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A DrugSense publication
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Table of Contents
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Notes From the PRESIDENT (Top) We are getting some great feedback and compliments on the many and varied projects that DrugSense is beginning to offer to its members but I have always had the opinion that there is no such thing as too much in the way of verbal support, ideas, and encouragement. | ||||||||
Why not take a few minutes to send a quick note of thanks for any of the DrugSense services or features you find useful in your efforts to advance the principles of reform? | ||||||||
For example
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Our other board members and advisors include Robert Field,
Tom O'Connell, Kendra Wright, and Kevin Zeese. | ||||||||
I'm very proud to be associated with the talented and
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DrugSense THIS WEEK (Top) | ||||||||
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We appreciate all the positive feedback on the DrugSense
Weekly. Now we'd like to hear about you. Write us with your
best true stories of drug policy activism. Sharing our
successes and failures is a great way to learn from one
another and helps strengthen the bonds between members.
Together we are making a difference. | ||||||||
Feel free to send comments/suggestions to our editor, Tom
Hawkins,
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Enjoy!
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HIGHLIGHTS FROM MAPTalk (Top) | ||||||||
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Here's a good one sent in response to the firing of school
teacher Donna Cockrel... | ||||||||
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Dear Editor:
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Donna Cockrel was fired for bringing real world politics into her fifth grade classroom. She gave her kids ringside seats to a political circus, and set a dramatic example for them. Hopefully, the seeds she's planted will grow, and her kids will learn how to separate the rope from the dope, and be able to see how abstract social battles are fought over borders, one idea at a time. And often, by the bravest of us all. | ||||||||
Paul Wolf
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A notice and some good advice from our President... | ||||||||
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Friends
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Please be advised that my new E-mail address is
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For any fellow sufferers using AOL or CompuServe I highly
recommend the somewhat painful change to Eudora PRO. | ||||||||
Mark Greer
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Encouraging news on DrugSense and MAP WWW status... | ||||||||
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WOW Check out the site Matt found!!! It demonstrates that
DrugSense and MAP is being found by Yahoo (one of THE
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DRC and Lindesmith are also listed and MAP is listed at
about number seven. More than half of the top ten are reform
pages!! and 4 of them are US :)
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Double WOW!!!
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See:
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http://www.yahoo.com/Health/Pharmacology/Drugs/Drug_Policy/Organizations/ | ||||||||
Mark Greer
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Med MJ book hits the store shelves... | ||||||||
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Hey crew,
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David Ford's book Marijuana: Not Guilty as Charged has hit
the shelves. Dave (Sonoma resident now, formerly lived in
Hawaii where he once had a television show) speaks as a
former cancer patient who knows first hand the help
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The book is very layperson-friendly, sincere, and delivers a
lot of information on the lousy politics of prohibition and the
human costs in a warm, easy-to-read, narrative style. | ||||||||
Dave's a great guy and his book can reach people who are
not particularly political or who don't want to read a dense
tome. My mom's reading it right now and she loves it.
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Let's make our local book stores aware of it if they are not
already. | ||||||||
Rose Ann
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PS Dave's a disarming speaker too -- got an opportunity? | ||||||||
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sent to Sydney Morning Herald
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re: Why the US won't let Australia reform its drug laws. | ||||||||
Why do the Australians bother discussing drug policy when
they know full well that the DEA must approve any
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The Australian leaders should admit that they are a bunch of
spineless wimps who let United States dictate their drug
policy and quit wasting time with meaningless debates which
can never be implemented into real world policy without the
approval of Bob Gelbard or some other DEA "diplomatic
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As far as the United States is concerned Australia is just
another "narco republic" to be dealt with like an ugly
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Aussies better get used to the heel of the DEA boot on their
necks because their leaders haven't got the nerve to stick up
for Australia's best interests. Yellow coward dogs is what we
call 'em where I come from. Nay, I am too kind, traitor is the
right word. | ||||||||
Remember this as Australia sees its hopes and dreams
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R Givens
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The New Zealand Drug Foundation has come to the same
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Our recent battle against our tobacco industry demonstrates
the power of government to regulate a legal industry. The
governments of Burma, Colombia, and Mexico illustrate the
influence organized crime can have when they control the
drug trade. Since marijuana is relatively benign, why give
this business to them?
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Another approach is needed, and the NZDF has suggested a
number of possibilities. Will New Zealanders be able to
discuss them rationally, as we have been unable to do in
America?
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Paul Wolf
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DRUGSENSE TIP OF THE WEEK (Top) | ||||||||
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Articles cited in the DrugNews-Digest are available on
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for two weeks following publication. | ||||||||
Older articles are kept in the MAPNews-Digest archive,
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Both the "Drugnews Online" and MAPNEWS-Digest archives
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Each article summary in the DND includes an URL for
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This is just another of the many free services DrugSense
offers our members. Watch this feature weekly to learn more
about what DrugSense can do for you. | ||||||||
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The DrugSense Newsletter is compiled and edited by
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Mark Greer
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