Pubdate: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET LET AFGHANISTAN GROW THE WORLD'S OPIUM SUPPLY By Ethan A. Nadelmann, AlterNet. Posted August 31, 2007. Given that farmers are going to produce opium -- somehow, somewhere - -- so long as the global demand for heroin persists, maybe the world is better off, all things considered, with 90 percent of it coming from Afghanistan. http://alternet.org/drugreporter/61144/ - ------------------------------------ JUDGE'S HOUSE OF DEATH RULING REVEALS THE TRUTH OF THE DRUG WAR By Bill Conroy, Aug 25th, 2007 The U.S. government must surely be greasing up its spin machine in the wake of a federal judge's recent ruling in a lawsuit filed by the families of the House of Death murder victims. http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2007/8/25/164116/050 - ------------------------------------ HIGH: THE TRUE TALE OF MARIJUANA Filmmaker John Holowach has made the first 13 minutes of his upcoming documentary available at: http://www.truehigh.com/ - ------------------------------------ CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW Century of Lies: Seattle Hempfest Retrospect I + Poppygate Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_083107.mp3 Tonight: 08/31/07 - Seattle Hempfest Retrospect II + Terry Nelson & LEAP report, Drug War Facts & BBC News re Afghanistan Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_083107.mp3 Last: 08/24/07 - Professor Arnold Trebach Re: "Fatal Alliance" with Mexico + Terry Nelson of LEAP, Official Govt. Truth, Poppygate Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_082407.mp3 Listen Live Fridays 8:00 PM, ET, 7:00 CT, 6:00 MT & 5:00 PT at http://www.kpft.org/ - ------------------------------------ WAR ON DRUGS: IMPACT ON NATIONAL SECURITY By Frosty Wooldridge, August 27, 2007 Which proves more worthless? The "War on Terror" for the past five years or the "War on Drugs" for the past 35 years? http://www.newswithviews.com/Wooldridge/frosty288.htm - ------------------------------------ THE PRINCE OF POT WITH BARRY COOPER Marc Emery talks with Barry Cooper, ex-Texas police officer and now producer of "Never Get Busted Again" http://youtube.com/watch?v'4t-Z4nZIU (Part 1) http://youtube.com/watch?v=GDlCaS9swME (Part 2) - ------------------------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK TELL CONGRESS TO STOP DEA OBSTRUCTION OF MEDICAL MARIJUANA RESEARCH More than seven months after a DEA judge ruled that the agency should approve the several-year-old application of a researcher to grow research-grade marijuana, the DEA continues to stonewall. Ask your member of Congress to take action here: http://tinyurl.com/2a95nt - ------------------------------------ NEW MEXICO PATIENTS UNDER ATTACK The DEA and a regional narcotics taskforce raided the home of a paraplegic medical marijuana patient in what appears to be a cruel publicity stunt designed to intimidate New Mexico patients and policymakers. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/083107nmpatients.cfm - ------------------------------------ JOSEPH ZORETIC Activist Joseph Zoretic passed away last week. Joe is survived by his young son, Stephen, and his wife and reform partner Dee Dee Zoretic. Together, Joe and Dee Dee made a well known freedom fighting couple in Ohio's Democratic political circles emanating from Cleveland and their hometown of Lakewood. Tragedy has struck this family hard in recent months with the death of Dee Dee's father and her mother having cancer. Combined with their own health issues and limited income puts this family in serious trouble. Any donations to help in this time of need can be made via the OPN website, http://www.ohiopatient.net/ - ------------------------------------ MERIL DRAPER The Seattle Hempfest Core Group lost one of their precious gems last week. Their "Traffic Ogre" for years, burly, bearded Meril Draper was in a motorcycle accident and lost the battle at Harborview Medical Center. You may recognize Meril's name (pronounced "Merle"), as he was a proficient LTE writer. http://www.mapinc.org/writer/Meril+Draper http://hempfest.org/drupal/ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake