HOT OFF THE 'NET

VIDEO OF MICHIGAN'S FIRST MEDICAL MARIJUANA APPLICANT

Renee Wolfe from Ann Arbor became the first to apply in person Monday
to join the Michigan Medical Marijuana Registry. A group of 55 people
chartered a bus to take them from a Lansing cafe to a nearby state
office building to pay $100 and file paperwork. Video at

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KvvEXBFkfc

U.S. REPS RON PAUL AND BARNEY FRANK INTERVIEWED ABOUT HEMP BILL

Chris Goldstein of Active Voice Radio talks to congressmen about
hemp. Paul is in the first link, Frank in the second.

http://www.prx.org/pieces/34992

http://www.prx.org/pieces/34982

THE BLACK SMOKE OF AYAHUASCA

A Cancer Patient Finds a Cure and Love in Ecuador

By Adam Elenbaas, Reality Sandwich. Posted April 8, 2009.

Margaret De Wys's cancer battle led to a life-altering romantic
relationship with the shaman who healed her.

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

TRANSFORM PUBLISHES COST-EFFECTIVENESS STUDY OF PROHIBITION / REGULATION

A Comparison of the Cost-effectiveness of the Prohibition and
Regulation of Drugs

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

AMERICAN VIOLET - OFFICIAL TRAILER

American Violet is based on the true story of one of those horribly
destructive and racist drug war situations involving a snitch and the
arrests of dozens of African-Americans in Hearne, Texas who often had
no recourse but to plead guilty, even when they were innocent.

http://www.americanviolet.com/

NEW AT MPP TV: TAX & REGULATE MARIJUANA

MPP-TV just released a video highlighting the need to tax and
regulate marijuana. This piece is especially relevant now that
California is considering groundbreaking reform legislation that has
triggered a national discussion about the wisdom of marijuana prohibition.

http://blog.mpp.org/?p=482

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 04/05/09 - Roger Goodman

Roger Goodman, a Washington State Rep. and director of the King
County Bar Associations' drug policy group, discusses regulation and
rules necessary to end drug prohibition + US Senator Jim Webb
outlines the need to reform America's prison industrial complex.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2359

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 04/08/09 - Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald speech to Cato Institute about 7 years of decrim in
Portugal, intro by Tim Lynch + Corrupt Cop Story with Phil Smith &
Terry Nelson for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2368

CAN SENATOR WEBB LEAD AMERICA OUT OF THE DRUG WAR QUAGMIRE?

by Kevin Zeese

Webb Faces Up to the U.S. Incarceration Machine, Seeks Re-thinking
the War on Drugs

http://drugsense.org/url/ymF0kfh4

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

MEDICINAL MARIJUANA IS LEGAL IN MICHIGAN

DrugSense FOCUS Alert #399 - Monday, 6 April 2009

Michigan's law sends a strong message to elected and appointed
officials at all levels of government that marijuana is medicine -
reinforce that message.

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0399.html

THANK THE GOVERNOR FOR ROCKEFELLER REFORM

New York residents: Thank Governor Paterson for signing the
Rockefeller reform bill into law

http://drugsense.org/url/iK6uPZXw

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