DrugSense Weekly, Aug. 8, 2003 #312

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Global Scourge: Synthetic Drugs (2) Britain Losing New Afghan Opium War
(3) Mikuriya's Motion Denied (4) Case Thrown Out, Drug-sniffing Dog Unqualified

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) State Laws Hindering Drug War, Panel Told (6) 'Ice' Usage Overstated
(7) Officials Defend Isle 'Ice' Numbers (8) State Law Enforcement
Contractor Linked To Drugs (9) Voters Renew COMBAT Sales Tax

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Ashcroft Intensifies Campaign Against Judges' Soft Sentences (11)
Maine Looks For Cause Of Female Inmate Rise (12) More Vt. Women Are Doing
Time (13) Women's Drug Crime Rate Tops Males In State (14) Police
Competition Brought In 67 Teams To Participate In Event

Cannabis & Hemp-

(15) Just Say Think Again (16) Case Thrown Out For Pot-Smoking Driver (17)
Teacher Fired For Promoting Hemp Gets $70,000 Settlement (18) Gardner OKs
Cable Series Promoting Pot

International News-

(19) U.S. Drug Flights To Resume In Colombia (20) As Trafficking Rises In
Peru, Farmers Want Larger Legal Market (21) Media Blamed For Proliferation
Of Illicit Drugs (22) Blair Drug Vow Fiasco

* Hot Off The 'Net

MAP's Platinum Letter Award

Drug War Rant

Drug Action Network

Drug Policies State By State

* Letter Of The Week

Medical Marijuana / By Paul Armentano

* Letter Writer Of The Month - July

Gary Storck

* Feature Article

Tips for Getting Letters to the Editor Published / By Robert Sharpe

* Quote of the Week

Uncle Tupelo