Pubdate: Fri, 19 Dec 2003 Source: DrugSense Weekly Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------------------- MAMA COCA On-line academic journal on complexity, conflict and drugs in the American Region. http://www.mamacoca.org/index_en.htm - ------------------------------- WHERE'S THE COMPASSION? Forget the war on drugs already / Doug Bandow On Tuesday the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals barred federal prosecution of those using marijuana under a doctor's care. Smoking pot under such circumstances is "different in kind from drug trafficking," stated the court: "this limited use is clearly distinct from the broader illicit drug market." Continues: http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/bandow200312190920.asp - ------------------------------- POT LUCK A Victory For Federalism / Jacob Sullum Roscoe Filburn and Diane Monson both got into trouble with the federal government because of plants they grew. The future size and shape of that government hinges on whether those plants were any of its business - and, if so, why. Continues: http://www.reason.com/sullum/121903.shtml - ------------------------------- TEEN DRUG ABUSE DECLINES ACROSS WIDE FRONT Eleven Percent Reduction Exceeds President's Two-Year Goal HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and John P. Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy, today released results of the 2003 Monitoring the Future survey, showing an 11 percent decline in drug use by 8th, 10th, and 12th grade students over the past two years. http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press03/121903.html - ------------------------------- JESSE VENTURA'S AMERICA Governor Jesse "The Body" Ventura tackles the war on weed, with special guest Rob Kampia of the Marijuana Policy Project. http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2365.html - ------------------------------- CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW Tuesday Evening 6:30 PM CDT Guest: 12/16/03, Larry W. Campbell, Mayor of Vancouver Mayor Campbell has implemented "The Four Pillars Drug Strategy" as the City of Vancouver's policy and plan for reducing drug-related harms. MP3: http://cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_121603.mp3 RealAudio: http://cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to121603.ram Next: 12/23/03, Commander Brian Paddick UK Police Officer Who Introduced 'Softly Softly' Policy on Cannabis http://cultural-baggage.com/kpft.htm - ------------------------------- CORRECTION FOR DSW FEATURE ARTICLE After distributing the feature article "Prohibition's Not-So-Great Moments in Prohibition" ( http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v03/n1873/a07.html ), DrugSense Weekly received the following note from Max Hopwood, Senior Research Officer National Centre in HIV Social Research at The University of New South Wales: In relation to the above article, I was curious to read your statement that 'no humans inject ecstasy'. I feel it my duty to inform you that many people have injected and continue to inject ecstasy. In either capsule, pill of liquid form, it is easy to prepare for intravenous use, and while the effect is often described as 'overwhelming', people certainly DO inject ecstasy. In 1999, a colleague and I looked at gay men's drug use in Sydney, Australia - the report of this study is available at: http://nchsr.arts.unsw.edu.au/index2.htm - follow the prompts and go to Drug Use and Gay Men (DUGM). There are better references than ours for mention of the injection of ecstasy, however, at least some of our interviewees had been injecting the drug and some discuss the effect. In my experience, there is no such thing as a non-injectable drug. Some people are dedicated injectors and will (try to) inject anything. - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake