DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JAN. 21, 2005 #384

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec1

(1) Rising Cannabis Use Prompts Call For War On Drugs 'Epidemic' (2)
Proposal Targets Lenient Pot Laws (3) GW's Cannabis-Based Spray A Step
Closer (4) Deja Vu

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) Gays' Rising Meth Use Tied to New HIV Cases (6) Syringe Exchange Group
Reaches Gay Men (7) Court Refines Marijuana Law (8) Former U.S. Drug Czar
Says Drugs Are Bigger Problem Than Terrorism (9) Prison Companies' Stocks
See Hefty Gains

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(10) Judge Won't Scrap Federal Standards on Sentencing (11) Texas Could
Need 5 New Prisons (12) Coleman Convicted Of Perjury (13) Drug War Rages In
Prison (14) Woman Files Suit Against Officers

Cannabis & Hemp

(15) Govt, AFP Deny Ignoring Bali Drug Accused (16) Former Lincoln Cop
Faces Eight Charges (17) Joint Studies (18) Designer Cannabis 'Harming
Young' (19) Sex Pot

International News

(20) Rehab Graduate Is 26th Victim (21) RP, U.S. Hold Joint Anti-Illegal
Drugs Training (22) Thailand To Show Executions On Internet (23) Addicts Go
Straight To Jail (24) Study Will Give Free Heroin To Some B.C. Addicts (25)
Afghan Poppies Bloom

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec3

Prosecuting Mom and Dad

GW Pharmaceuticals Releases Results For 2004

Caffeine - The World's Most Popular Psychoactive Drug

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

420 Drug War News

Understanding US Sentencing Laws - A Layperson Speaks

Study Will Give Free Heroin To Some B.C. Addicts

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec4

Setting The Story Straight On Marijuana / By Eric E. Sterling

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec5

Bring Freedom Home First / By Stephen Young

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n384.html#sec6

William James