Pubdate: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ THERE'S A NEW ARMY IN THE DRUG WAR AND IT'S... NINJAS? By Pete Guither at Drug WarRant - www.drugwarrant.com http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2008/08/21.html#a2983 - ------------------ UNLOCKING THE POWER OF ART TO COUNTER INJUSTICE By Anthony Papa, AlterNet. The Drug Policy Alliance's re:FORM art auction benefit marries art with tackling the ridiculous "war on drugs." http://drugsense.org/url/bgeyhQU5 - ------------------ Q & A WITH TOMMY CHONG The hippie icon recently celebrated his 70th birthday, published his 2nd book, and announced the end of his 26-year feud with Cheech Marin http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgpyfLydTxE - ------------------ WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS: CHANGES IN THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN DRUGS MARKET The report, Withdrawal Symptoms: changes in the Southeast Asian Drugs Market, draws on hundreds of interviews with farmers, users and traders. It finds that harm reduction and alternative livelihood policies must be in place before any opium reduction if negative health and development impacts are to be avoided. http://www.tni.org/reports/drugs/debate16.pdf - ------------------ THE HUMAN COST OF MARIJUANA PROHIBITION by John Berry John Berry MPP just released a new documentary examining the effects of marijuana prohibition on people's lives. The piece looks at four stories (including our own Rob Kampia's) as examples of how marijuana prohibition and its consequences impact the lives of a diverse group of Americans and their families. http://blog.mpp.org/?p=68 - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies - 08/19/08 - Richard Burton Richard P. Burton, Director of Project Reach & former chair of NAACP Prisoner Rights committee + Doug McVay of Drug War Fact & Misha Glenny discusses drug war on Charlie Rose/PBS http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2014 Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 08/20/08 - Peter Moskos Peter Moskos, professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition, author of Cop in the Hood & recent US NEWS & World Report article: "Drugs are too dangerous not to regulate - We should legalize them" + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway, Terry Nelson with LEAP Report http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2015 - ------------------ HEMPFEST AGAIN DRAWS MULTITUDES IN CELEBRATION OF CANNABIS CULTURE Drug War Chronicle, Issue #548, 8/22/08 Last Saturday and Sunday, Seattle's Myrtle Edwards Park, a mile-long strip of land fronting Puget Sound just north of downtown, once again played host to the Seattle Hempfest. And once again, the Hempfest lived up to its reputation as the world's largest marijuana "protestival." http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/548/seattle_hempfest_2008 - ------------------ THE RAZOR WIRE, Vol. 11, No. 1, Summer/Fall 2008 Now online at: http://www.november.org/razorwire/newsletter.html - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ WRITE A LETTER Medical Marijuana Pro Con. A DrugSense Focus Alert. http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0382.html - ------------------ STOP SWAT-STYLE DRUG RAIDS Ask the U.S. Conference of Mayors to support an end to violent, SWAT- style police raids like the one that left a D.C.-area mayor handcuffed in his boxer shorts while his family's two dogs bled to death. http://drugsense.org/url/3jEfqQHZ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake