DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, MARCH 12, 2004 #341

Read This Publication On-line at: http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n341.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) City Pays For Justice

(2) Bill Would Penalize People For Being High

(3) The Impact Of '3 Strikes' Laws A Decade Later

(4) Drug Czar Critical Of Marijuana Initiative

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Porter To Push For All States To Punish Drug DUIs

(6) Letter Unsettles Area Landlords

(7) House Panel OKs Bill To Punish Drug Test Fraud

(8) Editorial: Cost of 'Three Strikes' Law

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(9) Gibson Co. Mulls Mandatory Jail For Meth Users

(10) Arrests Blamed On Vendetta After Mother's Death

(11) Marijuana-carrying Travellers To U.S. Receive Dire Warning

(12) Officer Charged With Murder

Cannabis & Hemp-

(13) Medical Pot Advocates Predict Legalization Win In Connecticut

(14) Growing Pot War Focus Of Ontario Summits

(15) State Suspends Oregon 'Marijuana Doctor' Leveque

(16) After This, Tomatoes

(17) Arrest Warrant Could Mark End Of Hayward Hempery

International News-

(18) 12 Overdoses As Drug Hits Dance Festivals

(19) U.N. Urges N.Z. To Turn Youngsters Off Cannabis

(20) North Korea Denounces Us Drug Trafficking Report

(21) Industrial-Scale Grow Op Busted In B.C.; 49 Arrested

* Hot Off The 'Net [see below]

* Letter Of The Week

Drug Prohibition's Awful Consequences / By Alan M. Perlman

* Feature Article

Theater Review: The Marijuanalogues / By Stephen Young

* Quote of the Week

Star-News

HOT OFF THE 'NET

BEWITCHED, BEDEVILLED, POSSESSED, ADDICTED BY PETER COHEN

Dissecting historic constructions of suffering and exorcism.

Presentation held at the London UKHR Conference, March 4-5, 2004.

http://www.cedro-uva.org/lib/cohen.bewitched.html

RICHARD COWAN ON THE INCB REPORT

"Despite having draconian punishments that give Canadian narks a
terrible case of penal envy, DEAland produces ten times as much
cannabis as Canada, and then imports at least five times Canada's
total production from Mexico."

http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=735

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

03/09/04

Al Anders, Dr. Mitch Earleywine and Attorney Bill Satterberg.

Discussion of the forthcoming vote on full Legalization of Marijuana
in Alaska this August.

RealAudio: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to030904.ram

MPEG: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_030904.MP3

3/16/04

4 of Houston's top musical groups

Join us as we discuss the front lines of drug use, abuse and
addiction. (We might even play a bit of music, but "Be careful or you
just might learn something".)

7:30 to 8 PM EDT, 6:30 to 7 PM CDT and 4:30 to 5 PM PDT.

Listen, live at http://www.kpft.org/

THE UNVARNISHED TRUTH - SPECIAL ON RACIAL BIAS

Featuring Tulia Defense Attorney, Jeff Blackburn, Michael Blain of
the Drug Policy Alliance, Cliff Thornton of efficacy-online.org and
addictions counselor Mary Barr.

RAM: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/torb030904.ram

ONE WEIRD SCENE, MAN

Stuck in the maw of the anti-drug monster, I wonder if cops will ever
make peace with potheads.

By Matthew Mernagh, NOW Magazine

http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-03-11/news_story4.php

GREEN PRIDE VS. GREEN TIDE

Discussion with Canadians For Safe Access on Ontario's "12 Billion
Dollar" industry, The Green Tide Summit and Bill C-10 with John
Hunter and phone-in questions and answers.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2555.html