Pubdate: Fri, 23 Nov 2007 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET OBAMA, DRUGS AND EVERYONE ELSE By Froma Harrop And so Barack Obama tells high school kids in New Hampshire that he "made some bad decisions" at their age. He "experimented" with pot and cocaine. This is old news -- but even if it were new news, it would be ho-hum in today's politics. http://drugsense.org/url/25hYzkvg - ------------------------------- DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Cultural Baggage Radio Show 11/21/07 - Dr. David Bearman speaks to Wisconsin Medical School Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_112107.mp3 Century of Lies 11/20/07 - Medical Marijuana to Senior Citizens and "Flushing Kids Down the Toilet" Audio: http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_112007.mp3 - ------------------------------- LEAP SPEAKER JERRY PARADIS ON THE AIR IN CALGARY Guest Jerry Paradis and caller Alison Myrden of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition discuss proposed mandatory minimum prison sentences on The World Tonight, CHQR AM Radio, Calgary, Alberta, November 22, 2007 http://leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Web_Links&l_op=visit&lid=125 - ------------------------------- THE ADDICT'S VETO By Jacob Sullum Why should problem gamblers ruin online betting for everyone? http://www.reason.com/news/show/123603.html - ------------------------------- LEGAL EASE WITH KIRK TOUSAW Criminal lawyer and friend to the Cannabis Culture, Kirk Tousaw discusses Canadian cannabis law, his current case with The Vancouver Island Compassionate Society and gives an update on the "BC3" extradition proceedings. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AciwO5Zs53g - ------------------------------- TEXAS WORST COURT: COPS CAN HAND OUT DOPE TO CREATE SNITCHES Grits for Breakfast If court watchers didn't already have enough reasons to disdain the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which Texas Monthly famously called "Texas' Worst Court," now they've ruled that it's okay for police officers to distribute drugs to informants in order to convince them to become snitches. http://drugsense.org/url/24chinL7 - ------------------------------- RICHARD PAEY SPEAKS An interview with the paraplegic man sentenced to 25 years in prison for treating his own pain. http://www.reason.com/news/show/123589.html - ------------------------------- UNLOCKING AMERICA Why and How to Reduce America's Prison Population By James Austin [et al.], JFA Institute, November 2007 http://www.jfa-associates.com/publications/srs/UnlockingAmerica.pdf - ------------------------------- BRITAIN'S FIRST DRUG 'SHOOTING GALLERIES' HAILED A SUCCESS By Jeremy Laurance, Health Editor A trial scheme which set up "shooting galleries" in three cities, enabling heroin users to obtain drugs and inject them under supervision, has dramatically cut crime rates and stopped addicts buying their supplies on the streets. http://news.independent.co.uk/health/article3177003.ece - ------------------------------- WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK BECOME A MAP VOLUNTEER FROM THE COMFORT OF HOME http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0355.html - ------------------------------- MPP DOWNLOAD MATERIALS Looking for materials to distribute in your community to help educate others about the need for marijuana policy reform? Download printer- friendly PDFs of some of MPP's most popular brochures and other materials here: http://drugsense.org/url/1229t4ln - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake