DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, AUG. 29, 2003 #315

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Canadian Govt Begins Selling Pot (2) Abstinence Is For Quitters (3)
Drug USe Seen On Rise In Iraq (4) Data Not Showing 'Ice' Effect On Fetuses

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Pardons Let Texas Panhandle Drug Defendants Get On With Their Lives (6)
Federal Lawsuit Filed Over 1999 Tulia Drug Raid (7) GOP Bill Would Add
Anti-Terror Powers (8) Seized Car Drives Legal Dispute (9) Thief Makes Off
With Lots Of Urine

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Restraining Order Sought Against MBN Chief (11) Editorial: Melton's
Way (12) New National Police Group To Flex Power Over Drug Laws (13) Judge
Banishes Man From All But One County

Cannabis & Hemp-

(14) Seattle Hempfest 2003 - Rally Calls For Reform Of Marijuana Law (15)
B.C. Pot Advocate To Light Up At Police Station Today (16) Canada's Pot
Revolution (17) Pot Laws Easier Here? (18) 'Epidemic' Warning On Cannabis

International News-

(19) Myers Visit Stresses Aid; Rumsfeld To Follow (20) Colombia OKs
Extradition Of Ex-Senator (21) 33 Smugglers Arrested, 1.7 Tons Of Drugs
Seized (22) Drugs 'Halt Brain Connections'

* Hot Off The 'Net

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

US Drug Warriors Threaten Canada - By Request?

Conscience Will Not Permit / by David Borden

In Memory Of Gilbert William Harold Puder

One Month To Go - Cheryl Miller Memorial Project

Seattle Hempfest Highlights

* Letter Of The Week

Let's Focus On Real Crime / By Bryan Brickner

* Feature Article

Help Unshackle Medical Marijuana Now

* Quote of the Week

Pete Guither