Wednesday, April 1, 1998:
Extras Needed For Film (American Antiprohibition League Says Rainshadow Films In Portland Is Seeking Movie Extras May 4 Through 22 For 'No Alibi,' A Courtroom Drama About Pain Management And The Medical Use Of Marijuana)
Cannabis Hemp Awareness Day (News Release From Cannabis Liberation Society In Eugene, Oregon, Invites You To A Rally Saturday, April 25, At Lane County Courthouse - Volunteers Needed, Too)
No Dignity - 'The Oregonian' Reacts Badly To Oregon's First Physician-Assisted Suicides ('Willamette Week,' Maybe The Second-Most Biased Newspaper In The World, Criticizes Its Competition's Coverage Of Drug Policy News)
Medical Pot Advocates Take Aim At Lawmaker ('Los Angeles Times' Notes Protests At Both Offices Of US Representative James E. Rogan Of Glendale, California, Who Has Backed A Congressional Resolution Opposing Any Use Of Cannabis, Three Years After He Supported It In The California Legislature)
Providing Medical Marijuana - The Importance Of Cannabis Clubs (A Report In The April-June Issue Of 'The Journal Of Psychoactive Drugs' By Harvey W. Feldman And R. Jerry Mandel, Who Conclude That, Of The Various Methods So Far Proposed, Cannabis Clubs Afford The Best Therapeutic Setting For Providing Medical Marijuana)
Weeding It Out - Ventura Residents Say Ad Tarnishes Their Image ('Los Angeles Times' Says Some Residents Of Ventura, California, Are Upset Over A Billboard Advertising Hemp Shampoo Featuring A Giant Leaf They Call 'Marijuana' But The Company, Westwood-Based Alterna, Calls 'Hemp')
ACLU Challenges Oakland Over Car-Seizure Law ('San Francisco Chronicle' Says The American Civil Liberties Union, Citing An Opinion By State Lawyers, Believes An Oakland, California, Ordinance Allowing Police To Seize Alleged Drug Buyers' Cars Is Wobbly If Not Flat-Out Baseless Under California Law)
Legislators Decline To Ask Congress For Marijuana Rx ('Honolulu Star-Bulletin' Says Alex Santiago, Chairman Of The Hawaii Legislature's House Health Committee, Vetoed A Proposed Resolution Asking Congress To Allow Doctors To Prescribe Medical Marijuana, Calling It 'Much Too Strong')
Substance Abuse Costs State $76 Billion, Study Says ('The Oklahoman' Says The New Report, Titled 'Everyone Pays,' Was Written By The Center For Health Policy Research At Oklahoma State University In Response To A Request From The Governor's Task Force On Substance Abuse - Newspaper Doesn't Explain Fallacious Assumptions Implicit In Researchers' Propaganda, Or Weigh Alleged Costs Against Costs Of Prisons And The Rest Of The War On Some Drug Users)
Gym Teacher Suspended After Arrest ('The Oklahoman' Notes The Oklahoma City Elementary School Teacher Says She's Not Guilty Of Possessing .04 Grams Of Cocaine Found On The Floor Of Her Recently Purchased Car)
House Backs Meth Crackdown ('Des Moines Register' Says Iowa Lawmakers Voted Tuesday For Harsher Penalties For Sellers And Users, Including Stiffer Penalties For Repeat Offenders And Mandatory Minimums For Sellers - The House Republican Majority Assembled The Package Of Proposals, Which Competes With A $4 Million Democratic Package - Legislation Returns To The Senate For More Debate)
Pot-Smoking Juror Is Put On Probation ('Associated Press' Item In 'Miami Herald' Says A Juror In Wheeling, West Virginia, Who Smoked Marijuana With Three Defendants The Night Before He Helped To Convict Them In A Drug Case Has Been Sentenced To Six Months Of Home Confinement And Two Years' Probation)
High On A Lie - Funded By Billionaires, The 'Medical Marijuana' Movement Is Blowing Smoke In Our Eyes (Erroneous Propaganda From 'Reader's Digest')
Re - 'Readers Digest' (Letter To The Editor Of 'Reader's Digest' From Dave Ford, Author Of 'Marijuana - Not Guilty As Charged,' Faults Magazine's One-Sided, Mostly Inaccurate Treatment Of The Medical Marijuana Issue)
Richard Cowan's Critique Of 'High On A Lie' (From 'Marijuananews.com')
Teenagers At Risk From Marijuana, US Study Says ('Reuters' Version Of Yesterday's Propaganda In 'Toronto Star' Has Been Edited To Remove Even More Nuances)
Re - Teenagers At Risk From Marijuana, US Study Says (Letter Sent To Editor Of 'Toronto Star' Points Out Its Bias)
DARE Doesn't Work (Staff Editorial In 'Perspectives - A Mental Health Magazine,' Discusses The Most Comprehensive Research Project To Date, Led By Dennis Rosenbaum, Head Of The Criminal Justice Department At The University Of Illinois)
Legalize Hemp (A Staff Editorial In The 'Multinational Monitor' Urges Reform For Environmental Reasons)
AIDS Advisers Want Shalala Fired ('Associated Press' Says Members Of The Presidential Advisory Council On AIDS Are Preparing To Vote On A Resolution Calling For The Ouster Of Health And Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala Due To Her Inaction On Needle Exchange)
Soros Harm Reduction Fellowship Application (Bulletin From The Lindesmith Center In New York City Explains How To Apply For A Grant - Submission Deadline October 2)
DEA Steps Up Hunt For Slaying Suspect ('Dallas Morning News' Says The Drug Enforcement Administration Is Even Using Spy Satellites In Its Search For Agustin Vasquez Mendoza Of Michoacan, Mexico, A Laborer And Sometime Marijuana Field Worker Accused Of Setting Up A Fake Drug Deal In 1994 In Which Veteran DEA Special Agent Richard Fass Of Phoenix Was Killed)
US Trained Mexican 'Torture Squad' (Britain's 'Guardian' Says An Elite Anti-Drug Force In Mexico Is Accused Of Using Skills Learned At Fort Bragg, North Carolina, For Killings And Kidnappings)
US To Boost Aid To Colombia Drug Battle ('Dallas Morning News' Says The Clinton Administration Will Ask For A 40 Percent Increase In Funding, At Least That's The Figure The Newspaper Gives For Adding $21 Million On Top Of The $30 Million Already Requested By The US State Department)
Freedom Fighter Of The Month - Nora Callahan ('High Times' Feature Article About The November Coalition And Its Bimonthly Newspaper, 'The Razor Wire,' Intended To Educate The Public About The 500,000-Plus Prisoners In America's Drug Gulag)
The Drug War Industrial Complex Interview With Noam Chomsky (The Venerable Psychiatrist And Social Theorist Tells 'High Times' The War On Some Drugs Is Just One Of Many Forms Of Population Control Instituted And Maintained By Rich Power Elites Who Understand That Propaganda Is Much More Effective When It Is Combined With Terror)
Yellow Journalism (Feature In 'Salon' Magazine About Urine Testing In The Journalism Business Says The Fact That The Press Is Submitting With Barely A Whimper To The Drug-Testing Juggernaut Has A Seeping, Insidious Effect Upon Everyone's Civil Liberties)
America's Drug Problem And Its Policy Of Denial (A Survey Of The Ineffectiveness Of The US War On Some Drugs In 'Current History' By Mathea Falco, Drug Warrior President Of Drug Strategies, Nevertheless Concludes Law Enforcement Has A 'Critically Important Role To Play')
The Nature Of Drug-Trafficking Networks ('Current History' Says Prohibitionists Fail To Understand How The Illegal Drug Industry Operates - Police Assume Such Groups Are Hierarchical, But They Are Networks, Not To Be Confused With Disorganized Crime)
The Political Economy Of Narco-Corruption In Mexico ('Current History' Explains Mexico's Drug Problem Is Created Largely By Its Northern Neighbor)
The Militarization Of The Drug War In Latin America ('Current History' Says The United States Is Empowering The Same Forces It Supported During The Cold War, Blocking The Transition To More Democratic Societies)
Asia's Drug Menace And The Poverty Of Diplomacy ('Current History' Says That, Contrary To Expectations, Asia's Economic Boom Has Increased Demand For Illicit Drugs And Helped Expand Production, Transportation And Political Corruption)
A Drug Trade Primer For The Late 1990s (An Article In 'Current History' Adapted From The 1997 Report Of The Paris-Based Geopolitical Drug Watch Gives An Overview Of The World Trade In Prohibited Drugs, Which Continues To Expand In Response To Increasing Demand Even As Trafficking Organizations Downsize)
New Drugs, New Responses - Lessons From Europe ('Current History' Says That In The Past, Europe Has Often Looked To The United States For Advice On Drug Control, But Drug Experts In The United States Can Now Look To Europe For Clues About New Drugs Making Their Way To American Consumers, New Producers Aiming At United States Markets, And Fresh Ways Of Thinking About Drug Control)
Pot Club Ready To Roll Even Without Outlet ('London Free Press' Quotes Multiple Sclerosis Patient Lynn Harichy Saying The Civilly Disobedient Medical Marijuana Dispensary In London, Ontario, Could Be 'Fully Operational' By Friday, But Will Not Have An Official Location)
London Marijuana Club Starts Distribution Amid Controversy (Version In The Kitchener-Waterloo 'Record')
Waging War On Drugs Does Not Pay ('Toronto Star' Columnist Rosie DiManno Says Drugs, In All Their Insidious Forms, Should Be Decriminalized So That We Finally Might Have A Chance To Beat Them Back)
Re - Waging War On Drugs Does Not Pay (Letter Sent To Editor Of 'Toronto Star' Praises Columnist's Conclusion, But Criticizes Her Wish For A Pill To 'Cure' Addiction)
Couple Faces Drug Trial In June ('London Free Press' Says A Couple In Parkhill, Ontario, Who Won $22.5 Million In The Lottery Will Go On Trial June 10 For Marijuana Cultivation And Trafficking)
Government Rules Out Moves To Legalise Cannabis ('Evening Post' In Wellington Says New Zealand Associate Health Minister Roger Sowry Has Dismissed A Report From The Drug Policy Forum Trust Calling On The Government To Legalise The Drug And Take Control Of The Market)
Do We Need Any More Drugs? (Staff Editorial In Britain's 'Daily Mail' Says Cannabis Should Remain Illegal - The Ban On Cannabis May Indeed Be Ineffective, But Then, So Are The Bans On Harder Drugs Such As Heroin And Cocaine - There Were Just 333 Registered Addicts In 1958 - Today The Number Hooked Runs Into Tens Of Thousands)
I've Seen The Future And It Makes Me Smoke (A Sometime Smoker And Columnist For Britain's 'Independent' Finds California's Anti-Tobacco Groupthink Just Makes Him Want To Smoke More - The Country That Produced The Civil Rights Movement And Gay Liberation Once Defined Civil Disobedience As Part Of Political Activism - Nowadays, Civil Disobedience Has Been Reduced To Simply Lighting Up In Public - The Political Has Become Entirely Personalised)
Date-Rape Pills To Be Outlawed (Britain's 'Times' Says Possession Of Rohypnol, Or Flunitrazepam, Without A Prescription Will Be Criminalized May 1)
Gardai In Club Raid Had To Be Rescued From Gay Customers ('Irish Independent' Says The Alter, Formerly A Gay Nightclub Known As The Shaft, Failed To Get Its Licence Renewed Yesterday At Dublin District Court After Gardai Claimed Drug Abuse Was Widespread In The Club - Including 34 After-Hours Drinking Convictions Over Four Years)
Naive Viewpoint On Drinking And Drugs (Letter Sent To Editor Of 'The Scotsman' Contradicts Earlier Letter That Said Alcohol Is A Good Drug And Others Are Not, Merely Serving To Make Their Users Stupid And Unable To Perform, By Noting In Real Life Cannabis Users Find Drinkers To Be The Buffoons)
Action For Legalization Of Drugs - 'Repression Is A Big Mistake' (Translation Of Item From 'Algemeen Dagblad' In The Netherlands Notes Drug Policy Reformers Will Sponsor Events June 6-8 In Amsterdam As Part Of The International 'Global Days Against The Drug War' Happening In More Than 25 Cities In 16 Countries)
DrugSense Weekly, Number 40 (Summary Of Drug Policy News For Activists, Including Such Original And Excellent Commentary As The Feature Article, 'Changed Forever - American Families Respond To The War On Drugs,' By Paul Lewin)
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