DrugSense Weekly, Sept. 5, 2003 #316

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) New U.S. Survey Finds Millions Of New Drug Abusers (2) Wisconsin Public
Safety (3) Gangster In Blue (4) Canada's Pot Revolution

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Court: Some Marijuana In Home Is Legal (6) U.S. Judge Won't Halt Pot
Raids Of Clubs (7) Altered Minds: Former Drug Warriors Turn Against
Prohibition (8) In Baltimore, Slogan Collides With Reality (9) Friends
Remember Rainbow Farm

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Prisons Take Ax To Rehab Programs (11) The Prison Industrial Complex
At Work In Florida (12) 2 Miami Jurors Accused Of Taking Bribes In
Cocaine-cowboy Case (13) Ex-Atlanta Police Major Indicted Mail Fraud Charges

Cannabis & Hemp-

(14) Dutch Make Pot A Prescription Drug (15) Canadian Federal Pot Gets
Not-So-High Marks (16) Testing Time For U.K. Cannabis Users (17) Cannabis
And Pain Management

International News-

(18) War On Drugs Leaves Poor Bolivian Farmers Hungry, Desperate (19) Tough
Fight Seen Against Afghan Opium (20) Human Rights: Drug Kin To Lose
Citizenship (21) Date Rape: Drink More Common Than Drugs

* Hot Off The 'Net

Victory Act 2: Police State-Bugaloo

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

The Eternal Wars - Distinguished Drug Policy Panel On KPFT Radio

Marijuana Legalization Would Save Massachusetts $138 Million

The National Dance and Music Rights Alliance Rally + Music Event

The Summer of Legalization Smoke-Out Tour: Windsor, Ontario

Former DEA Agent Joins With Protest Groups

* Letter Of The Week

Drug 'Epidemic' Merely Propaganda / By Mett Ausley Jr. M.D

* Feature Article

Who Is To Blame For The Drug War? / By James E. Gierach

* Quote of the Week

Samuel Johnson