HOT OFF THE 'NET

MASSACRE AT MEXICO DRUG REHAB CENTER - AP VIDEO

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=038Y5kf9YHA

SGT. NORTHCUTT'S POST-IRAQ NIGHTMARE: GETTING ARRESTED FOR GROWING POT

By Fred Gardner, O'Shaughnessy's

Phillip Northcutt started legally cultivating medical marijuana to
deal with PTSD from fighting in the Iraq. It wasn't long before the
police and the courts caught up with him.

http://drugsense.org/url/6MyeoQVS

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 08/30/09 - Paul Wright

Paul Wright, editor of Prison Legal News + Abolitionists Moment

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2556

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 08/30/09 - Ethan Nadelmann

Ethan Nadelmann, Dir of Drug Policy Alliance re progress in the 100
year drug war + "Johnny Appleweed" by Brian Ashley Jones

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2555

CRUEL TREATMENT OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA PATIENT

An Okanagan care home resident with full body paralysis was confined
to his bed against his will after his wheelchair was confiscated for
a week - all because he smokes medical marijuana to relieve his
Multiple Sclerosis.

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

A RADICAL SOLUTION TO END THE DRUG WAR: LEGALIZE EVERYTHING

One cop straight out of The Wire crunches the numbers with
Esquire.com's political columnist to discover that America's
prohibition of narcotics may be costing more lives than Mexico's -
and nearly enough dollars for universal health care. So why not
repeal our drug laws? Because cops are making money off them, too.

http://drugsense.org/url/qtsKqojd

OBAMA, IGNORING LOCAL OUTRAGE

Set to Expand U.S. Military Presence in Colombia

By Moira Birss

Obama continues to defend the expansion of U.S. military operations
in Latin America, but against what threat?

http://drugsense.org/url/vbqBTsxu

A PROTEST/MEMORIAL FOR MARILYN HOLSTEN

Marilyn Holsten was a medicinal marijuana patient who was evicted
from social housing for smoking her medicine. While awaiting that
fate she died on August 14, 2009. A group gathered on Wednesday to
remember her and to protest against the insane treatment of cannabis users.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ou4UfnuQDkw

CANADIAN MDMA/PTSD STUDY POISED TO BEGIN

Two Vancouver therapists have become the first Canadians to be
permitted to give ecstasy to patients in a scientific trial aimed at
finding new ways to help people with post-traumatic stress disorder.

http://www.maps.org/news-letters/v19n2/v19n2_4.pdf

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

Decriminalization - A Better Approach? - A DrugSense Focus Alert

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0412.html

ASK THE DRUG CZAR A QUESTION

Crafting the Obama Drug Strategy

September 10, 2009: 6-7 pm (EDT)

Online event. Registration required, and free of charge.

In this online discussion, the Drug Czar will briefly outline what he
has been hearing in his meetings around the nation, with most of the
hour dedicated to Q&A dialogue with the audience. Moderating the
discussion will be Steve Goldsmith, Dan Paul Professor of Government
and Director of the Innovations in American Government Program at
HKS, as well as former two-term Mayor of Indianapolis.

http://www.innovations.harvard.edu/spotlight.html?id=2399