DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 27, 2004 #339

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Court Allows Medicinal Use Of Marijuana (2) Committee Says Yes To Small
Amounts Of Ganja For Private Use (3) Views Aired On Forfeiture Proposal (4)
Candlelight Vigil Held In San Jose For Slain Man

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Tax Allocation Bypassed Guidelines (6) Police Again May Get to Seize
Assets (7) Editorial: Drugs, Money & Plans (8) Man Who Sold Urine Sent To
Prison (9) Roadside Drugs Tests 'Could Be Flawed' Say Researchers

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Investigators Say Drugs Seized, Sold, Seized Again (11) Orlando Pays
$169,000 To Settle Wrongful Arrest (12) Pinellas Woman Offered No Pot
Charges In Return For 1968 Buick (13) Drug Gangs Turn To Jails For A New
Sales Push

Cannabis & Hemp-

(14) San Francisco May Help Establish Marijuana Cooperatives (15) Voters
Asked To Adopt Marijuana Regulation (16) Police Say School Official Put
Drugs In Locker (17) Drug Crime Rate At A 20-Year High (18) Marijuana
Taints Presidential Bids

International News-

(19) Arroyo Rallies RP Families To Help In Fight Vs Drugs (20) Gov't To Use
'Small Fry' To Catch Drug Lords (21) MJ Replacing Corn As Davao Sur Cash
Crop (22) Government Backs Down On Random Drug Tests In Schools

* Hot Off The 'Net [see below]

* Letter Of The Week

Marijuana Serves Medicinal Purposes / By George McMahon

* Feature Article

Criminal Justice System Drives Marijuana "Treatment" Admissions, Federal
Study Says

* Quote of the Week

Will Rodgers

HOT OFF THE 'NET

ISTOOK'S ILLEGAL AMENDMENT

By Steve Fox, AlterNet, February 25, 2004

On February 18, the Marijuana Policy Project joined with three other
national organizations in a lawsuit aimed at overturning one of the
most egregious attacks on free speech in decades. Anyone who values
our democracy - Republican or Democrat, conservative or liberal -
should hope we succeed.

Continues: http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=17956

ECSTASY RECONSIDERED

A study by a prominent researcher warning of the dangers of Ecstasy
was retracted last September after it was revealed that primates in
the study had been injected with a different drug.

Article: http://chronicle.com/free/v50/i25/25a01401.htm

What does this mean for the future of Ecstasy research? What are the
implications for U.S. drug policy?

Rick Doblin, president of the Multidisciplinary Association for
Psychedelic Studies, responded to questions on Wednesday, February
25.

Continues: http://chronicle.com/colloquylive/2004/02/ecstasy/

PDFA PARTNERSHIP ATTITUDE TRACKING STUDY (PATS) 2003

NEW YORK, Feb. 25 - Teen drug use continues declining in America, and
use of Ecstasy (3-4 methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA) is down by
25 percent in two years, according to new national data released today
by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America.

http://drugfreeamerica.org/acrobat/Full_Report_PATS_Teens_2003.pdf

A ROADMAP TO COMPASSION

The Implementation of a Working Medicinal Cannabis Program in
Canada

By the Canadians for Safe Access, the B.C. Compassion Club Society, and the
Victoria Island Compassion Society: Philippe Lucas, Hilary Black, and
Rielle Capler

http://safeaccess.ca/library/roadmap_to_compassion.pdf

STATE OF ALABAMA VS LORETTA NALL CASE NO: DC2002-1006-1007

http://www.cannabisculture.com/cgi/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Number=821462

BATTLE FOR CANADA #16

Has Harry Anslinger Returned From Hell?

Analysis by Richard Cowan

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2522.html

INTERVIEW WITH CANADIAN MED-POT ACTIVIST ALISON MYRDEN

Video: http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2523.html

JACK COLE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST PROHIBITION ON NPR

Audio: http://www.drugpolicycentral.com/real/leap/cole6.rm

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

Last: 02/24/04, Nicholas Eyle

Executive director of ReconsiDer, an organization dedicated to
studying drug policy and looking at alternatives to the current U.S.
drug policy.

MP3: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_022404.MP3

Real: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to022404.ram

Next: 03/02/04, 3 Texas Medical MJ Patients

Three anonymous medical marijuana patients tell us what it is like in
the Gulag City of Planet Earth. To find medical support and medical
marijuana in the "hometown" of George Bush Sr.

http://www.cultural-baggage.com/kpft.htm

"CRACK BABY" TERM CONDEMNED IN OPEN LETTER

Signatories from Leading Hospitals and Research Institutes in U.S. and
Canada Agree That Term Lacks Scientific Basis and Is Dangerous to Children

Letter Sent to Washington Post, Arizona Republic, LA Weekly,
Charleston Post and Courier, Amarillo Globe-News and Other Media Using
These Terms

The full text of this letter with a complete list of signatories is
available at:

http://www.jointogether.org/sa/files/pdf/sciencenotstigma.pdf

FILL THE HILL WEBSITE LAUNCHED

I'm proud to announce that the website for the largest drug reform
rally in Canadian history has launched.

Fill the Hill 2004 now has a home on the internet at http://www.fillthehill.ca

Fill the Hill 2004 will feature a broad cross-section of Canada's
leading political actors and activists in the fight for a sensible
drug policy.

Submitted by Jody Pressman

CANADIAN CANNABIS BILL C-10 PASSES THIRD READING

Video: http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2519.html