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NAO DRUGS REPORT - NO FRAMEWORK TO EVALUATE VALUE FOR MONEY. AGAIN.

A report by the NAO into government action to tackle problem drug use
published today has concluded that:

"Without an evaluative framework for the Strategy as a whole, the NAO
is not able to conclude positively on value for money."

No evaluative framework. This is a pitiful point to have reached,
two years after the 2008 strategy was supposedly reviewed for
efficacy, its success trumpeted repeatedly.

http://mapinc.org/url/Vvam7SUr

4.5 SWAT RAIDS PER DAY

By Radley Balko

Maryland's SWAT transparency bill produces its first disturbing results

http://reason.com/archives/2010/03/01/45-swat-raids-per-day

MARIJUANA ADDICTION, PART 3. DANNY CHAPIN RESPONDS

By Pete Guither

We've been having a fabulous conversation about the meaning/validity
of the phrase "marijuana addiction" and how that has been and should
be addressed.

http://mapinc.org/url/pPmrX2G8

DON'T CRIMINALIZE 'K2,' REGULATE IT

By Grant Smith, Special to CNN

Story Highlights

* Grant Smith: "K2," sometimes called synthetic marijuana, should be
regulated for safety

* But, he says, lawmakers must not duplicate costly, futile war
against marijuana

* Criminalizing the treated herbal mix K2 will turn trade over to
drug dealers, Smith writes

* Smith: Regulating K2 generates revenue, saves millions on
prosecution of users

http://mapinc.org/url/47ODtfg1

TOBACCO PROHIBITION AT FRASER REGIONAL CORRECTIONAL CENTER

By David Malmo-Levine

This article was written in Fraser but I chose to wait to publish it
until after I was released - those who run the jail may not have
taken my constructive criticism with a completely open mind.

http://cannabisculture.com/v2/node/22463

MEDICAL MARIJUANA'S NOT GETTING ANY BETTER

The Time For Re-Legalization Is Now!

By Russ Belville, NORML Outreach Coordinator

With New Jersey recently becoming the 14th medical marijuana state,
activists in marijuana law reform have been celebrating.

http://mapinc.org/url/uPvcJurD

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 02/28/10 - Dane Schiller

Dane Schiller, reporter w/Hou Chronicle covers Mexican war + Aaron
Houston, Dir of Govt Relations for Marijuana Policy Project

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2798

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 02/28/10 - Richard Lee

Richard Lee, founder Oaksterdam Univ, marijuana "death" in Ohio,
Dr. Robert Melameade, Bill Piper of DPA, Tim Meehan on Canada's
"progress" & DTN tries K2

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/node/2796

JACK COLE SPEAKS FOR MARIJUANA LEGALIZATION

Jack Cole of Law Enforcement Against Drug Prohibition speaks for
marijuana legalization at the MA State House before the Joint
Judiciary Committee.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7Cu6wnhv0M

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

DON'T SILENCE COPS WHO CRITICIZE THE "WAR ON DRUGS"

Please sign the petition to support LEAP speaker and Canadian police
officer David Bratzer in his right to free speech.

http://leap.cc/freespeech/

Watch: "VicPD Officer Ordered to Stay Quiet"

http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=214

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