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Steve's Health Is Deteriorating

A DrugSense Focus Alert.

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0282.html

A Critique of the Kubby Refugee Ruling

What Is It About Dead That You Don't Understand?

Analysis by Richard Cowan

On Monday we finally learned that the Refugee Protection Division
denied the Kubbys the protection of Canada.

Continues: http://www.marijuananews.com/news.php3?sid=722

Video: http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2342.html

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Deborah Small of the Drug Policy Alliance discusses the Breaking the
Chains Conference.

MP3: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_120903.mp3

RealAudio: http://www.cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to120903.ram

On Tuesday, Dec. 16 our guest will be Vancouver Mayor Larry Campbell
who has implemented "The Four Pillars Drug Strategy" for reducing
drug-related harms. Join us online at 7:30 EDT, 6:30 CDT and 4:30 PDT
at http://www.kpft.org/

POT TV Live Interactive Christmas Party!

Friday, December 12th, 2003

7:00 pm (PST), 10:00 pm (EST)

http://pot-tv.net/

Health Canada Contempt for Appeal Court Decision

December 8, 2003: This week, Health Canada confounded both the press
and public by announcing it will not appeal the October 7th Ontario
Appellate Court decision that found its Marijuana Medical Access
Regulations (MMAR) unconstitutional, while also stating it will not
make all of the required court-ordered changes to the program.

Continues: http://safeaccess.ca/pr/csapr12.htm

New Goose Creek Footage

New previously unreleased video footage police made of the Stratford
raid.

http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2350.html

Stop Pointing Guns at Our Kids

by Marsha Rosenbaum, PhD

The use of weapons on the Stratford High School campus is testament
to the failure of our efforts to stop young people from using drugs,
and the frustration experienced by school officials.

http://drugpolicy.org/library/rosenbaum120803.cfm

Drug Policy Alliance Web Chat

Listen to the the thoughts of the Drug Policy Alliance's Ethan
Nadelmann and retired ACLU director Ira Glasser expressed during
'Turning the Tide,' a live 45-minute Web chat, where questions
from the audience were addressed.

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

Drugs, Labor and Colonial Expansion

This book explores how Europeans introduced and used drugs in
colonial contexts for the exploitation and placation of
indigenous labor. Combining history and anthropology, it examines
the role of drugs in trade and labor during the age of western
colonial expansion.

http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/books/bid1520.htm