Pubdate: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ THE KILLING OF RACHEL HOFFMAN AND THE TRAGEDY THAT IS POT PROHIBITION By Paul Armentano Police caught Hoffman with pot but promised to drop charges if she agreed to go undercover in a drug bust. She was killed soon afterward. http://drugsense.org/url/Gpp49YxT - ------------------ MEXICO'S DRUG WAR Inside USA travels to Mexico to look at the country's drug war and to examine the role the U.S. is playing in it. 1) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hyDHNeJxazU 2) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nz8k39p8z4U - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Cultural Baggage Radio Show- 07/30/08 - Marie Gottschalk Marie Gottschalk, U of Penn Professor & author of "The Prison and the Gallows: The Politics of Mass Incarceration" http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1988 Century of Lies - 07/29/08 - Arthur Burnett Judge Arthur Burnett, director of National African American Drug Policy Coalition & Jay Rorty, Deputy Director of ACLU Drug Law Reform Project http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1987 - ------------------ TWO DOGS DEAD, A FAMILY TRAUMATIZED, ANOTHER DAY IN THE DRUG WAR David Borden, Drug War Chronicle http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/545/another_day_in_the_drug_war Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3tpUjcGZcw& - ------------------ TACKLING DRUG MARKETS AND DISTRIBUTION NETWORKS IN THE UK A review of the recent literature UK Drug Policy Commission http://www.ukdpc.org.uk/Publications.shtml - ------------------ LEGALISATION IS A NO-GO AREA A report on drug policy, like so many before it, fails to recognise the simple fact that prohibition is actually part of the problem. By Steve Rolles http://drugsense.org/url/LQs5o55R - ------------------ CONGRESS SETS SIGHTS ON CANNABIS PROHIBITION LAWS By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director http://drugsense.org/url/BpIwR2Eo - ------------------ PAUL ARMENTANO ON THE DR. DREW RADIO SHOW Dr. Drew welcomes Musician Toby Keith to talk about his new film "Beer For My Horses." Then, he talks to Deputy Director of NORML, Paul Armentano. Paul comes on 30 minutes in (following Toby Keith) and discusses HR 5843 and the futility of government efforts to control what substances people put in their bodies. http://fetch.noxsolutions.com/ww1/mp3/drdrew_073108.mp3 - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ Write A Letter Insite Works. A DrugSense Focus Alert. http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0378.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake