DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 6, 2004 #336

Read This Publication On-line at:
http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n336.html

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Thailand: Orphans Of The Drug War (2) Your Bias May Be Keeping Pot From
Pain Patients (3) New Limits In Oakland For Medical Pot Clubs (4) UK:
Legalise Heroin And Sell It On Street, Says Police Chief

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Harvey A 'Police State' Where Officers Robbed, Beat Men: Suit (6) A
Safe Home Or A Jail? (7) Bills Target Judicial Powers (8) Mesa's Random
Drug Tests Struck Down (9) Benson To Name NH Drug Czars

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Oxycontin Maker Says Patient Is Not Credible (11) Police Get Grant For
Drug Cases (12) High Court Refuses To Hear Claim Of Drug Informant (13)
Couple Asks Judge To Toss Out Evidence (14) Rep. Lipman to Offer Bill to
Decrease Prison Sentences

Cannabis & Hemp-

(15) Medical Marijuana Gains Support Among California Voters (16) U.S. Drug
Warriors Try To Censor Their Opponents (17) Scottish Cannabis Cafe Hit By
Eviction Threat (18) U.K. Police At Odds Over Cannabis Arrests (19) U.K. GP
Bought Cannabis For Cancer Patient

International News-

(20) Govt Points Out 12 'Grave Errors' In Amnesty Report (21) The Killers
Remain At Large (22) Judge Refuses To Lift Lid On Drug Warrants (23)
Culture Team Rejects Bid To Ban Tobacco

* Hot Off The 'Net

The Hilary Black Show On POT TV

Did Bush Drop Out Of The National Guard To Avoid Drug Testing?

Medical Cannabis: Rational Guidelines For Dosing

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Canadian Activists Alison Myrden And Tim Meehan On CHML Radio

* Letter Of The Week

Legalize Weed And You'll See Change / By Kirk Tousaw

* Feature Article

Students Find Dialogue More Effective Than Drug Testing / by Leah B. Rorvig

* Quote of the Week

John Cotton

HOT OFF THE 'NET

THE HILARY BLACK SHOW ON POT TV

Premier show! Hilary interviews guests cannibinoid expert Dr. Ethan Russo
and talks to activist Renee Boje about her entheobotanical store the Urban
Shaman. Live music.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2458.html

DID BUSH DROP OUT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD TO AVOID DRUG TESTING?

The young pilot walked away from his commitment in 1972 -- the same year
the U.S. military implemented random drug tests.

By Eric Boehlert, salon.com

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/06/drugs/index_np.html

MEDICAL CANNABIS: RATIONAL GUIDELINES FOR DOSING

Gregory T. Carter, M.D., Patrick Weydt, M.D., Muraco Kyashna-Tocha, Ph.D.,
Donald I. Abrams, M.D.

http://www.cannabismd.org/foundation/dosing-guidelines2.php

CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW

Last: 02/03/04 - Al Giordano, Publisher of Narconews.com

MP3: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_020304.mp3

Real: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to020304.ram

Next: 02/10/04 - Those Crazy Canadians

Interviews with Canadians attending the Drug Policy Alliance Conference
last November in in NJ.

CANADIAN ACTIVISTS ALISON MYRDEN AND TIM MEEHAN ON CHML RADIO

Medicinal Cannabis Exemptee and NDP candidate Alison Myrden and Tim Meehan
of Ontario Consumers For Safe Access To Recreational Cannabis

MP3:
http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/chml-silver-20040203-myrden.mp3

Real:
http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/chml-silver-20040203-myrden.ram