Pubdate: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 Source: DrugSense Weekly Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm Note: Below is the Table of Contents for today's issue of the DrugSense Weekly which may be read on-line at the URLs shown. DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, DEC. 17, 2004 #380 NOTE TO READERS: DrugSense Weekly will mark the festive season by taking next week off, but we will return with a new edition Dec. 31. The DrugSense staff wishes holiday happiness for all our readers as well as the generous volunteers and contributors who make this work possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS: * This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec1 (1) DA Asks Judge To Look Again At Issue Of Marijuana Possession (2) Survey - - FDA Scientists Question Safety (3) Roadside Drug Tests Strike Early In Melbourne (4) Man Dressed As Santa At Middle School Cited For Marijuana Possession * Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec2 Drug Policy (5) Bill Would Target Drug Abuse In Pregnancy (6) Legislators Sue To Stop Needle-Exchange Project (7) Outbreak! (8) College Aid for Vice-Free Students (9) Church Spars With Authorities Over Drug Tea Law Enforcement & Prisons (10) Drug Sweep Fails To Hinder Crime (11) $100 Million Suit (12) Trucker Free After 8 Months In Detroit Prison (13) New Mexico PRC Commissioner Arrested for Marijuana Cannabis & Hemp (14) DEA Rejects UMASS Professor's Bid To Grow Marijuana (15) Inspector General To Probe D.C. Inmate Death (16) Changes In Marijuana Industry Challenging Authorities (17) Rebagliati Inducted Into B.C. Sports Hall Of Fame International News (18) Asian Woman Gets Death Penalty For Drug Peddling (19) A War On Drugs Or A War On Tradition? (20) Magic Mushroom Case Judge Tells Prosecutor - Chill Out (21) Trip Over? * Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec3 TX House Committee: End Drug Task Force System! Gary Webb - Do What He Did / by Al Giordano DRCNet Joins the Blogosphere SSDP Descends on the DC Area Cultural Baggage Radio Show Trust Busters / by Jacob Sullum * Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec4 Controlled Drugs Are Out Of Control / By Nicolas Eyle Letter Writer Of The Month - November http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec4 Steven Epstein, Esq. * Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec5 States Should End The Drug War / By Sheldon Richman * Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm#sec6 Anonymous - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake