Followups set to talk.politics.drugs
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #491 -- 6/22/07
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Publication of Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Appeal: A Victory is In the Works, With Your Help:
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/hea_victory_is_in_the_works
Table of Contents:
1. FEATURE: MOVE TO UNDO HIGHER EDUCATION ACT DRUG PROVISION
P***** SENATE COMMITTEE
A key Senate committee voted Wednesday to remove the infamous
"drug question" from the federal financial aid form. With a
measure calling for outright repeal expected to pass the House,
it could be the beginning of the end for Souder's Folly.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/senate_committee_guts_hea_drug_provision
2. FEATURE: NORTH DAKOTA FARMERS SUE DEA OVER HEMP GROWING BAN
A pair of North Dakota farmers have been granted state permits
to grow hemp, but the DEA has refused to act on their federal
license applications. Now the farmers are going to federal court
to ask that the agency be told to butt out.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/north_dakota_farmers_sue_DEA_hemp_ban
3. FEATURE: ONDCP KICKS OFF ANNUAL SUMMER MARIJUANA SCARE
CAMPAIGN WITH RE****T LINKING DRUGS TO GANGS, VIOLENCE
With the summer season now underway, the drug czar's office has
released a scary new re****t linking youth marijuana and other
drug use to gang member****p and violence. Critics say there is
less there than meets the eye.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/ondcp_drug_czar_re****t_marijuana_drugs_youth_gang_violence
4. APPEAL: A VICTORY IS IN THE WORKS, WITH YOUR HELP
Our multi-year campaign to repeal an infamous law that denies
financial aid to students because of drug convictions may soon
ride to a successful conclusion.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/hea_victory_is_in_the_works
5. FEEDBACK: DO YOU READ DRUG WAR CHRONICLE?
Do you read Drug War Chronicle? If so, we need your feedback to
evaluate our work and make the case for Drug War Chronicle to
funders. We need donations too.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/do_you_read_drug_war_chronicle
6. WEEKLY: BLOGGING @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE SPEAKEASY
It's ONDCP Ad Week at the Speakeasy, plus we have Giuliani's
Cocaine Connection, China's UN-prompted drug war bloodbath, a
response from a former ONDCP official to the China story, Creepy
Drug Testing Science and more...
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/blogging_at_the_speakeasy_every_day
7. LAW ENFORCEMENT: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
A Puerto Rican narc gets caught robbing an armored car, a
Mississippi cop gets nailed for selling and using speed, and a
Toledo cop who liked to party too much cops a plea.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/police_drug_corruption
8. SEARCH AND SEIZURE: SUPREME COURT RULES PASSENGERS CAN
CHALLENGE POLICE STOPS
Passengers in vehicles stopped by police are effectively
"seized" and may challenge the constitutionality of that
seizure, the Supreme Court ruled in an unanimous opinion Monday.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/supreme_court_passengers_traffic_stops_seized
9. MEDICAL MARIJUANA: RHODE ISLAND LEGISLATURE OVERRIDES VETO TO
MAKE LAW PERMANENT
Rhode Island's medical marijuana law is here to stay. The
legislature this week voted decisively to override a
gubernatorial veto of a bill that would make it permanent.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/rhode_island_legislature_override_veto_medical_marijuana
10. MEDICAL MARIJUANA: CONNECTICUT GOVERNOR VETOES BILL
A medical marijuana bill p***** both houses of the Connecticut
legislature, but Gov. Jodi Rell has now vetoed it.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/governor_vetoes_connecticut_medical_marijuana_bill
11. METHAMPHETAMINE: WITH METH LABS PLUNGING TO NEAR ZERO,
NEVADA MOVES TO TRACK COLD REMEDIES
Nevada's governor has signed an anti-meth lab bill that further
restricts the purchase of over-the-counter cold and allergy
remedies. Problem is, nobody is cooking meth in Nevada anymore.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/nevada_meth_bill_restricts_cold_medicines
12. MIDDLE EAST: IRAN HANGS FOUR FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
Iran executed four convicted drug traffickers on Saturday. That
makes at least 102 executions in Iran so far this year.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/iran_executes_four_drug_traffickers
13. MIDDLE EAST: DUBAI SENTENCES TWO MORE WESTERNERS TO PRISON
OVER INFINITESIMAL AMOUNTS OF DRUGS
The Dubai courts continue their harsh treatment of people
possessing even tiny amounts of illicit drugs. This week, they
sent a Canadian working for an Afghan anti-drug program to
prison for four years for traces of ha****sh that he may have
picked up in the course of his work.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/dubai_sentences_Westerners_prison_drug_possession
14. WEB SCAN
Montel, Tony Papa on Veronica Flournoy, Incarcerex, NY Sun on
prohibition, SlangTV on Afghanistan opium licensing, Transform
on the drug policy reform debate, Vera Institute and Pew
Charitable Trusts re****t, Alex Wodak
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/drug_policy_links
15. WEEKLY: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of
years past.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/491/drug_war_history
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18. ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW FORMAT FOR THE REFORMER'S CALENDAR
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