| October 1, 1999 #117 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Table of Contents
| ||||||||||||||||||||
FEATURE ARTICLE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Congressional legislation is introduced to overturn the D.C. medical
marijuana initiative -- please help us kill it. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Robert D. Kampia | ||||||||||||||||||||
The battle is on. On September 28, Congressman Bob Barr (R - Georgia)
introduced legislation to overturn Initiative 59, the medical marijuana
initiative in the District of Columbia that was shown to have passed
with 69% of the vote. | ||||||||||||||||||||
If Congress allows Initiative 59 to take effect, then seriously ill
people in the nation's capital will be allowed to use and grow medical
marijuana legally if they have the approval of their doctors.
Currently, patients who use medical marijuana in the District of
Columbia face six months in jail. | ||||||||||||||||||||
If you have time to do only one thing to assist our campaign to stop Rep. Barr in his tracks, please visit http://www.mpp.org/i59 which makes it easy for you to tell your U.S. representative and two U.S. senators that they should vote "no" on this terrible legislation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
But please do not delay. Because Congress has "30 working days" to vote
on Rep. Barr's legislation, the time to act is now. | ||||||||||||||||||||
My friends who work for members of Congress tell me that they receive "very few if any" letters on drug-related legislation. If you and every subscriber of DrugSense Weekly visits http://www.mpp.org/i59 just once, then each congressional office will hear from more constituents on this legislation than on almost any other bill currently pending in Congress. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Believe me -- your members of Congress will take notice if that happens. | ||||||||||||||||||||
I realize that drug policy reformers have lost almost every drug-related
vote ever held in Congress. In the case of Rep. Barr's legislation,
however, there is a very real chance that supporters of Democracy and
medical marijuana law reform could prevail. Please consider these
indicators: | ||||||||||||||||||||
1. Almost every newspaper editorial on this matter has opined that | ||||||||||||||||||||
2. On September 9, the U.S. House of Representatives was barely able to | ||||||||||||||||||||
3. It would be unprecedented for Congress to overturn Initiative 59: | ||||||||||||||||||||
But can Congress really overturn Initiative 59? Unfortunately, the
answer is "yes." | ||||||||||||||||||||
Recently, a federal judge ruled that Congress could not prevent the
local government of the District of Columbia from counting or releasing
the results of Initiative 59. Now that the votes have been counted and
released, however, Congress still has the ability to nullify the results
of the election. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The United States Constitution authorizes Congress to oversee the
affairs (and laws) of the District of Columbia, and federal law gives
Congress "30 working days" to reject or to let stand a new D.C. law. So
there is little question that Congress has the power and constitutional
authority to overturn Initiative 59. But this doesn't mean that
Congress should -- or will. | ||||||||||||||||||||
It is our job to make sure that Congress does not. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Would you please visit http://www.mpp.org/i59 just once? | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Domestic News- Policy COMMENT: (1) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The new prohibitionist mantra is that 'demand reduction' is the
'answer' to the drug problem; this WSJ editorial carried that idea to
such absurd lengths that it parodies US policy errors. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sadly, it wasn't intended for Saturday Night Live, but for real life. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1) THE COKEHEADS' COUNTRY (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
If it weren't for the fact that so many Americans working for Fortune
1000 companies think the most important thing in life is sucking
cocaine up their noses, nobody in the U.S. would much care about
Colombia. But the reality is that tens of thousands of Colombians --
peasants, judges, mayors, journalists -- have died with bullets in
their heads so that American office workers could feel unusually good
about themselves for a few hours. Until George Soros spends enough
money to make recreational drugs legal at corporate lunches, it will be
America's problem that the sovereign nation of Colombia is on its way
to becoming the world's first drug republic. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (2-3) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Presidential hopeful Libby Dole tried to blend concerns for
'education' and 'the kids' by suggesting that we need to invite Big
Brother into our schools. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Meanwhile the California survey results shouldn't be a surprise: a
majority of high school students have sampled alcohol, tobacco, and
sex (in that order of popularity) by twelfth grade; their kid brothers
and sisters start even earlier. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The prevention message seems as flat as a paid ONDCP advertisement or
a WSJ editorial. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(2) DOLE SAYS DRUG-TEST STUDENTS, SEARCH BACKPACKS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
MELROSE, Mass. - Republican presidential candidate Elizabeth Dole Wednesday called for searches of students' lockers and backpacks with parental approval as part of her education proposals. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"To keep our kids safe and make our schools drug-free, I support
parent-approved locker and backpack searches and drug testing. For
drugs and weapons, I say there will be no place to hide," Dole told a
group of selected honor students at Melrose High School where she once
was a student teacher. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
(3) SURVEY OF TEENS `ALARMING' (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Health chief: Parents should talk to kids about drugs, drinking and
sex. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Even in affluent and educated Santa Clara County, a worrisome number of youngsters are experimenting with smoking, drinking and sex -- and have contemplated suicide -- according to the first comprehensive survey of teens by the Santa Clara County Department of Public Health. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
The findings also suggest that more students are engaging in sex,
smoking, drinking and cocaine use at a younger age. A higher
proportion of middle school students than high school students
reported engaging in sexual intercourse and the use of tobacco,
alcohol and cocaine before the age of 13. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (4-5) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The problems of drug testing professional and world-class athletes were examined detail in a two-part Washington Post series. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Unsatisfactory results after decades of testing athletes suggest that
workplace and school testing won't be the panaceas their advocates
claim. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Although it has failed to detect the majority of cheaters, testing is
still defended for its claimed deterrent value and will undoubtedly be
continued for the foreseeable future. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(4) WITH DRUG TESTS, ANSWERS ARE FEW (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The IOC Says It Is Cracking Down On Doping, But To Critics, The Problem
Is Only Getting Worse | ||||||||||||||||||||
With their credibility under attack during the Olympic bribery scandal
last winter, International Olympic Committee officials said they were
eager for the world's attention to return to the athletes. A year from
the start of the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, that has happened. But the
new focus is merely another cloud of innuendo: questions about
pervasive use of performance-enhancing drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Testing itself has uncovered relatively little wrongdoing. In the 30
years since the IOC began testing for drugs at the Olympics, 52
athletes have been caught using banned substances--an average of just
over three per Games... | ||||||||||||||||||||
"I would argue that a huge percentage of world records broken in the last 30
years were drug-assisted," Yesalis said. "There are more loopholes than
walls" in drug testing. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(5) DRUG TESTS, TROUBLING RESULTS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
IOC's System Is Plagued By False Positives In Addition To Cheating | ||||||||||||||||||||
About five years ago, triathlete Karen Smyers learned she flunked a drug
test. A top official of triathlon's national governing body telephoned to
inform her she had tested positive for a banned substance-the painkiller
morphine - and faced a two-year competition ban. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Several athletes have suggested that drug testing should simply be abolished, thereby erasing what they say is a facade that cheaters are being filtered out of competitions and innocent athletes are being protected from false positive results. Most drug experts and doctors, however, argue that even faulty testing is better than no testing. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"If you don't test, then these people will emulate body builders at
these hometown gyms," said Robert Kerr, a California sports medicine
physician who admitted giving steroids to world-class athletes in the
1980s. "At least the testing makes athletes behave themselves to a
certain extent." | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (6-7) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The other big policy news last week was that Clinton made good on an
election promise when the Department of "Justice" filed a civil suit
against the tobacco industry, despite other branches of the federal
government having taxed it for years and still subsidizing tobacco
farmers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Not everyone was pleased. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(6) GOVERNMENT, TOBACCO GEAR UP FOR EPIC CLASH (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON - On Dec. 15, 1953, top executives of the nation's tobacco
companies met at the Plaza Hotel on a cloudy, windy day in New York
City to confront what they considered a crisis: studies showing a link
between cigarettes and cancer. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
That meeting, according to a ground breaking Clinton administration
lawsuit filed Wednesday against tobacco companies, began a decades-long
campaign to deceive the public about the health risks of smoking. The
lawsuit, citing newly disclosed industry documents, says the industry
knew even 45 years ago that smoking was deadly. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The industry argues that the government has a laughable, politically motivated case and says it will try immediately to have it dismissed. But if that doesn't happen, what could emerge is a years-long epic battle between Big Government and Big Tobacco that is unprecedented in several ways and that could trigger much higher cigarette prices. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
(7) PARTNERS IN CRIME (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Big Tobacco Had Plenty Of Help From Washington | ||||||||||||||||||||
IF you click your way through cable TV land, you're bound to run
across a World War II movie in which a soldier, dying for a smoke,
smokes while he's dying. | ||||||||||||||||||||
In such scenes, somebody nice, like William Bendix in ``Wake Island,''
has been mauled by enemy fire and isn't going to make it. His last
words to his squad are punctuated by puffs on a cigarette being held
for him by a buddy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
You have to wonder what Bill Clinton might be thinking when he watches
such episodes, perhaps late some night at Camp David. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Law Enforcement & Prisons | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (8-9) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hypocrisy provides a good segue from policy to prison issues; the Boston Globe reported on a case which should reopen the debate on sentencing discrepancies between powder and crack cocaine. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Two years ago a similar case in Los Angeles coupled with a
recommendation by the Sentencing Commission provoked much sympathetic
editorial comment, but no legislative action. | ||||||||||||||||||||
On a more personal level, DPFT scored a major coup when their protest
of Candidate Bush's hypocrisy made the front page of the Houston
Chronicle (among other Texas papers). | ||||||||||||||||||||
(8) CRACK SENTENCE DEBATE REOPENED (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Proof Whites, Blacks Treated Equally Asked | ||||||||||||||||||||
The highly charged debate over stiff federal sentences for selling crack cocaine - which are overwhelmingly imposed on blacks - has been reignited by a federal judge in Springfield, who has ordered federal prosecutors to prove they are not letting white drug dealers off the hook. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The ruling, by US Magistrate Judge Kenneth Neiman, came in the case of a
black defendant whose attorney compiled data showing that no white person
was charged in federal court with selling crack cocaine in the four
westernmost counties of Massachusetts in all of 1998. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
(9) BUSH ASKED TO EXAMINE DRUG CASES (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Groups Seek Pardons For Nonviolent Crimes | ||||||||||||||||||||
AUSTIN -- A handful of groups hoping to decriminalize some drug
offenses asked Gov. George W. Bush on Monday to examine the cases of an
estimated 28,000 people imprisoned in Texas for nonviolent drug
offenses with an eye toward commuting some sentences or granting
pardons. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Warehousing the nonviolent (inmates) in Texas prisons does not
increase the safety or security of Texans, nor does it do anything to
help the inmate," said Alan Robison, executive director of the Drug
Policy Forum of Texas. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (10) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
In a textbook illustration of how the 'tough on drugs' card is played for political gain, the governor of VA announced a down sizing of drug 'Kingpins.' Happily, the article also mentioned legislative opposition. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(10) GILMORE SEEKS CRACKDOWN ON DRUG KINGPINS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
RICHMOND, Sept. 20--Gov. James S. Gilmore III (R) called today for an
overhaul of Virginia's drug laws, targeting "kingpins" with $10,000
bounties, mandatory prison sentences and a new state police division to
eradicate illegal narcotics. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"I say this to the kingpins out there: If you make money off of crack, cocaine [or] heroin, we're going to put a price on your head," Gilmore said at a Capitol news conference. "We're going to find you, arrest you, prosecute you and put you in prison for the rest of your life." | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gilmore announced the Substance Abuse Reduction Effort, or Sabre, six
weeks before voters decide the balance of power in an evenly divided
General Assembly, and some legislative and local candidates said his
comprehensive program would help their campaigns on a range of
anti-crime issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gilmore noted that drug use in Virginia has climbed while violent crime
has declined, and he proposed lowering the threshold definition of a
"kingpin" to make it possible to obtain mandatory life sentences in
cases involving 2.2 pounds of heroin, instead of 100 pounds, and 22
pounds of cocaine, instead of 500. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (11) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
For sheer effrontery, it's hard to top the El Monte Police Department;
after shooting an innocent man in his bed for no reason, they
handcuffed his widow and interrogated her for hours. Now they are
demanding that she consent to an "interview" before returning the
family savings they had no right to take. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(11) FAMILY OF POLICE SHOOTING VICTIM STILL OUT $11,000 (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
El Monte Police Department officials are reportedly demanding an
interview with the widow of Mario Paz--a grandfather of 14 who was shot
to death in his Compton bedroom by an El Monte officer during a SWAT
team raid--before police will return up to $11,000 seized as suspected
drug proceeds, lawyers for the family said Wednesday. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Attorneys for the survivors of Mario Paz said El Monte police want Maria Luisa Paz, 51, to recount her version of the night in August that an El Monte SWAT team shot the locks off the doors of her home, burst into the bedroom and shot her husband to death in front of her. Police said the officer, who shot Paz twice in the back, feared for his life. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (12) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
All of the above was consonant with an Amnesty International supplementary report released last week. Significantly, it was published by the Toronto Globe and Mail and ignored by US newspapers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(12) HUMAN-RIGHTS GROUP LASHES OUT AT 'WIDESPREAD' POLICE BRUTALITY (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Most U.S. Officers Accused Of Abuses Go Unpunished, Amnesty
Says | ||||||||||||||||||||
Washington -- Police brutality, especially against members of racial
and ethnic minorities, remains "persistent and widespread" across the
United States, Amnesty International said yesterday. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Some cases -- like that of Amadou Diallo, the unarmed and homeless West African immigrant who died in a fusillade of 41 shots fired by New York police officers -- garner the media spotlight and have prompted President Bill Clinton and others to promise a crackdown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
But Amnesty said most police officers accused of abuses go unpunished
and many instances of brutality go unreported. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Cannabis | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (13-14) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
In Colorado, the dead hand of the Secretary of State who had blocked
a 1998 cannabis initiative was insufficient to keep it off the 2000
ballot. | ||||||||||||||||||||
But in DC, a healthy Bob Barr vowed to deny DC residents the bill
they'd voted for by more than 2-to-1; a fact that was duly noted in
far off Madison WI. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(13) MEDICAL-POT BILL BACK ON BALLOT (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sept. 22 - Voters in 2000 will be asked again whether they think the
medicinal use of marijuana should be legalized. Only this time, their
votes will count. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Secretary of State Donetta Davidson has found that organizers of a
petition drive did obtain enough signatures last year for the measure
to be put on the ballot. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Former Secretary of State Vikki Buckley, who died in July, had blocked the measure in 1998. She said the proponents, Coloradans for Medical Rights, had not gathered the required 54,242 signatures. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
(14) BARR CONTINUES HIS ASSAULT ON DEMOCRACY (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
American Democracy, Thomas Jefferson allowed, will always be threatened by tyrants. And nowhere is the threat more evident today than in the city where Jefferson served two terms as president of the United States. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
So, on the argument that a failed and costly drug war is more important than democracy, Barr and his colleagues prevented the votes from last November's election from being counted -- until last week. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
At which point Barr announced: "The results of the referendum do not change my determination to ensure our nation's capital does not legalize any mind-altering drugs, including marijuana.'' | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
International News | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (15-16) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The big Colombian story last week was the visit of President Pastrana,
asking for money for the civil war. Reactions in the hinterlands were
mixed, but Congress seemed hawkish enough. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(15) CAPITOL HILL DIVIDED OVER COLOMBIAN AID APPEAL (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nation's President Wants $3.5 Billion For Wars On Drugs, Rebels | ||||||||||||||||||||
(Washington) -- Beset by one of the world's longest civil wars and by
his nation's reputation as the world's biggest cocaine exporter,
Colombian President Andres Pastrana came to town Wednesday seeking
billions in economic and military assistance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Clinton administration and lawmakers seem willing to give it to
him, and World Bank President James Wolfensohn added his support. But
there is disagreement over what the money should buy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
(16) COLOMBIA QUAGMIRE IS JUST WAITING FOR US (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
LOOKING for trouble? Keep your eye on Colombian President Andres
Pastrana's hand in Washington's pocket. | ||||||||||||||||||||
His government is in its worst economic crisis since the Depression and mired in a civil war with drug-growing guerrillas. The currency is falling and unemployment has risen to almost 20 percent. Pastrana's desperately seeking $3.5 billion in international assistance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Colombia has plenty of bad guys, but it's not clear that Pastrana's
government or anyone else is in control. Leftist guerrillas are fighting the
government, right-wing paramilitary forces are chasing the guerrillas, and
civilians are caught in the crossfire. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (17) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
A disturbing report from Mexico signalled a breakdown in law and order
which should not be a surprise, given the widespread corruption of
police; it's impossible to quarantine to noxious effects of the drug
war. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(17) SURGE IN HIGHWAY ROBBERIES SOWS FEAR AMONG MEXICAN TRUCKERS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
But Many Thefts Turn Out To Be Inside Jobs, Cops Say | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
In another sign of the collapse of order in Mexico, brigands are terrorizing the highways in a way not seen since the 1910-17 revolution. | ||||||||||||||||||||
``There are no authorities. There's a void. (The highways) have become
no man's land,'' said Luis Angel Carvallo, head of the truckers
association in Veracruz. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The highway banditry problem emerged seemingly out of nowhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (18) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Also a disturbing note from Great Britain, where the Labour Government
is continuing its slavish imitation of a loser American policy. The
rhetoric is right out of the DEA handbook. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(18) UK: ALL CRIMINAL SUSPECTS TO FACE DRUG TEST (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mandatory drug tests for all those arrested for criminal offences were
foreshadowed by Tony Blair yesterday as part of a Government initiative
to reduce levels of drug-related crime. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Admitting he was "petrified about drugs", he said ministers were
considering the refusal of bail to those on hard drugs such as cocaine
or heroin who were likely to go "straight back out on the streets and
commit criminal offences". | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
HOT OFF THE 'NET (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Provocative Marijuana Ads - Now on Busses and the Web | ||||||||||||||||||||
Change the Climate, an organization founded by parents and business
professionals, has launched a unique website of provocative marijuana
reform ads, facts and myths about marijuana, and a page devoted to
helping parents talk to their kids about marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||
[snip] | ||||||||||||||||||||
The website allows visitors to take banner ads for posting on other sites, make contributions to buy mass transit and billboard ads, and post comments and questions on talking to kids about marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||
For more information, visit the site at http://www.changetheclimate.org/
or call 413.774.4080. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Polls Often Slanted or Distorted | ||||||||||||||||||||
Article by Jacob Sullum | ||||||||||||||||||||
Slanted polls! Drug policy examples near the bottom of this article,
but the firearm ones illustrate how polls can easily be slanted or
distorted. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
QUOTE OF THE WEEK (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Police are too important, too valuable, and too good to waste on
marijuana arrests when REAL criminals are on the loose."
-- http://www.changetheclimate.org | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
DS Weekly is one of the many free educational services DrugSense offers
our members. Watch this feature to learn more about what DrugSense can
do for you. | ||||||||||||||||||||
TO SUBSCRIBE, UNSUBSCRIBE, OR UPDATE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Please utilize the following URLs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
We wish to thank all our contributors, editors, Newshawks and letter
writing activists. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is
distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior
interest in receiving the included information for research and
educational purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
Please help us help reform. Send any news articles you find on any drug
related issue to | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ||||||||||||||||||||
NOW YOU CAN DONATE TO DRUGSENSE ONLINE AND IT'S TAX DEDUCTIBLE | ||||||||||||||||||||
DrugSense provides many services to at no charge BUT THEY ARE NOT FREE
TO PRODUCE. | ||||||||||||||||||||
We incur many costs in creating our many and varied services. If you
are able to help by contributing to the DrugSense effort visit our
convenient donation web site at | ||||||||||||||||||||
-OR- | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mail in your contribution. Make checks payable to MAP Inc. send your
contribution to: | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Media Awareness Project (MAP) Inc. |