Pubdate: Fri, 27 Jul 2007 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET TODAY DRUG WARRANT TURNS FOUR YEARS OLD By Pete Guither Four years ago today, I started this blog with the notion of maybe posting something once a week or so. 2,378 posts and 1.7 million page views later, I guess it's fair to say that this is an important part of me. Continues: http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/ - ------------------------------- ETHAN NADELMANN ON "THE VERDICT" A 37-year-old Kitchener, Ontario mother has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for transporting illegal drugs through the United States. http://www.ctv.ca/generic/generated/sbplayer/Docs.html - ------------------------------- REEFER MADNESS REDUX The myths behind 'potent' pot By Paul Armetano and Marsha Rosenbaum Heard the latest buzz about cannabis? Word on the street is that today's pot is exponentially more powerful, and thus more dangerous, than the marijuana available some 20, or even 10, years ago. http://www.orlandoweekly.com/features/story.asp?id=11706 - ------------------------------- HIDTA BORDER TASK FORCE MIRED IN DRUG-WAR SCANDAL By Bill Conroy Over the past 17 years since its creation, probably no other initiative has done more in seeking to coordinate the resources of federal, state and local law enforcement in the so-called War on Drugs than the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) program. http://narcosphere.narconews.com/story/2007/7/22/153556/982 - ------------------------------- NO PRISON FOR GORE III? By Margaret Dooley, AlterNet, July 26, 2007 Al Gore III, the 24-year-old son of the former vice president, is facing more than three years in prison for simple drug possession following his arrest in Southern California earlier this month. http://alternet.org/drugreporter/57849/ - ------------------------------- CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW Last: 07/20/07 - Jack Cole, Director Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_072007.mp3 Listen Live Fridays 8:00 PM, ET, 7:00 CT, 6:00 MT & 5:00 PT at http://www.kpft.org/ - ------------------------------- PHOTO ESSAY - HOLLYWOOD MEDICAL MARIJUANA DEA RAID http://laist.com/2007/07/27/medical_marijuana_dea_raids.php - ------------------------------- THE COLBERT REPORT - LAST NIGHT'S EPISODE - AARON HOUSTON Stephen gets the munchies with medical marijuana lobbyist, Aaron Houston. http://www.ifilm.com/video/2879002/show/17677 *********************************************************************** WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK STOP KARL ROVE AND JOHN WALTERS FROM STEALING YOUR MONEY The Drug Czar's office has been caught - yet again - using taxpayer money to influence elections. Tell your members of Congress to amend federal law to prohibit the Drug Czar and his deputies from using taxpayer money to lobby or campaign. http://actioncenter.drugpolicy.org/action/index.asp?step=2&item=31997 - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake