Pubdate: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm Note: Below is the Table of Contents for today's issue of the DrugSense Weekly. Please use the links below to access the DSW sections. This issue of the DSW was delayed due to a wind storm knocking out power in the Pacific Northwest. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/12/16/wind-storm.html The DSW will not be published on December 22nd. Be watching for our special year end issue to be published December 29th. DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, DEC. 15, 2006 #479 TABLE OF CONTENTS: * This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec1 (1) Pot Is Called Biggest Cash Crop (2) Drug-Driving Test Fails Public Exam (3) Sobering Vacation (4) Bongs Set For National Ban * Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec2 Drug Policy (5) Column: Drugs: Why We Should Medicalise, Not Criminalise (6) Column: The Other War We Can't Win (7) N.J. Legislature Approves Pilot Needle-Exchange Plan (8) OPED: Who Got Trans Fat In My Water Bong? Law Enforcement & Prisons (9) OPED: The Feminization Of Prison (10) Editorial: Incarceration Nation (11) Column: Time Is Ripe To Overhaul City's Drug War (12) Column: If We Want To Reduce Jail Populations, We Must Be Smart (13) Editorial: Take Action On Prisons Cannabis & Hemp (14) Judge Tosses County's Medical Marijuana Challenge (15) Supes Vote To Persist With Medical Marijuana Challenge (16) MS Sufferer Tells Of Pleas For Cannabis Bars (17) RCMP Put Spin On Grow Op Busts (18) Anti-Marijuana, Pro-Illegalization International News (19) U.S. Shows Us What Not To Do (20) RCMP Takes Heat Over Insite (21) Judge Insite On Science, Not Police Anecdotes (22) Thousands Of Mexican Troops Prepare For Drug Operation * Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec3 Cultural Baggage Radio Show Take 32 Grams Of Tylenol And Call Me In 25 Years / By Jacob Sullum Does Prohibition Of Marijuana For Adults Curb Use By Adolescents? News Coverage Of Dutch Prospective Ecstasy User Studies Jack Cole Of LEAP On Vancouver Radio Show Stephen Colbert Interviews Author Daniel Pinchbeck * What You Can Do This Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec4 Volunteer For NIDA-Sponsored Medical Marijuana Safety Study * Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec5 Waging War on Marijuana a Waste of Tax Money / Tina Hoffman * Letter Writer of the Month - November http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec6 Wayne Phillips * Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec7 Drug Peace in 2007 / Philippe Lucas * Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec8 Samuel Adams DrugSense needs your support to continue this newsletter and many other important projects - see how you can help at http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake