DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 20, 2004 #338

Read This Publication On-line at:
http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n338.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Roadside Drugs Tests 'Could Be Flawed' Say Researchers (2) Selling Pot
At Pharmacies Considered (3) Peru's Coca Growers Demand Help (4) Groups Sue
For Marijuana Ads On Metro

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) U.S. Is Working to Make Painkillers Harder to Obtain (6) Legal
Marijuana Campaign Restarts (7) Battle Is Brewing Over
Property-Seizure Proposal (8) Lee Principal Resigns After Cocaine Arrest

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Wrong Man Shot, Killed (10) NAACP Official Mistaken For Suspect (11)
Used Cars Eligible For Free Drug Inspections In Miramar (12) Prison Hiring
Defied Budget

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) Marijuana Bill Targets Trafficking, Not Simple Possession (14)
Medicinal Marijuana Inhaler Inches Closer (15) Hemp's Hip New Status (16)
Marijuana Legalization Advocate Convicted On Pot Charge (17) Marijuana Is
Stronger, More Dangerous Than Years Ago

International News

(18) China Court Sentences Japanese To Death (19) Committee To Recommend
Ganja Decriminalisation (20) Drug Traffickers Still Being Caught In
Thailand (21) Aids Spread Blamed On Drugs

* Letter Of The Week

Don't Follow Us / By Kirk Muse

* Letter Writer Of The Month - January

Robert Sharpe

* Feature Article

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul's Comments On The Persecution Of Pain Doctors / By Ron Paul

* Quote of the Week

Voltaire

HOT OFF THE 'NET

OPN ART CONTEST

The Ohio Patient Network is proud to announce their first art contest
with a $100 first prize! We are searching for your original artwork
and or photos to be used to further our mission to inform and educate
the public about the compassionate use of medical cannabis in Ohio.
Details at

http://ohiopatient.net/projects/Art_Contest.htm

TELL THE MS SOCIETY TO STOP PLAYING POLITICS WITH PATIENTS

NORML has created a pre-written letter that you can send to the MS
Society urging them to take a realistic look at the existing evidence
surrounding medical marijuana as a treatment for multiple sclerosis.
Please take a few minutes to review it, change or add your own
comments, and send it to the MS Society by visiting:

http://capwiz.com/norml2/issues/alert/?alertid=5130936&type=CU

NARCO NEWS REBORN

By Al Giordano

http://www.narconews.com/Issue32/article888.html

MORE LIES FROM DEPUTY CZAR ANDREA

>From the Drug War Rant web log by Pete Guiter.

http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2004/02/18.html#a293

ERNEST MONEY

A drug warrior uses Congress' purse strings to strangle
dissent.

by Jacob Sullum

http://www.reason.com/sullum/022004.shtml

BATTLE FOR CANADA #15: THE MYTH OF BC BUD

with Richard Cowan

How The Prohibitionist Propaganda Machine Created A Phoney Excuse For
War. Sound Familiar? It Isn't The Weed They Fear. It Is The Freedom.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2508.html

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

02/17/04, George Monterano, Federal # 12973-004

With help from the asst. warden at Coleman prison in Florida, we
interview George about the fact that he is the longest serving,
non-violent criminal in the United States. George was sentenced to
life without parole after pleading guilty to possession of 2,600
pounds of marijuana. Please visit his website, appeal to the
President for a pardon for George.

http://www.webelievegroup.com/

MP3: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_021704.mp3

Real: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to021704.ram

LORETTA NALL ON 'THE X'

Audio only. Pot TV News Anchor and US Marijuana Party President was
on Alabama's numero uno radio show just two days after her recent
conviction for possessing less than a gram of marijuana.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2500.html

OAKLAND CANNABIS INITIATIVE FILED

Oakland, CA. An initiative calling for the regulation and taxation of
cannabis was filed today by the Oakland Civil Liberties Alliance. If
approved, the measure would (1) direct the city to tax and regulate
cannabis for adult use as soon as possible under state law; and (2)
make adult private use of cannabis lowest enforcement priority
immediately.

Text of the proposed "Oakland Cannabis Regulation & Revenue Ordinance"
is posted at:

http://www.canorml.org/laws/oaklandinitiative.htm