DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JULY 18, 2003 #309

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Head Of Medical-pot Program Resigns (2) Governor Offers Legislation To
Soften Harsh Drug Laws (3) Terror Charges Filed In Watauga Drug Case (4)
Ecuador Foreign Min Criticizes Colombian Fumigation

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy

(5) White House Escalates War On Medical Pot (6) Drug War Enlists Church
Youth Groups (7) Conviction Based on 'Sounding Black' Elevates Stereotype
To Evidence (8) Editorial: A Bad Mom: Judge Goes Too Far By Ordering Birth
Control

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) DA Uses New Law In Meth Lab Bust (10) Judge Summons Prison Officials
(11) State's High Rate Of Women Inmates Focus Of Study (12) Councilman's
Son Led Police to Drug Suspect

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) DEA Nominee Faces Criticism On Marijuana Position (14) Medical
Marijuana Doctor Facing Revocation Of License (15) Drugs: Local Doctors
Leery Of Dispensing Medical Pot (16) Privatizing Pot (17) Controversial
Treatment

International News

(18) GMA Says RP To Be Free From Drugs By 2010 (19) Jails Ordered To
Inventory Drug Offender-Detainees (20) Brazil Sees Need For Rules On
Shooting Drug Planes (21) Does The President's Nine-Year-Old Drug Addict
Really Exist?

* Hot Off The 'Net

Philippe Lucas And Eric Nash On Canadian TV Regarding Medical Marijuana

Marijuana Hero Song

Better Justice Through Chemistry

Ed Forchion - First Amendment Activist

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

The Latest Legal Views On Canadian Cannabis Law

MPP/SSDP Comedy Benefit Pictures Online

* Letter Of The Week

Drug Testing Plan Discounts Research / By Brenda Fox

* Feature Article

What YOU Can Do To Help Bring About More Sensible Drug Policies / By Mark Greer

* Quote of the Week

George Bernard Shaw