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DrugSense Email Fundraiser (index)
Date: January 18, 2007
Subject: DrugSense's Top Ten Stories of 2006
With the optimism of a new year now upon us, DrugSense would like to begin 2007 with a quick look back at the most popular stories of 2006. Last year, DrugSense's Media Awareness Project (www.mapinc.org) logged another 17,299 drug-related news stories into its DrugNews Archive, bringing the total for this incredible resource to 175,760.
The following list of top 10 articles is not a judgment on the most important stories of 2006, but rather a more democratic examination of what mattered to mapinc.org users based on simple popularity.
As could be expected from the most used illicit substance in the world, cannabis-related stories dominated drug news in 2006, taking 7 of the 10 spots on the list. Few would argue that Dr. Donald Tashkin's study, which found that cannabis use did not lead to lung, head or neck cancer (which came in a at #5), was not groundbreaking. It was also good to see Loretta Nall's bid for Governor of Alabama get some attention in the #4 spot.
Taking the number #1 spot this year with just over 10,000 hits was a story about a pretty undercover officer's high school drug sting in Falmouth, MA. The sting and resulting busts caused quite a stir with both parents and students, who questioned the need for such extreme and ethically questionable police tactics.
Did you know that the DrugNews archive has been lovingly assembled by volunteers over the last ten years? If you value it and want to see this resource continue to be available this year and in coming years, please give generously so that we can end this ongoing war on our personal rights and freedoms. To donate quickly and easily online, please click here: drugsense.org/donate/.
And now without any further ado, the DrugSense/MAP "Most Popular Stories of 2006" top-10 list:
1. US MA: Officer Posing As High Schooler Leads Drug Sting
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n435/a09
2. US: U.S. Plans to Screen All Who Enter, Leave Country
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1481/a03
3. US CA: Hemp To Turn King Cotton?
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n139/a09
4. US MS: Nall Looks to Ride Colorful Campaign
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n966/a03
5. US: Pot's Low Cancer Risk a Surprise Finding
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n666/a02
6. US FL: Hemp: A Growing Need?
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n244/a08
7. Netherlands: Dutch Take Sober Look at Pot Laws
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n001/a02
8. US: Marijuana Aids Therapy
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1217/a02
9. US: Edu: Study Finds Another Use For Marijuana
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n1371/a01
10. US: Studies Link Psychosis, Teenage Marijuana Use
www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v06/n108/a08
DrugSense would like to wish everyone a safe and happy 2007, but please remember we can not continue to provide this archive and other great services without your help. Please make a generous contribution at drugsense.org/donate/. Please note that DrugSense is a 501(c)(3) educational non-profit organization. Your donation is tax deductible to the extent provided by law.
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Mark Greer,
Executive Director
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