DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, APRIL 16, 2004 #346

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http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n346.html

NOTE TO READERS: Some DrugSense Weekly staff will be attending the NORML
conference in Washington, D.C. next week, so the DrugSense Weekly will not
be distributed on April 23. We will resume our regular publication schedule
April 30.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) State Would Keep List Of Controlled Substance Users Under Bill (2)
Insomnia In Kids Linked To Later Drug Use (3) 11 Kalispell Teens Charged In
Marijuana Sting (4) Group Fights To Eliminate Drug Provision

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) U.S. Considers Drug Screenings That Test Sweat, Saliva And Hair (6)
Drug-Testing Firm Puts Connick on Payroll (7) Proposed Law Targets Pregnant
Drug Users (8) Curry Still Hopes For D-I Career

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Editorial: Testing The Test (10) Bond Reduced on Justice Court Judge
(11) Former DA Charged With Bribery, Tax Evasion (12) Tulia Trials
Prosecutor Could Be Disbarred

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) More Delay For Medical Pot ID Cards (14) Medical Marijuana: Working To
Smoke Out Abusers (15) Hash Bash '04 Turnout Not As High As Expected (16)
Use Of Rare Rule In Pot Case Helps County Pair (17) End Pot Persecution,
Activist Says

International News

(18) Mexican Governor Fires All State's Police Officers (19) Saudi Arabia
Makes Largest Ever Drug Bust Of Five Tons Of Hashish (20) Peruvian
Beverages Get A Kick Out Of Coca Leaf (21) Netherlands Moves To Outlaw
Superstrong 'Skunk' Cannabis

* Hot Off The 'Net [see below]

* Letter Of The Week

The Best Damn Letter We Received All Week! / By Jim Miller

* Feature Article

You Can't Trust the Drug 'Experts' / By Dan Gardner

* Quote of the Week

Gary Dongilli

HOT OFF THE 'NET

PRINCE OF POT 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE

Marc Emery is joined by companions from BC's Cannabis Culture David
Malmo-levine, Dana Larsen, Chris Bennett, Reverend Damuzzi, and Marijuana
Man to recount and reflect on the past 10 years in his struggle for
marijuana tolerance and legalization.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2616.html

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

Last: 04/13/04, Chris Conrad

Internationally respected authority on cannabis, industrial hemp, medical
marijuana, cultivation, yields and cannabis culture.

MPEG: http://cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_041304.MP3

REAL: http://cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to041304.ram

SIX QUESTIONS - RICK DOBLIN, PH.D. TALKS TO THE ALLIANCE

Drug Policy Alliance, "Six Questions: Rick Doblin, Ph.D. Talks to the
Alliance." Drug Policy Alliance. April 14, 2004.

Rick Doblin is the founder (in 1986) and president of the Multidisciplinary
Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS).

http://drugpolicy.org/news/rick_doblin.cfm

COAST TO COAST INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL RUPPERT

Publisher and editor of the From the Wilderness newsletter, Michael
Ruppert, talks about peak oil, alternate energy, the war on drugs, insider
trading, and 911.

http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/mojo-c2c-20040415-ruppert.ram

MPP'S ROB KAMPIA TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE

On April 2, 2004, MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia testified before the
the U.S. House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug
Policy, and Human Resources.

http://www.mpp.org/hearing/

BATTLE FOR CANADA, PART 23

With Richard Cowan

BC Chamber of Commerce Calls for Tougher Sentences for Growers. Fails
Economics 101. But They Like Slot Machines!

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2624.html