoing efforts to eradicate coca production
in Colombia using aerial fumigation.

http://drugsense.org/url/k45whPc0

DRUG DECRIMINALIZATION IN PORTUGAL

Policy Forum, Friday, April 3, 2009

In 2001, Portugal began a remarkable policy experiment,
decriminalizing all drugs, including cocaine and heroin. Some
predicted disastrous results-that drug addiction rates would soar and
the country would become a haven for "drug tourists." Now that
several years have passed, policy experts can study the results.

Featuring Glenn Greenwald, Attorney and Best-selling Author; with
comments by Peter Reuter, Department of Criminology, University of
Maryland; moderated by Tim Lynch, Director, Project on Criminal
Justice, Cato Institute.

http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5887

The report can be downloaded for free here:

http://cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10080

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT: EXECUTIVE ASSOCIATE

The Drug Policy Alliance has an immediate opening for an Executive
Associate, working directly with the Executive Director.

http://www.drugpolicy.org/about/jobsfunding/jobs/execassist.cfm

STOP BILL C15!

C-15 an Act to amend the Canadian Controlled Drugs and Substances Act

This enactment would amend the CDSA to provide for minimum penalties
for "serious" drug offences and increase the maximum penalty for
cannabis (marihuana) production.

http://canadiandrugpolicy.org/index.php