Pubdate: Fri, 8 Feb 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, FEB. 8, 2008 #535 Read This Publication On-line at: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm TABLE OF CONTENTS: * This Just In (1) OPED: U.S. Needle Policy Hurts Aids Sufferers (2) Pot Dispensaries Closing Under Threat Of Feds (3) Crack-Sentencing Reductions Decried (4) Cannabis Bills Get Mixed Response * Weekly News in Review Drug Policy (5) Opposition To Marijuana Up In Smoke (6) Column: A Truth Obama Won't Dare Tell (7) Hailey Officials Plan Lawsuit To Fight Pot Laws (8) Cocaine Shortage Not Affecting U.P. Law Enforcement & Prisons (9) Senators' Plan Would Restore Funding for Anti-Drug (10) Obenshain Meth Bill Approved In Senate (11) Pharmacy Limits Slow Production of Meth, Police Say (12) Struggles Await 15 Men Freed In Tainted Mansfield Drug Case Cannabis & Hemp (13) ND Hemp Production: Federal Hang-Up Holds Off Seeding (14) Editorial: Drugged Driving Law (15) Local Panel Debates Legalizing Pot (16) SSDP Takes Initiative On Local Ballot Issue International News (17) Colombian Drug Lord Shot Dead (18) Drug Traffic Beneath The Waves (19) Mexico Cracks Down On Police Corruption (20) Police Corruption Case Dies * Hot Off The 'Net Drug Truth Network 1997 BBC Horizon On Psychedelics In Medicine Women Behind Bars / By Silja J.A. Talvi Jack Cole Interviewed In Vancouver SSDP Unveils New Website BBC Horizon - What Is Britain's Most Dangerous Drug? * What You Can Do This Week New Mexicans - Let's Step Up The Pressure! * Letter Of The Week Cannabis A Very Diverse Plant / Alison Myrden * Feature Article Beyond 2008 / By Debra Harper * Quote of the Week James Galsworthy DrugSense needs your support to continue this newsletter and many other important projects - see how you can help at http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake