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WORLD DRUG REPORT PREFACE MAJORS ON LEGALISATION

Below is the text from the Preface to World Drug Report 2009 -
dominated by a detailed rebuttal of the growing calls for a debate on
legal regulation of drug production and supply. We have deconstructed
these kind of critiques so many times before, we won't be doing it
again here - other than to observe it is the same confused mix of
misrepresentations, straw man arguments, and logical fallacies that
we are used to hearing from the UNODC's drug warriors. The
particularly strange thing here though is that some of the analysis
of the problem, the critique at least, is actually fairly good - it's
where it leads that is so extraordinary....

http://drugsense.org/url/DcHIZBGR

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 06/21/09 - Allan Clear

Allan Clear, Exec. Dir. of the Harm Reduction Coalition on what we
have wrought & Chris Hermes of Americans for Safe Access on "land
mark decision" on medical marijuana.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2463

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 06/24/09 - Moises Naim

Dr. Moises Naim, editor of Foreign Policy magazine & Norm Stamper,
former Seattle police chief and speaker for Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2473

DR. EVAN WOOD DISCUSSES THE UNODC WORLD DRUG REPORT ON CBC

Dr. Evan Wood of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
discusses the World Drug Report 2009 by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.

Audio: http://audio.ataraxia.biz/cmap/evan_wood.mp3

MEDICAL MARIJUANA IN THREE COUNTRIES: THE ADVANTAGES OF FEDERALISM

By Jacob Sullum

http://www.reason.com/blog/show/134363.html

TAKING THE HIGH ROAD

Geraldo Rivera investigates the medicinal marijuana boom for
California doctors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM7cgJarK0o

LEAP STUMPS THE DRUG CZAR

Tom Angell, media relations director for Law Enforcement Against
Prohibition, asks White House "Drug Czar" Gil Kerlikowske what he
thinks of all the recent discussion on drug legalization.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CopsSayLegalizeDrugs

HOUSTON POLICE MUM ON MARIJUANA PRISONER'S DEATH

By David Edwards and Stephen Webster

A woman serving a short sentence in a Houston, Texas, jail for
possession of marijuana died in custody over the weekend, and
officers are not saying how or why.

http://drugsense.org/url/ZO0CoKFz

DRUGS 'DECK OF CARDS' MOCKS INHALING POLITICIANS

Charity's controversial Nice People Take Drugs campaign enters second
phase with website quoting 'hypocritical' politicians, from George
Bush to Barack Obama, on their own drug use.

http://drugsense.org/url/JOjd5IGS

ENDING THE DEATH PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENSES

Now Is the Time, Say Human Rights, Harm Reduction Groups

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #591, 6/26/09

http://drugsense.org/url/w2Cralk6

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

EDUCATE ANTONIO MARIA COSTA

Help teach the world's drug czar that drug prohibition is the exact
opposite of drug control.

Please visit http://www.DrugWarDebate.com/ to contact Mr. Costa. A
sample letter that you can edit (if you want) has been provided, so
you can let the "czar" know that people calling for the legalization
of drugs are endorsing more effective "control" over drugs than we
have now, not less.

DESIGN A T-SHIRT FOR STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY

A call for creativity!

SSDP is searching for new t-shirt ideas, and we'd love to hear what
you've got. We sell t-shirts at conferences, gatherings and other
events as well as on our website.

http://ssdp.org/tshirtcontest/