Pubdate: Fri, 16 April 2004 Source: DrugSense Weekly Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm Note: Below is the Table of Contents for today's issue of the DrugSense Weekly which may be read on-line at the URLs shown, followed by the Hot Off The 'Net section. DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, APRIL 16, 2004 #346 Read This Publication On-line at: http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2004/ds04.n346.html NOTE TO READERS: Some DrugSense Weekly staff will be attending the NORML conference in Washington, D.C. next week, so the DrugSense Weekly will not be distributed on April 23. We will resume our regular publication schedule April 30. - ------------------ TABLE OF CONTENTS: * This Just In (1) State Would Keep List Of Controlled Substance Users Under Bill (2) Insomnia In Kids Linked To Later Drug Use (3) 11 Kalispell Teens Charged In Marijuana Sting (4) Group Fights To Eliminate Drug Provision * Weekly News in Review Drug Policy (5) U.S. Considers Drug Screenings That Test Sweat, Saliva And Hair (6) Drug-Testing Firm Puts Connick on Payroll (7) Proposed Law Targets Pregnant Drug Users (8) Curry Still Hopes For D-I Career Law Enforcement & Prisons (9) Editorial: Testing The Test (10) Bond Reduced on Justice Court Judge (11) Former DA Charged With Bribery, Tax Evasion (12) Tulia Trials Prosecutor Could Be Disbarred Cannabis & Hemp (13) More Delay For Medical Pot ID Cards (14) Medical Marijuana: Working To Smoke Out Abusers (15) Hash Bash '04 Turnout Not As High As Expected (16) Use Of Rare Rule In Pot Case Helps County Pair (17) End Pot Persecution, Activist Says International News (18) Mexican Governor Fires All State's Police Officers (19) Saudi Arabia Makes Largest Ever Drug Bust Of Five Tons Of Hashish (20) Peruvian Beverages Get A Kick Out Of Coca Leaf (21) Netherlands Moves To Outlaw Superstrong 'Skunk' Cannabis * Hot Off The 'Net [see below] * Letter Of The Week The Best Damn Letter We Received All Week! / By Jim Miller * Feature Article You Can't Trust the Drug 'Experts' / By Dan Gardner * Quote of the Week Gary Dongilli - ------------------ HOT OFF THE 'NET PRINCE OF POT 10 YEAR RETROSPECTIVE Marc Emery is joined by companions from BC's Cannabis Culture David Malmo-levine, Dana Larsen, Chris Bennett, Reverend Damuzzi, and Marijuana Man to recount and reflect on the past 10 years in his struggle for marijuana tolerance and legalization. http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2616.html - ------------------ CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW Last: 04/13/04, Chris Conrad Internationally respected authority on cannabis, industrial hemp, medical marijuana, cultivation, yields and cannabis culture. MPEG: http://cultural-baggage.com/Audio/FDBCB_041304.MP3 REAL: http://cultural-baggage.com/ramtorm/to041304.ram - ------------------ SIX QUESTIONS - RICK DOBLIN, PH.D. TALKS TO THE ALLIANCE Drug Policy Alliance, "Six Questions: Rick Doblin, Ph.D. Talks to the Alliance." Drug Policy Alliance. April 14, 2004. Rick Doblin is the founder (in 1986) and president of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). http://drugpolicy.org/news/rick_doblin.cfm - ------------------ COAST TO COAST INTERVIEW WITH MICHAEL RUPPERT Publisher and editor of the From the Wilderness newsletter, Michael Ruppert, talks about peak oil, alternate energy, the war on drugs, insider trading, and 911. http://www.salvagingelectrons.com/drugradio/mojo-c2c-20040415-ruppert.ram - ------------------ MPP'S ROB KAMPIA TESTIFIES BEFORE HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE On April 2, 2004, MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia testified before the the U.S. House Government Reform Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy, and Human Resources. http://www.mpp.org/hearing/ - ------------------ BATTLE FOR CANADA, PART 23 With Richard Cowan BC Chamber of Commerce Calls for Tougher Sentences for Growers. Fails Economics 101. But They Like Slot Machines! http://www.pot-tv.net/archive/shows/pottvshowse-2624.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake