DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, JUNE 27, 2003 #306

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) Activist's Felony Drug Conviction Is Restored (2) Court Halts Drug Crop
Spraying (3) Feds Withholding Money From States With Medicinal Marijuana
(4) Study: Pot Doesn't Cause Permanent Brain Damage

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Judges OK Ban on Trappings of Raves (6) Judge Hands Down Guilty Verdict
in Internet Drug Case (7) MUSC Research Offers Help For Cocaine Addicts (8)
Drug Addiction As A Developmental Disorder (9) New Brew Of Meth Laws Makes
Missouri An Anti-Drug Lab

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(10) Hege Probe Focuses on Money, Crime Stats and Politics (11) Testimony -
Sheriff Interfered In Federal Investigation Of Son (12) More NYPD No-Knocks
(13) Revealed: Drug Court Scheme A Failure

Cannabis & Hemp

(14) State Urges Congress To Recognize Pot Law (15) Hosts Of U.K. Pot
Parties Face 14 Years' Jail (16) Uproar Over Plan To Seize Drug (Cannabis)
Homes (17) Canadian Cities Want Their Cut On Grow Ops (18) Smoked Out In Canada

International News

(19) B.C Safe-Injection Site Wins Police Immunity (20) Colombia Sends 12 To
U.S. To Confront Drug Charges (21) Chinese Narcotics Officer Busted For
Drugs Smuggling (22) Police Drugs Hauls Hit New Record

* Hot Off The 'Net

DEA nominee put on the spot by the Marijuana Policy Project

The Prince of Pot at the Ontario Police Headquarters

An Isolated Voice in Brazil's Congress / By Karine Muller

Photos from Skate for Justice 2003

41% of Americans Think Marijuana Should be Regulated Like Alcohol

* Letter Of The Week

Marijuana Laws Have A Negative Impact / By Gary Storck

* Feature Article

Two-Year Court Fight Over Hemp Foods in Final Stages

* Quote of the Week

Samuel Johnson