2004 IN THE NEWS

Below is a selection from the most viewed news clippings of the year. With
an average of over 1,600 clippings MAP archived each month, the choices
were not easy. You, our readers, helped with the choices, as all are among
the top 10% in terms of the number of times the selected clippings have
been accessed. From that group we selected what we hope is a good cross
section, leaning towards the more in depth items.

Thank You to the volunteer MAP newshawks, editors, letter to the editor
writers, and all who donate so generously of their time and funds to make
this effort, entering it's tenth year, possible!

JANUARY

US: Feds To Revamp Drug Testing

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n097/a02.html

Canada: Huge Marijuana Factory Was One Strange Joint

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n079/a06.html

US: Montel Williams Goes to Pot

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n046/a05.html

US MN: Wheeler Dealer

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n040/a10.html

UK: OPED: One In Four Believe Sale Of Cannabis Should Be Legalized

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n172/a04.html

FEBRUARY

Sweden: Web: Drug Deaths Quadruple

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n262/a05.html

US SC: High School Drug Raid Rattles Town

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n278/a07.html

US WA: DEA's Hangup Over Industrial Hemp Isn't Healthy

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n325/a03.html

US UT: Column: Congress Fights Drug War By Blunting Reform Efforts

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n342/a03.html

UK: Goodbye Ecstasy, Hello 5-Meo-DMT

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n281/a10.html

MARCH

US OK: Series: When Meth Hits Home

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n433/a09.html

US: The Ecstasy Factor

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n407/a06.html

Switzerland: Web: UN Drugs Body Slams Switzerland

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n384/a06.html

US: Documenting The Agony Of Ecstasy

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n513/a10.html

US NV: Legalizing Marijuana May Not Change Much, Researcher Says

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n511/a11.html

APRIL

US: Transcript: Hearing on Medical Marijuana

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n553/a05.html

US IL: On Streets, Drug Trade the Only Game in Town

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n596/a10.html

US MI: Pot, Pain and Politics

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n542/a05.html

US: Ruling in Suit Charging Censorship Could Affect Transit Systems

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n661/a05.html

Canada: Activist: Ottawa's Pot Not Worth Smoking

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n653/a03.html

MAY

US: Mistreatment of Prisoners Is Called Routine in U.S

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n691/a10.html

New Zealand: Weighing Up The Risks Of Drug Testing At Work

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n708/a08.html

Afghanistan: Heroin Trade Booms In Afghanistan

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n706/a11.html

US: Where There's Smoke

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n763/a06.html

US: Drug Bill Makes Bands Pay for Fans' Pot Use

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n774/a06.html

JUNE

US: Series: Denied by the Drug Provision, a Personal Narrative

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n804/a09.html

CN BC: Legalize, Tax Lucrative Pot Industry: Study

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n843/a06.html

US: 0-2 in 9th, Ashcroft May Seek Review

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n843/a08.html

US: Scientists Sue To Get Medical Marijuana

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1040/a07.html

Mexico: Betrayal On The Mexican Border

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n889/a01.html

JULY

US: An End To Marijuana Prohibition

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n939/a04.html

US WV: 20-Year Drug Sentence Tossed Over Supreme Court Ruling

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n938/a10.html

Colombia: FARC and the Paramilitaries Take Over Colombia's Drug Trade

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n976/a05.html

US CO: Conflict Over Legalization a Growing Part of Drug War

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n988/a07.html

Canada: Pot Use Doubles Since '89

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1043/a09.html

AUGUST

CN ON: OPED: Drug Laws Make The Body A Battleground

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1092/a03.html

UK: Herbal Craze Puts Drug Users On a Legal High

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1139/a01.html

US: Push To Legalize Medicinal Pot Stalls In Congress

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1197/a11.html

CN NF: The Other Side Of Oxycontin

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1250/a02.html

US GA: Who Was Kenny Walker?

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1245/a01.html

SEPTEMBER

Netherlands: Growing Marijuana, With Dutch Government Help

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1324/a02.html

CN BC: Free Crack Pipes on the Way

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1347/a08.html

CN BC: Marijuana Candidate Bringing Cannabis Cafe Debate

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1364/a11.html

US NY Edu: Column: New York Drug Laws Too Strict

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1438/a08.html

US AK: If the Voters Plant It, Will It Grow?

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1395/a11.html

OCTOBER

US: Justices Show Inclination To Scrap Sentencing Rules

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n000/a316.html

US: Web: How the Government Lost the Drug War in Cyberspace

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1415/a04.html

US MA: Districts Polled On Marijuana Law

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n000/a318.html

US: A Measured Response

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1473/a05.html

US CA: Column: Dr. Leveque's License Revoked

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1762/a04.html

NOVEMBER

US: Web: Drugs And The Nation

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1592/a02.html

Canada: Ombudsman Calls For Inmate Needle Exchange

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1647/a05.html

US WI: Series: More Prison Time Doesn't Always Result in Less Crime

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1722/a03.html

US FL: Editorial: A 55-Year Sentence for Selling a Few Joints' Worth

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n000/a284.html

US NY: OPED: Southern Quagmire

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1741/a12.html

DECEMBER

US: The Brain's Own Marijuana

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1742/a03.html

US CA: Shattered Grass?

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1769/a02.html

US WI: Doctors, Drug Agency At Odds On Pain Relief

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1768/a06.html

US CA: Column: Health Canada Okays Sativex

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1827/a10.html

US NY: Column: Why Some Politicians Need Their Prisons to Stay Full

URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v04/n1845/a07.html