DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MAY 7, 2004 #348

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec1

(1) Colombia's Search For Peace 'Paralysed' (2) Mayor Sparks Up Pot Talk (3) New Groups Of Pot Abusers (4) Stalled For Years

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) UCSC Sociologist Says Making Pot Legal Does Not Boost Use (6) Ruling in Suit Charging Censorship Could Affect Transit Systems (7) Group Seeks to Compel Drug Czar to Report Expenses (8) Privacy Fears Kill Florida Prescription Database

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Study Tracks Boom in Prisons and Notes Impact on Counties (10) Few Drug Cases Made By Search Warrants (11) State Anti-Drug Law Requiring Tax Stamps Fails In Court (12) WPD Officers Impersonated DEA Agents (13) Long-running Dispute On Stress And Addiction

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) How Blair Stayed Cool at Spliff Time in Rock Star's Smoke-filled Room (15) Activists Sniff at Legal Pot (16) NY Rethinking Its Ban On Medical Marijuana (17) Cannabis Proposal Tabled

International News

(18) Jail For Man Who Beat Son To Death For Smoking Drugs (19) Protesting Coca Growers March Into Peruvian Capital (20) Cops Vow To Eradicate Extortion, Frame-Ups (21) Good Cops Gone Bad

* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec3

Pain Management In Crisis!

The Limited Relevance Of Drug Policy

Big Prisons, Small Towns

Prevalence Of Marijuana Use Disorders In The United States

Lies And The Lazy Reporters Who Repeat Them

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

It's A Protest, Not A Pot-Fest: MMM 2004

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec4

Walters Is Unfit For His Position / By Scott Russ

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec5

In The Good Ole Days, We Smoked Pot / By Gerald Ensley

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n348.html#sec6

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