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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #496 -- 8/3/07
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"
Table of Contents:
1. FEATURE: SNITCHING IN THE SPOTLIGHT -- HOUSE COMMITTEE HOLDS
HEARING ON INFORMANT ABUSES
When Atlanta narcotics officers shot and killed 92-year-old
Kathryn Johnston last November after falsely telling a
magistrate an informant had named her address as a drug
hot-spot, they opened a window on a very shady part of the
American criminal justice system. Now, Congress has taken a look
and some key members are ready to rein in the snitch system.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/house_judiciary_committee_hearing_on_confidential_informants
2. FEATURE: COLOMBIA ANNOUCES ****FT TO MANUAL ERADICATION OF
COCA CROPS
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe has announced that his
government will deemphasize aerial spraying of coca crops and
emphasize manual eradication. The move comes as Congress ponders
ways to cut funding for the drug war in Colombia.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/colombia_****fts_from_aerial_to_manual_coca_eradication
3. LAW ENFORCEMENT: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
This week we have a pair from the US-Mexico border, where
temptation is always close at hand, and a pair from Florida,
where corruption seems to thrive in the steamy atmosphere.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/police_drug_corruption
4. WEEKLY: BLOGGING @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE SPEAKEASY
Reader Blogs picking up, all sorts of marijuana stuff, Clinton &
Obama on needle exchange, drug policy softball team scores top
spot in league, more...
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/blogging_at_the_speakeasy
5. LAW ENFORCEMENT: FBI LOWERS BAR ON PAST MARIJUANA USE BY
WOULD-BE AGENTS
Looking to be an FBI agent? The rules on disqualifying
applicants based on past drug use, especially marijuana use,
just got a little more lax.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/fbi_marijuana_illegal_drug_policy
6. SEARCH AND SEIZURE: ARIZONA SUPREME COURT LIMITS VEHICLE
SEARCHES
The Arizona Supreme Court has limited the ability of police to
search the vehicles of people they have arrested outside the
vehicle.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/arizona_supreme_court_limits_car_searches
7. SEARCH AND SEIZURE: CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT JUST SAYS NO TO
SEIZURES OF DRUG BUYERS' CARS
For the last decade, some California cities have seized the
vehicles of people caught trying to buy drugs. Those days have
come to an end, thanks to a California Supreme Court decision.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/california_supreme_court_says_police_cannot_seize_drug_buyers_cars
8. MARIJUANA: YESTERDAY MARKED 70 YEARS OF FEDERAL POT
PROHIBITION
This week, we mark the 70th anniversary of federal marijuana
prohibition. We would much rather be writing its obituary.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/federal_marijuana_prohibition_is_70_years_old
9. SOUTHWEST ASIA: STATE DEPARTMENT SAYS US AFGHANISTAN DRUG
POLICY WILL ****FT, BUT NOT MUCH
A high-level State Department official said last week that the
US will ****ft its opium eradication policy in Afghanistan, but
there is less there than meets the eye.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/US_****ft_on_afghanistan_opium_policy
10. WEEKLY: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of
years past.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/drug_war_history
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funders. We need donations too.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/496/do_you_read_drug_war_chronicle
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14. ANNOUNCEMENT: NEW FORMAT FOR THE REFORMER'S CALENDAR
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