Pubdate: Fri, 21 Nov 2003 Source: DrugSense Weekly Section: Hot Off the 'Net Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------------------- ABANDONING THE 'DRUG-FREE AMERICA' MYTH By Glenn Backes of Drug Policy Alliance URL: http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1801/a04.html - ------------------------------- HARSH DRUG BILL TO BE INTRODUCED Drug Policy Alliance, Wed, Nov 19, 2003 Now, just before Congress goes out of session, one of the country's harshest drug war extremists, Rep. Mark Souder (R-IN), is about to introduce some of the scariest legislation we've seen this year. Rep. Souder's bill increases penalties for many drug offenses and takes away the right of judges to show mercy when it's appropriate. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/11_20_03souder.cfm - ------------------------------- LORETTA NALL IN GOOSE CREEK Pot TV News anchor Loretta Nall travels to Goose Creek, South Carolina to investigate the armed police raid on Stratford High School. This is the first encounter with the students. She met up with them after school. Watch as they express their opinions on the raid, marijuana and the drug war in general. http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2313.html - ------------------------------- POT COMPOUND INHIBITS TUMOR CELL GROWTH, STUDY SAYS NORML's Weekly Bulletin http://www.norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=5836 - ------------------------------- CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW LAST: 11/18/03 Guest: Ret. Judge Eleanor Schockett She became interested in Drug Policy when she wrote her senior paper on the administration of US drug laws and knew something was terribly wrong. She is a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, http://leap.cc/ MP3: http://cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_111803.mp3 RealAudio: http://cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to111803.ram Next: 11/25/03 Ret. Police Officer Jack Cole Jack spent many years as an undercover cop, busting nice folks like you and me. He now sees the utter futility of drug prohibition and tours the USA as director of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. This is one show you don't want to miss. http://www.cultural-baggage.com/kpft.htm - ------------------------------- HEMPFEST 2003: FROM THE SOAPBOX Activist Mikki Norris and Ken Slusher put together this collection of video testimonials that were collected at the 2003 Seattle Hempfest. http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2304.html - ------------------------------- THIS IS YOUR BRAIN ON... Wed, Nov 19, 2003 Mitch Earleywine, USC Professor and author of "Understanding Marijuana," calls into question the efficacy of government-sponsored anti-drug ads. http://www.drugpolicy.org/library/mitch111903.cfm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake