Pubdate: Fri, 24 Aug 2007 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET THE U.S., MEXICO AND THE WAR ON DRUGS "To the Point," KCRW, Public Radio International President Bush and Congress may be willing to spend a billion American dollars to help Mexico's President Calderon control drug traffic, official corruption and brutal violence. Will US aid come with strings attached? Will it work? Is it time to re-think prohibition as the basis of the "war on drugs?" http://www.kcrw.com/news/programs/tp/tp070822the_us_mexico_and_th - ---------------------------------- ETHAN NADELMANN TO APPEAR ON WNUR 89.3 FM IN CHICAGO ON SATURDAY DPA's executive director, Ethan Nadelmann, will appear on Chicago's WNUR radio station this Saturday, August 25th, at 10:20 AM EST to discuss his recent cover story "Think Again: Drugs", published in Foreign Policy magazine. The program will be broadcast live over-the- air and commercial free. Feel free to listen live online at the WNUR 89.3 FM website!, http://www.wnur.org/ - ---------------------------------- FOX NEWS PONDERS LEGALIZATION Ethan Nadelmann makes a splash. His cover article: Think Again: Drugs in Foreign Policy is garnering a lot of attention, including this story on FOX news that actually wonders whether legalizing drugs might be better than prohibition. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMAs6o9sCy4 - ---------------------------------- CULTURAL BAGGAGE RADIO SHOW Last: 08/17/07 - LEAP members: Charles Rowland & Tim Datig plus Pat McCann on jail "virtual visits" and Willie Nelson Joins LEAP! http://drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/FDBCB_081707.mp3 Listen Live Fridays 8:00 PM, ET, 7:00 CT, 6:00 MT & 5:00 PT at http://www.kpft.org/ Century of Lies for 08/17/07 Canadian Reports from Marc Emery & Matt Elrod + Ron Pauls Sec. Jesse Benton Audio: http://www.drugtruth.net/007DTNaudio/COL_081707.mp3 - ---------------------------------- POT PEACE IN SEATTLE AS ANOTHER HEMPFEST CELEBRATES CANNABIS NATION from Drug War Chronicle, Issue #499, 8/24/07 Cannabis Nation was on the march in Seattle last weekend. An estimated 150,000 people showed up Saturday and Sunday at Myrtle Edwards Park on Elliot Bay just north of downtown to celebrate the 16th annual Seattle Hempfest and call for marijuana legalization. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/499/seattle_hempfest_pot_peace Audio: http://hempfest.org/drupal/?q=node/41 - ---------------------------------- PLAN COLOMBIA - CASHING IN ON THE DRUG WAR FAILURE Filmmakers Gerard Ungerman and Audrey Brohey take a look at the government's efforts to quash trading with Colombia, and find some surprisingly lax activities taking place. http://video.google.ca/videoplay?docid=-5156867575587094100 - ---------------------------------- COME OUT OF THE CANNABIS CLOSET - THE SERIES Just posted on the Cannabis Closet now, our most recent issue is out! Come join us with our good friend Howard Dover from Green Therapy www.greentherapy.com on the Cannabis Closet this week. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jm56pZ51qbg Love and stuff, Alison Myrden The Cannabis Closet www.thecannabiscloset.com - ---------------------------------- WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK WRITE A LETTER Washington Newspapers Print Two Important OPEDS - A DrugSense Focus Alert http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0353.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake