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Century of Lies - 04/19/09 - Mike Gray

Mike Gray, chairman of Common Sense for Drug Policy regarding his
recent OpEd in the Washington Post, Radley Balko of Reason Magazine,
Bill Moyers speaks to writer David Simon of the Wire + The Abolitionists Moment

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2379

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 04/22/09 - Buford Terrell

Buford Terrell, professor of law + Terry Nelson of LEAP, Family Guy
sings for marijuana & DTN Editorial

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2387

MEXICO SEEKING PERMISSION TO PROSECUTE DRUG MULES CAUGHT IN U.S.

By Bill Conroy

Leaked memo reveals Customs and Border Protection less than keen on proposal

http://drugsense.org/url/QJZfrsvE

DON'T GIVE SALVIA THE REEFER MADNESS TREATMENT

By Grant Smith

Move over marijuana. There's a new media sensation.

http://drugsense.org/url/okAvRiO9

SHOULD CHARLIE LYNCH SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE IN JAIL?

Or Even a Single Day, For Operating a Legal Medical Marijuana Dispensary?

By Nick Gillespie

http://reason.com/blog/show/133010.html

THE WAR ON POT IS AN ABJECT FAILURE ...

Now's the Time for a New Approach

By Jag Davies

Calls for a new international framework for narcotics control are growing.

http://drugsense.org/url/XSZDwajr

4/20 CELEBRATIONS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfyVqJUjxBQ (Colorado)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5nY1so-xPw (San Francisco)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ImxPj4XVCU (Vancouver)

BILL MOYERS INTERVIEWS 'THE WIRE' SCREENWRITER DAVID SIMON

From crime beat reporter for the Baltimore Sun to award-winning
screenwriter of HBO's critically-acclaimed The Wire, David Simon
talks with Bill Moyers about inner-city crime and politics,
storytelling and the future of journalism today.

http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04172009/watch.html

NORML LAUNCHES TV AD CAMPAIGN ON '4/20'

By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director

http://drugsense.org/url/E4vafa61

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

CANADA'S JUSTICE MINISTER ADVOCATES REEFER MADNESS

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0401.html

DISMANTLE THE DRUG WAR - SUPPORT SENTENCING REFORM

With prohibition-related violence along the Mexico-U.S. border,
increasing budget woes that require cheaper and more effective
alternatives to incarceration and New York headed for a new direction
in drug policy, it's time to step up the pressure on Congress to end
the drug war. A good start would be eliminating the unfair difference
in sentencing for crack versus powder cocaine.

http://drugsense.org/url/PhA2T0a8