DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MARCH 3, 2006 #439

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec1

(1) U.S. Lists Its Pluses And Minuses In Fighting Narcotics Worldwide
(2) Venezuela Rejects U.S. Criticism On Drugs (3) Govt Aid
'Essential' In War On Drugs (4) B.C. Pot Activist Says 60 Minutes
Will Show His Real Self

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) A Life In Free Fall, A Community In Denial (6) Faith-Based War On
Drugs Kicks Off Saturday (7) Some Question, Some Support Canine
Program (8) Texas Sheriffs To Ask Congress For Border Funds

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) A Law's Fallout: Women in Prison Fight for Custody (10) Habitual
Offender Law Filling Prisons (11) Drug Screen Fraud Goes Undetected
(12) Debt to Society Is Least of Costs for Ex-Convicts

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) RCMP Bust Drug Ring, Seize 200,000 Marijuana Seeds (14) Council
Snuffs Out Future Pot Stores (15) Hemp: A Growing Need? (16) Sitting
In: 40 Years Of Reefer Madness (17) Prohibition's Lesson

International News

(18) UN Warns Of Crystal Meth Pandemic (19) New Tory Book Says
Legalising Drugs Is The Way Ahead (20) Overdose Deaths Prompt Drug
Warning From Police

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec3

Cronkite Vs. O'Reilly / By Phillip Smith, Alternet

Norm Stamper Of Leap On The Peter Warren Radio Show

The Prince Of Pot On 60 Minutes

Report Of The International Narcotics Control Board For 2005

International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Canada Cannabis Seed Crackdown? / Drug War Chronicle

* What You Can Do This Week
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Job Announcement: Religious Outreach Coordinator

Drug Policy Alliance Job Opportunities

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec5

Legalize Marijuana For Adults / By Jack A. Cole

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec6

The Drug Crisis / By Harry Browne

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n439.html#sec7

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe