DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, DEC. 17, 2004 #380

NOTE TO READERS: DrugSense Weekly will mark the festive season by taking
next week off, but we will return with a new edition Dec. 31. The DrugSense
staff wishes holiday happiness for all our readers as well as the generous
volunteers and contributors who make this work possible.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec1

(1) DA Asks Judge To Look Again At Issue Of Marijuana Possession (2) Survey
- - FDA Scientists Question Safety (3) Roadside Drug Tests Strike Early In
Melbourne (4) Man Dressed As Santa At Middle School Cited For Marijuana
Possession

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) Bill Would Target Drug Abuse In Pregnancy (6) Legislators Sue To Stop
Needle-Exchange Project (7) Outbreak! (8) College Aid for Vice-Free
Students (9) Church Spars With Authorities Over Drug Tea

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(10) Drug Sweep Fails To Hinder Crime (11) $100 Million Suit (12) Trucker
Free After 8 Months In Detroit Prison (13) New Mexico PRC Commissioner
Arrested for Marijuana

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) DEA Rejects UMASS Professor's Bid To Grow Marijuana (15) Inspector
General To Probe D.C. Inmate Death (16) Changes In Marijuana Industry
Challenging Authorities (17) Rebagliati Inducted Into B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame

International News

(18) Asian Woman Gets Death Penalty For Drug Peddling (19) A War On Drugs
Or A War On Tradition? (20) Magic Mushroom Case Judge Tells Prosecutor -
Chill Out (21) Trip Over?

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec3

TX House Committee: End Drug Task Force System!

Gary Webb - Do What He Did / by Al Giordano

DRCNet Joins the Blogosphere

SSDP Descends on the DC Area

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Trust Busters / by Jacob Sullum

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec4

Controlled Drugs Are Out Of Control / By Nicolas Eyle

Letter Writer Of The Month - November http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec4

Steven Epstein, Esq.

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec5

States Should End The Drug War / By Sheldon Richman

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec6

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