HOT OFF THE 'NET

DRUG WAR'S RACIST ROOTS?

Ethan Nadelmann

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

NORML DAILY AUDIO STASH

Dr. Mitch Earleywine on Jack Herer's heart attack and cannabis &
PSAs that fail to stop kids from toking; Hempstalk live audio.

http://drugsense.org/url/PfbV0bvC

JACK HERER & DR. PHILIP LEVEQUE AT PORTLAND HEMPSTALK

http://drugsense.org/url/lTvdHM0V

THE MARIJUANA ADS THAT ABC, FOX, AND CBS REFUSED TO SHOW YOU

Three of the biggest TV stations in New York City don't want you to
know about it. ABC, FOX, and CBS affiliates all refused to run ads in
support of protecting medical marijuana patients. This is the message
they don't want you to hear:

http://drugsense.org/url/LNxjijqT

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 09/13/09 - Kathleen Staudt

Professors Kathleen Stoudt & Tony Payan from UT El Paso regarding
forthcoming conference on the war on drugs + Border Czar Allen Bersen
& Lew Rockwell "Never Talk to the Police"

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 09/13/09 - Paul Armentano

Paul Armentano, Dep. Dir of NORML, co author of "Marijuana is Safer,
So Why are We Driving People to Drink?" + Throwing Down the Gauntlet #2

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2573

MARIJUANA ARRESTS DROP FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 2002

by Bruce Mirken

http://drugsense.org/url/xfhh7RcA

HEROIN TRIALS WELCOME - BUT THE WAIT HAS COST LIVES

Transform yesterday wholeheartedly welcomed the results of the heroin
prescribing trials (as reported by the BBC), and the understanding
that these pilots would be rolled out further still - perhaps to four
or five new locations.

However, as the RIOTT Trials are published to much celebration, what
have we really discovered?

http://drugsense.org/url/KINtA1Kk

HOUSE PASSES STUDENT LOAN BILL WITH LIMITS ON "AID ELIMINATION PENALTY"

Drug War Chronicle, Issue #601, 9/18/09

The infamous Higher Education Act (HEA) anti-drug provision, or "Aid
Elimination Penalty," which bars students committing drug offenses
from receiving financial aid for specified periods of time, took a
step toward further dilution this week when the US House of
Representatives Thursday approved H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and
Fiscal Responsibility Act (SAFRA).

http://drugsense.org/url/d8MysVOs

DRUG CZAR FOLLIES AND QUESTIONS

A couple weeks ago, I let you know about an upcoming online event
sponsored by Harvard, featuring the Drug Czar.

The audio file from that discussion is now available for download here:

http://www.drugwarrant.com/2009/09/drug-czar-follies-and-questions/

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

How Pot Became Legal - A DrugSense Focus Alert

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0414.html

BOSTON FREEDOM RALLY

September 19, 2009, High Noon, Boston Common

Mark your calendars! This year's Boston Freedom Rally will be the
best yet, celebrating 20 years of The Rally.

http://www.bostonfreedomrally.com/

ATTEND THE 38TH ANNUAL NATIONAL NORML CONFERENCE

The 2009 NORML Conference will be held Thursday, September 24 through
Saturday, September 26 at the Grand Hyatt in San Francisco, CA. Join
NORML's staff and Board of Directors - and over 500 policy activists,
medical patients, cultivators, doctors, politicians, and clinical
investigators - as we congregate and celebrate in one of America's
most 'cannabis friendly' cities.

http://www.norml.org/conference/