Pubdate: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ NO BAD DRUGS The arbitrary distinctions at the root of prohibition. By Jacob Sullum http://www.reason.com/news/show/124980.html - ------------------ MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES NEWS The March 2008 MAPS' Email News Update is now available online. This issue, written by author David Jay Brown, discusses MAPS' Swiss LSD/End-of-Life Anxiety study, the upcoming third edition of LSD Psychotherapy, MAPS' new MDMA/PTSD study in Canada, MAPS' involvement in the upcoming World Psychedelic Forum and 2008 Boom festival and a whole lot more... http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=1547&fmt=stdnews - ------------------ MASSIVE DRUG RAID AT ORANGE COUNTY HOTEL FAILS TO LOCATE DRUGS http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2008/03/drug-raid-at-or.html - ------------------ UN DRUG CZAR EVADES AWKWARD QUESTION Our friends at the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union captured a great moment from the United Nations Committee on Narcotics Drugs where Antonio Maria Costa refused to answer a question about why the Netherlands has lower cannabis usage rates than surrounding countries. http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2008/03/17.html#a2753 - ------------------ A FOUR PILLARS APPROACH TO METHAMPHETAMINE A report written by DPA's Bill Piper lays out the fundamentals of an effective national strategy for reducing the problems associated with both methamphetamine misuse and misguided U.S. methamphetamine policies. http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/FourPillarsMethamphetamine.pdf - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies - 3/18/08 - Doug McVay Doug McVay, director of research for Common Sense for Drug Policy and editor of Drug War Facts reports from Vienna, Austria on the 51st annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs with Boaz Wachtel, executive director of the Green Leaf Party of Israel, Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Eric Carlin, executive director of Mentor UK and a vice chair in the VNGOC and Mike Trace, co-founder and co-coordinator of the International Drug Policy Consortium. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1808 Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 03/19/08 - Jim Hightower Jim Hightower, author of "Swim Against the Current - Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow" plus Cliff Thornton of Efficacy-Online on the UN Convention in Vienna & Obama's Preacher Support the Drug Truth Network Get a "World War - Infinity Squared" T-Shirt http://cultural-baggage.com/drugtruth/teeshirt.htm - ------------------ MARIJUANA: IT'S TIME FOR A CONVERSATION Sponsored by the American Civil Liberties Union and featuring noted travel writer and television host Rick Steves, "Marijuana: It's Time for a Conversation" begins a long-overdue public discussion about marijuana and marijuana prohibition. http://www.marijuanaconversation.org/ - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ READ THE DRUGSENSE INSIDER Check out this special publication, and consider becoming a financial supporter of DrugSense. Here's the link to it in PDF format: http://drugsense.org/nl/insider_3.8.pdf - ------------------ INTERN AT MPP THIS SUMMER The Marijuana Policy Project is now hiring summer interns. MPP internships offer the chance to gain experience in a successful nonprofit organization - while helping to restore sense to our nation's marijuana policies. MPP summer internships are unpaid and part-time (12-20 hours per week), with class credit available. For more information visit http://www.mpp.org/jobs/ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake