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FEATURE ARTICLE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Lindesmith Center http// | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Critics Call Drug Czar's Report to Congress Clear Evidence of Drug
War's Failure Death, Disease, Incarceration, Drug Availability All Up
at Price Tag of $19.2 Billion | ||||||||||||||||||||||
March 22, 2000. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
On Thursday the Office of National Drug Control Policy will present
Congress with an annual report on the results of the Drug War. Drug
Czar General Barry McCaffrey claims "substantial progress" in the fight
against illegal drugs in the past year. Critics challenge his criteria
for success. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"It is senseless to claim success when the death, disease,
incarceration and suffering resulting from current drug policy continue
to rise," said Ethan Nadelmann, director of the Lindesmith Center, a
leading drug policy institute in New York. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Nadelmann points to the following indicators of the public health costs
of drug use and current prohibitionist policy | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Deaths associated with illicit drug use are at a record level. In
1997, the last year for which records are available, there were 15,973
deaths - up 1,130 from the previous year. Heroin overdose deaths have
jumped dramatically in many parts of the country. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
According to the White House report, only 40 percent of addicts who
needed treatment received it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Drug related transmission of diseases such as HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C
continue to climb. Nationwide, one in five new HIV infections in women
are attributable to injection drug use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The United States now incarcerates more than 400,000 people for drug
law violations. That represents an eight fold increase since 1980, and
is roughly equal to the number of people incarcerated in western Europe
for everything. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The federal government now spends close to $20 billion per year, and
state and local governments at least that much again, on combating
illegal drugs -- yet cocaine and heroin are more plentiful and cheaper
than anytime in the past two decades. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"The current approach, with its drug free rhetoric and over- reliance
on punitive, criminal justice policies costs billions more each year
yet delivers less and less. U.S. drug policy needs a new bottom line --
one that focuses not on reducing the total number of people who use
drugs but rather on reducing the death, disease, crime and suffering
associated with both drug use and drug prohibition." Nadelmann said.
"If the government were serious about the health and welfare of its
citizens, it would take the following steps tomorrow | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Make appropriate treatment available to every addict who seeks it,
including methadone maintenance - which has been proven to be the most
effective treatment for heroin dependence. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Make sterile syringes readily and legally available through pharmacies
and needle exchange programs in order to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS.
The United States is alone among advanced industrialized western
nations in refusing to provide a penny for such programs, which save
lives without increasing drug use. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Stop incarcerating citizens for drug possession, repeal federal
mandatory minimum sentences for drug offenses, and return sentencing
discretion to judges. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic News- Policy COMMENT: (1) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In a decision with important implications for drug policy reform, the
Supreme Court refused to allow the Clinton Administration to use the
FDA to solve its tobacco problem; stay tuned. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(1) REBUFFING CLINTON, JUSTICES LIMIT F.D.A. ON TOBACCO (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON, March 21 - The Supreme Court today dealt a sharp blow to
the Clinton administration's efforts to curb smoking, ruling 5 to 4
that the Food and Drug Administration had never received authority from
Congress to regulate tobacco products. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The ruling today was notable for the strong language that both the
majority and the dissenting opinions used in describing the dangers of
smoking, which causes some 400,000 deaths a year in the United States.
Although essentially a straightforward ruling on a question of
administrative law, the decision paid more than usual attention to the
underlying policy issues, as if in recognition that the debate will
continue elsewhere. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (2-3) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
McCzar's remarks to college students revealed the shocking incoherence
of ONDCP claims. Their latest report- due out the day before this
newsletter- will make interesting reading. Will the press ask the
right questions? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Such as: does increased use of teen mules suggest the "other side" in
the drug war is running out of soldiers? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(2) DRUG CZAR TARGETS ABUSE MYTHS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Using a blunt approach, Barry R. McCaffrey tells college and high
school students that the "drug war" metaphor is inaccurate, and
prevention is the solution. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
PROVIDENCE -- The question was just the sort of no-nonsense query you
would expect from a thoughtful college student: How can marijuana be
illegal when alcohol isn't? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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"If we are fighting a war, we're winning," said McCaffrey, a Taunton
native, who asserted that drug use and drug-related deaths have
declined by 50 percent since 1979. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) SMUGGLERS TURN TO TEENS TO HAUL DRUGS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
LAS CRUCES -- U.S. Customs Service inspectors have detained six
juveniles in the past week for suspicion of drug smuggling, with
officials saying the use of teen-agers to carry drugs is an
increasingly popular smuggler tactic to evade federal seizures at the
U.S. border. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The El Paso County Juvenile Probation Department in 1997 adjudicated 16
juveniles for smuggling more than 50 pounds of marijuana, 46 juveniles
in 1998 and 83 in 1999, according to Manny Torres, director of intake
and court investigations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"What's happening here is a trend mirrored nationwide for Customs,"
Maier said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (4-5) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The czar was probably grateful to receive no questions about ecstasy
or raves; but- given the increased frequency of articles like the
following- they'll be asked soon. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(4) POLICE SAY CLUBS AWASH IN DESIGNER DRUGS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Overdoses, Arrests Rise; Scrutiny Sought | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A young man is slumped on the floor in the stairwell as a woman is
being dragged outside by a friend. In a throne-like chair upstairs, a
21-year-old sinks lifeless as a ragdoll, her abbreviated miniskirt
riding up so high her white panties are showing. Her friends try to
stave off a Boston police officer, but by 1 a.m., she'll be hauled into
New England Medical Center, the latest to survive an apparent drug
overdose at a club. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Boston may be a city scorned for its puritanical tendencies and
famously early closing times, but it's a wild night in between for
those in the know. Stunned by the city's suddenly open market for
so-called designer drugs like Ecstasy and GHB, Boston police are
accusing clubs like The Roxy of condoning drug use .... | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(5) RAVES SPARK CULTURE SHOCK DOWN ON COLORADO'S FARMS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
March 19 - ARRIBA - Bill Hill's job at the D-J Petro Food Store usually doesn't begin too quickly. He opens the little store, the only one in this farming town of 250, at 6 a.m. on Sundays, starts the coffee brewing, unwraps the bundle of newspapers, turns on the gas pumps. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The store had its best day ever, and all before 8 a.m. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The swarm of customers had just left an all-night "rave" party held 5 miles north up a dirt road at Ron Brent's farm. An estimated 4,000 people showed up that Saturday night, and danced themselves weary until dawn Sunday. Now they were headed home, and some were clueless. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (6-7) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
On testing: continued expansion of targeted populations; continued
valiant opposition by the ACLU. The measure will eventually be
"settled" by a very political Supreme Court; not wisely, if recent
experience is a guide. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Amarillo editorial is a good example of how dependably the
"Camel's Nose" strategy has worked for the drug war. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(6) ACLU BATTLES DRUG RULE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
March 17 - A state policy requiring people in the greyhound-racing
industry to submit urine samples for drug tests was challenged Thursday
by the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(7) EDITORIAL: DRUG TESTING POLICIES SUPPORTED BY RULINGS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Even with the additional legal pull and support of the American Civil
Liberties Union, opponents of the mandatory drug testing policy for
students and teachers in the Lockney Independent School District face
an uphill battle. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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It seems legally plausible that a policy deemed constitutional for one segment of a student body - those participating in extracurricular activities - would also apply to the student body in general. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Law Enforcement & Prisons | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (8) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A CSM article underscored the net effect of the police scandals which
are rocking the nation. Although blowing Joe McNamara's first name,
the author got the rest of it right. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(8) TRUST IN POLICE HAS SLIPPED (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
After Recent Scandals In New York And LA, Minorities Say They Are Even
Warier Of Police. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Carlos Ortiz doesn't know what to think of the cops anymore. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"Do I trust them? No, I don't trust them," says the South Bronx
teenager as if the question itself was ridiculous. "I just try not to
run from them, 'cause they're shooting now." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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While the factors that led to the more aggressive policing tactics are
different in Los Angeles, James McNamara of the Hoover Institute says
the end result is the same: Some officers have lost the vision of what
a police officer's job should be. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
"The role of police in a free society is not that of a soldier," says
Mr. McNamara, whose coming book is titled "Gangsta Cops: The Hidden
Cost of America's War on Drugs." "The soldier's job is to kill the
enemy, a police officer's job is to protect and serve." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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On both coasts, long-smoldering scandals continued to worsen. New York ran (unbelievably) true to form when undercover cops on a "drug sweep" killed an unarmed and innocent black man; open squabbling at the top confirmed LA's incapacity to deal with its own police crisis. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(9) POLICE KILL UNARMED MAN IN AN UNDERCOVER OPERATION (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
An unarmed Brooklyn man was shot and killed outside a bar on Eighth
Avenue in Midtown Manhattan early yesterday in a scuffle with three
undercover narcotics detectives, the authorities said. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The details of the shooting were sketchy last night and there were
conflicting accounts of the episode, but a senior investigator and a
man who saw the scuffle said the dead man, Patrick M. Dorismond, 26,
who worked as a security guard for the 34th Street Partnership, was
angered when one of the undercover detectives approached him and asked
to buy drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(10) POLICE CHIEF, DA FEUD OVER RAMPART PROBE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Tension between Los Angeles Police Chief Bernard C. Parks and District Attorney Gil Garcetti over the Rampart Division scandal probe exploded into open warfare and personal attacks Wednesday, leaving critical questions about how -- and whether -- they will cooperate unanswered. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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After meeting with them separately, an angry Riordan publicly chided both men, telling them to grow up and act like responsible leaders. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (11-12) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
As if to show that its cops can be just as bad, Chicago contributed
two similar drug-related episodes of its own: one, an example of
overly aggressive policing, the other of corruption. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(11) IL: 3 COPS FIRED IN SHOOTING (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Chicago Police Board fired three officers and suspended a fourth
Friday for their roles in the fatal shooting of unarmed motorist
LaTanya Haggerty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In a case that sparked weeks of protests and forced a major training
overhaul at the Chicago Police Department, the board unanimously
decided to dismiss officer Serena Daniels, who fired the bullet that
killed Haggerty after a June 4 car chase. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Officers Michael Williams and Stafford Wilson, who also fired their
weapons, were dismissed by narrower margins. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 26-page opinion said Smith was "principally responsible" for
Haggerty's death because he fled, fearing an arrest for drugs in his
car. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(12) IL: MORE OFFICERS FACE INDICTMENT IN PROBE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Two Chicago police officers and a Cook County sheriff's correctional officer are expected to be indicted as early as next week in the widening federal probe of a drug ring allegedly run by a rogue cop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The correctional officer is a cousin of former Chicago police officer
Joseph Miedzianowski, who is accused of masterminding a | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (13) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Finally, a report from Louisiana is bound to cheer all those who think
more juveniles should be treated as adults: | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(13) PRISON FIRM FAULTED FOR MISTREATING TEENS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A state judge in New Orleans has removed six teenage boys from a
juvenile prison after finding they had been brutalized by guards, kept
in solitary confinement for months for no reason and deprived of shoes,
blankets, education and medical care. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The descriptions of conditions at the prison in Jena, in central
Louisiana, are stark. But the criticism is particularly troubling, say
federal officials and attorneys for the prisoners, because the prison
is run by Wackenhut Corrections Corp., the world's largest for-profit
prison operator. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cannabis & Hemp- | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (14) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This well-written Op-Ed from Hawaii shows that the same tired and
discredited arguments raised in California in '96 haven't gone away-
and still need to be patiently answered. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(14) PATIENTS NEED MEDICAL MARIJUANA (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WHILE the issue of medical marijuana is clearly subject to debate, your March 9 editorial opposing its approval began from an inaccurate premise. You quote Dr. John McDonnell of the Hawaii Medical Association explaining how doctors who "prescribe" marijuana would risk losing their licenses, and that the six states which have passed laws to permit medical use -- Alaska, Arizona, California, Maine, Oregon and Washington -- have found that doctors "will not prescribe marijuana." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
This is a half-truth. With the exception of Arizona (where the law is
indeed not working), those states' laws use the term "recommend" or
"written documentation" for the paperwork, which the physician would
supply to a qualifying patient. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE bottom line is that patients in Hawaii are now using medical
marijuana to obtain relief from the effects of cancer chemotherapy,
AIDS Wasting Syndrome, multiple sclerosis and other serious conditions.
Many others would like to try marijuana to relieve their symptoms but
fear arrest or job loss. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (15-16) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Two reports from Kentucky highlight the extremes of US cannabis economics: even as the legislature was approving a timid hemp bill- the sheriffs awaited their lavish annual budgets for (futile) harassment of the state's only successful hemp farmers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(15) EDITORIAL: HEMP, HEMP, HOORAY (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Well, it's better than nothing. The House voted 63-31 to make growing
hemp legal again - but only as a university experiment. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
House Bill 855 originally sought to let farmers grow hemp under strict
state regulations and law-enforcement scrutiny. But its sponsor, Rep.
Joe Barrows, D-Versailles, had to weaken it considerably to get
anything passed. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(16) KY: SEARCH FOR POT GROWERS INTENSIFIES (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
With another year on the books of destroying more than $1 billion worth
of marijuana, Kentucky State Police say they are making inroads into
controlling the state's largest illegal cash crop. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Governor's Marijuana Task Force will start gearing up in May for
its annual outdoor marijuana eradication effort. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
State police report seizing 516,890 outdoor plants in 1999, worth an estimated $1.3 billion, from Kentucky farms, hillsides, forests and yards. The new figures place the 1999 tally slightly ahead of the 1998 tally of 439,080 plants, worth an estimated $1.1 billion. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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International News | ||||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (17-18) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Two items from Australia reassure us that the US does not have a
monopoly on fatuous public officials. One wonders what it would take
to discourage Justice Minister Vanstone- or how many negative urines
to reassure Minister Watters? | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(17) AUSTRALIA: FIRST-TIME HEROIN USERS UP 50PC IN 3 YEARS: REPORT (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
First-time heroin use has jumped by 50 per cent over three years
despite record seizures of the drug, according the Australian Illicit
Drug Report issued yesterday. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The Chief Commissioner of the Victorian Police, Neil Comrie, said that heroin remained the biggest problem drug, with a 38 per cent increase in the number of arrests for dealing or possession in the 1998-99 financial year, taking the total from 10,000 to almost 14,500. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Federal Justice Minister Amanda Vanstone said the year had seen had been ''extraordinary successes'' in intercepting heroin and other drug supplies before they reached the streets. In NSW, 390kg of heroin had been seized in one hit and large quantities of cocaine, including 225kg in 1998 and 500kg last month had been taken out of the system. She said these results proved that the drug problem was ''not intractable''. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(18) AUSTRALIA: ZEALOUS DRUG CHIEF WANTS TO TEST PM (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The man heading the Prime Minister's drug offensive, Major Brian
Watters of the Salvation Army, wants all public servants involved with
illicit drug programs to have compulsory blood tests. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Pointing to a "significant lobby" of NSW public servants pushing for liberalisation of illicit drug laws, he said any who tested positive should be removed from their jobs and forced to undergo rehabilitation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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COMMENT: (19-21) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A long article from Montreal discloses that there's a steady crack
market of considerable dimensions- mostly related to a steep fall in
the price of cocaine. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Also from Canada, a fawning and clueless article about a Canadian drug
war hawk serving as a volunteer in Colombia; neither author nor
subject hold out much reason to believe the war might succeed- but
seem convinced it's in a good cause, nevertheless. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Arianna Huffington, who is emerging as a well informed critic of the
drug war. disagrees in no uncertain terms. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
(19) CRACK IS BACK - WITH A VENGEANCE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
In the mornings, Mona used to rise at 5 o'clock while her two toddlers
slept, sneak to the laundry room and prepare a crack pipe for the first
of 40 hits she would smoke that day. That was her routine for the last
three years. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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A decade ago, the Montreal Urban Community police claimed a victory in
the war against crack. But anecdotal information from the city's drug
squad, addicts, sociologists and counselors has shown that the drug is
making a steady comeback. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(20) COLOMBIA: MOUNTIE PRESSURE: DRUG WAR EXACTS HEAVY HUMAN TOLL (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
More than 2,000 Canadians, including many from Calgary, have
voluntarily chosen to live in one of the world's most hostile
environments. Colombia is one of the most beautiful countries on Earth,
its people are vibrant and it has huge untapped resources. But it also
is home to drug lords and guerrilla fighters. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Herald columnist John Gradon spent 10 days there exploring the
Canadians' lifestyles and how they cope with the everyday threat of
violence and kidnapping. His series ends today. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coca production in Locombia, the Mad Country, is soaring. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
``Five years ago,'' says Bogota metropolitan police chief Gen. Argemiro
Serna, ``there were 30,000 hectares of land used for the cultivation of
coca, now there are an estimated 100,000.'' | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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(21) MISGUIDED? $1.7 BILLION FOR COLOMBIA IS NUTS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
We're about to spend $1.7 billion to escalate the drug war in Colombia,
while here at home we have 3.6 million addicts not receiving the
treatment they need. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
On Thursday, the House of Representatives will vote on an emergency aid
package initiated by the White House and enthusiastically backed by the
House Republican leadership. It's a product of the drug war's perverse
priorities and another example of the disturbing link between campaign
cash and public policy. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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HOT OFF THE 'NET (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
JOURNEY FOR JUSTICE III | ||||||||||||||||||||||
http://www.fairlaw.org/j4j3/j4j_3_florida.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Starke prison complex to the capitol in Tallahassee March 24 - 30, 2000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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POT-TV.net, "where marijuana meets machine," launched on the Internet
early this week. The initial broadcasts are audio only, with streaming
video and Web cams expected to begin April 20. The site is anchored by
an interactive, daily marijuana news show called THCNN, and is billed
in a press release as "the ultimate counterspin machine and a viable
solution to the anti-pot spin in today's media." | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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MAP Ranked Among Top Web Sites on The Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||
According to http://www.websmostlinked.com/ | ||||||||||||||||||||||
The domain: www.mapinc.org, is ranked #791 out of 238099 domains in the
WebsMostLinked.com database. This correlates with another recent
analysis utilizing www.Webtrends.net site popularity service that
indicates the DrugSense/MAP web sites are more popular than ONDCP,
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