Pubdate: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ AMERICA'S GULAG JUST KEEPS GROWING By Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance The U.S. dwarfs the rest of the world when it comes to locking up its citizens, due in large part to madness of our incarceration policies. http://alternet.org/drugreporter/83434/ - ------------------ CANADIAN COURT RULES SNIFFER-DOG SEARCHES ARE UNLAWFUL The Supreme Court of Canada ruled today that two random searches conducted by dog sniffers were unlawful. http://drugsense.org/url/90i8augi - ------------------ FEDS BRING AN OUNCE OF SANITY TO DRUG LAWS WITH THE SECOND CHANCE ACT By Malakkar Vohryzek Why are we still incarcerating people who use controlled substances, when we have ample evidence that this "cure" is worse than the "disease"? http://alternet.org/drugreporter/83187/ - ------------------ 'GATEWAY' TO WASHINGTON The last two presidents and two of the current candidates have either used illegal substances or have had substance abuse problems. Does this show that winners don't always refuse to use drugs? Jacob Sullum and Charles "Cully" Stimson debate. http://drugsense.org/url/A2JJ1vwu - ------------------ 420 VANCOUVER BC 2008 FULL LENGTH MUSIC VIDEO WITH PICTURES http://www.jointpapers.com/420%20Videos.html - ------------------ DPA vs. ONDCP DPA Executive Director Ethan Nadelmann goes head to head with David Murray, chief scientist for the Office of National Drug Control Policy in this live debate recorded in Chicago earlier this month. http://www.drugpolicy.org/docUploads/041408EthanGOAt.mp3 - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies- 04/22/08 - David Duncan Doctor David F. Duncan discusses the lack of valid science to support the policy of drug war. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1859 Cultural Baggage Radio Show- 04/23/08 - Norm Kent Norm Kent of NORML at 420 Fest, Dan Bernath of MPP, Doug McVay with Drug War Facts, Philippe Lucas of VICS & Eddy Lepp - exonerated of largest ever DEA MJ bust. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1860 - ------------------ UN CND: FINAL HUMAN RIGHTS RESOLUTION EMERGES IN DILUTED FORM Transform Drug Policy Foundation At March's UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna I had witnessed at first hand the painful process of some of the more progressive countries trying to have a resolution on human rights compliance in international drug policy adopted, against the express wishes of small group of opposing countries, perhaps unsurprisingly made up largely of some of the world's most notorious human rights abusers. http://drugsense.org/url/MzbQzokD - ------------------ MULTIDISCIPLINARY ASSOCIATION FOR PSYCHEDELIC STUDIES NEWS APRIL 2008 The April 2008 MAPS Email News Update is now available online. This issue, written by David Jay Brown, discusses - among other things - new developments spawned by MAPS participation in the WPF 2008, the recent Paris Hallucinations conference, the potential for a new MAPS sponsored MDMA/PTSD study in France, the 2007 Entheon Village report, MAPS' Psychedelic Emergency Services programs, Sasha Shulgin's recent open-heart surgery, and the fantastic new art for sale in the MAPS Webstore from Carolyn Mary Kleefeld, Brummbaer, and Dean Chamberlain. http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=1558&fmt=stdnews - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ NO MORE MARIJUANA ARRESTS Congress is considering the first marijuana decriminalization bill in 25 years. Urge your representative to support it! http://drugsense.org/url/HejtFwff - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake