Pubdate: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ DAVID BORDEN IN TELEVISED DRUG LEGALIZATION DEBATE StoptheDrugWar.org's executive director recently did a 25-minute debate on drug legalization on a network that aired across Europe and the Middle East. Video is online at: http://drugsense.org/url/Ev5QyEPJ - ------------------ GOT YOUR NUMBER: NORA IS PROPOSITION 5! The Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act-the most ambitious sentencing and prison reform in U.S. history-just got its proposition number. The measure, sponsored by DPA Network, will appear as Proposition 5 on the California state ballot in November! http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/071708nora.cfm - ------------------ STRIP FOR THE PRINCIPAL How could anyone think a strip search for Advil was reasonable? By Jacob Sullum http://www.reason.com/news/show/127566.html - ------------------ JIM HIGHTOWER ON POT -- SHARING HIS THOUGHTS ON POT, THAT IS "The powers that be like to play games, and Marijuana is a nice diversion." http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/91446/ - ------------------ GLOBAL CIVIL SOCIETY TELLS THE UN IT'S TIME TO FIX DRUG POLICY Drug War Chronicle, Issue #543, 7/18/08 Last week, some 300 delegates representing organizations from across the drug policy spectrum met in Vienna for the Beyond 2008 NGO Forum, an effort to provide civil society input on global drug policy. http://drugsense.org/url/69FmJN27 - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 07/16/08 - Robert Muhammed Brother Robert Muhammed of the Nation of Islam & DTN's Dean Becker discuss Houston's criminal, justice system. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1970 Century of Lies- 07/15/08 - Norm Stamper Special with: Gatewood Galbreath, Norm Stamper, Carl Veley, Sanho Tree, Chuck Thomas, The "Marijuanalogues", Bruce Mirken, Ethan Nadelmann. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1969 - ------------------ MAPS NEWS JULY 2008 Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies NIDA Delays Vaporizer Research, Averts MAPS Lawsuit http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=1634&fmt=stdnews - ------------------ ROLLING STONE: OBAMA ON ENDING THE DRUG WAR An interview with Barack Obama is the centre piece of this month's Rolling Stone magazine. Unsuprisingly, given the magazine's youth culture niche and long history as vocal critics drug war, they hit the likely next US president with a serious question about its failure and what he plans to do about it. http://drugsense.org/url/HZHTC8so - ------------------ LEAP SPEAKER TONY SMITH ON CANADIAN TV Tony Smith appears on "Talk Politics" on CPAC TV to discuss LEAP and his career in the Vancouver Police Department with host Ken Rockburn. http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=155 - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ JOB OPPORTUNITIES AT THE MARIJUANA POLICY PROJECT * Office Administrator/Bookkeeper * Director of State Policies * Membership & Events Fellowship * State Policies Internship For all positions, please visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs for full job descriptions, salary information, and instructions on how to apply. - ------------------ WRITE A LETTER Get-Tough Policies Cause More Crime. A Drug Sense Focus Alert. http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0375.html - ------------------ SUPPORT NORTH AMERICA'S ONLY SUPERVISED INJECTION FACILITY Sign a petition endorsing Insite. http://www.creativerealizations.com/socialissues/drugpolicy.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake