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THEY CAN HEAR YOU NOW

Congress protects America from privacy

By Jacob Sullum, August 8, 2007

http://www.reason.com/news/show/121806.html

AFTER THE WAR ON DRUGS: TOOLS FOR THE DEBATE

Transform's latest publication is now available to download in PDF
format. After the War on Drugs: Tools for the debate is a 76 page
guide to making the case for drug policy reform.

http://transform-drugs.blogspot.com/2007/08/after-war-on-drugs-tools-for-debate.html

STARS AND BARS

By Daniel Lazare

How can you tell when a democracy is dead? When concentration camps
spring up and everyone shivers in fear? Or is it when concentration
camps spring up and no one shivers in fear because everyone knows
they're not for "people like us" (in Woody Allen's marvelous phrase)
but for the others, the troublemakers, the ones you can tell are
guilty merely by the color of their skin, the shape of their nose or
their social class?

http://www.thenation.com/doc/20070827/lazare

HOUSE OF DEATH CONTINUES TO HAUNT BUSH ADMINISTRATION

By Bill Conroy, Aug 6th, 2007

http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2007/8/6/191324/0505

FBI CHANGES POLICY ON HIRING FORMER DRUG USERS

What if Past Drug Use Barred You From Running for President?

By Bill Piper and Tony Newman, August 8, 2007

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-piper-and-tony-newman/

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

Tonight: 08/10/07 - Thomas Schweich, State Dept Counter-Narcotics
official's "plan" for Afghanistan.

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_081007.mp3

Last: 08/03/07 - Valerie Corral, director of the Wo/Men's Alliance
for Medical Marijuana, plus Bruce Mirken of Marijuana Policy Project

Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_080307.mp3

TEXAS ARTIST PREACHES FREEDOM PHILOSOPHY

Colleen McCool is a portrait artist, poet and peace activist who
lives deep in the heart of Texas. She recently finished her two
yearly awarded portraits dedicated to the freedom philosophy or the
American dream.This work and many others can be viewed on her website:

http://mccoolportraits.com/2007rebelwithjustcause.htm

SHAMANS OF THE AMAZON

Excellent documentary by Dean Jefferys about the Amazonian Shamans
and their use of the sacred Ayahuasca vine to communicate with the
Spirits of the Forest.

http://www.shamansoftheamazon.com/

Includes footage of peaceful drug-prohibition protests, an interview
with Terence Mckenna, criticism of the so called "war on drugs"
(essentially a form of cultural genocide), the corruption within
large oil companies and governments, many civil rights issues, etc.

Video: http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid'02586310701634296

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

COMMON SENSE FOR DRUG POLICY PUBLIC SERVICE ADS

Common Sense for Drug Policy has just printed up another 20,000
tabloids containing over 40 of their public service advertisements.

See http://www.csdp.org/ads/

CSDP is are offering the tabloids free without charge to
organizations willing to provide a few words about how they would put
them to use. For more information contact CSDP at info@csdp.org

APPLY FOR A DRUG POLICY REFORM JOB

The Marijuana Policy Project has one full-time job opening in
Washington, D.C., as well as several contract positions around the country.

http://www.mpp.org/site/c.glKZLeMQIsG/b.1086577/k.C059/Jobs.htm