DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, APRIL 29, 2005 #397

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec1

(1) US Again Dismisses Lax Ganja Talks (2) US AL: Medical Marijuana
Legislation Approved By House (3) Drug Czar Plays Defense (4) US CA:
Editorial: DEA On The Wrong Trail

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) 1 In 5 Teens Abused Prescription Drugs (6) 'Generation Rx' Label
Dazzles Media (7) Ecstasy's Lost 'Its Panache' Among Teens (8) Drugstore
Chain Under Fire In Sales Of Pseudoephedrine

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) U.S. Prisons Swell In '04 (10) State Tops In Prison Population Increase
(11) System Strained As More Women Are Imprisoned (12) Tazewell County
Sheriff Says Time Article Misleading

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) Full House For Pot Club Hearing (14) Some MDs Recommending Marijuana
For Medical Use (15) Pot Charge Pains Mom (16) Grow Ops -- An Inside Look
(17) Film Star Russell Crowe Jumps To Corby Defence

International News

(18) Expanded RP-Sino Cooperation Vs Illegal Drugs Sought (19) Ex-Con Shot
Dead While Asleep (20) Afghan Farmers Defy U.S. Opium Clampdown (21)
Abbotsford May Ban Needle Sites

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec3

DrugSense Virtual Conference Room Schedule

Drug War Casualty Statistical Graphs Updated

Ephedra Buzz / By Jacob Sullum

Tea Break / By Jacob Sullum

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Marijuana News World Report For April 28th 2005 / By Richard Cowan

Science, Not Politics, Should Govern Medical Research, Says ACLU

Cannabis Use Not Associated With Injury Among Trauma Patients

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec4

Meth Laws Proven Effective / By Mett Ausley

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec5

What's The Drug Czar's Problem? / By Stephen Young

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n397.html#sec6

Ralph Waldo Emerson