Pubdate: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ KEEPING THE PSYCHEDELIC DREAM ALIVE: AN INTERVIEW WITH RICK DOBLIN By Arran Frood, New Scientist. Posted September 2, 2008. Doblin: "I awoke to psychedelics' value just as the law was shutting them down. It was very painful -- like having something snatched away." http://drugsense.org/url/KSzJmyCn - ------------------ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies - 09/02/08 - Richard Van Winkler Richard Van Wickler, superintendent for the Cheshire County (NH) Department of Corrections and member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2032 Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 09/04/08 - Peter Christ Peter Christ, one of the founding members of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition discusses failings of current drug war policy. http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2033 - ------------------ MCCAIN, PALIN & POT By Ethan Nadelmann, Drug Policy Alliance It's hard to know what to make of Senator McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. She's admitted to smoking marijuana -- but then again that's also true of every Democratic nominee for president since 1992, as well as Newt Gingrich, Clarence Thomas and lots of other prominent Republicans. http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/palin.cfm - ------------------ CHEMICALS IN MARIJUANA MAY FIGHT MRSA By Paul Armentano, NORML Well what do you know? A mainstream media outlet finally picked up on this story! http://drugsense.org/url/h0eg3cF8 - ------------------ VENEZUELA, US GOVERNMENTS SPAR OVER DRUG FIGHTING Drug War Chronicle, Issue #550, 9/5/08 The tense relations between the Bush administration and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez grew even more strained this week as Washington and Caracas traded charges and counter-charges over Venezuela's fight against cocaine trafficking. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/550/US_Venezuela_cocaine - ------------------ 2007 NATIONAL SURVEY ON DRUG USE AND HEALTH This report presents the first information from the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), an annual survey of the civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the United States aged 12 years old or older. This initial report on the 2007 data presents national estimates of rates of use, numbers of users, and other measures related to illicit drugs, alcohol, and tobacco products. http://www.oas.samhsa.gov/nsduh/2k7nsduh/2k7Results.cfm#TOC - ------------------ OBAMA, MCCAIN: WHO'LL LEAD ON DRUGS, BLOATED PRISONS? By Neal Peirce Will America's ill-starred "war on drugs" and its expanding prison culture make it into the presidential campaign? Standard wisdom says "no way." http://citiwire.net/post/164/ - ------------------ ETERNAL WAR MUSIC VIDEO The Drug Truth Network has released of a new anti-drug-war song, Eternal War from "Adult Users" The radio version in WAV and MP3 formats as well as video versions in AVI, MOV, MPG and WMV formats are available at: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2034 The video is now on YouTube at: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2034/play - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ SHOULD NO-KNOCK POLICE RAIDS BE RARE-OR ROUTINE? Policy Forum, Thursday, September 11, 2008, 4:00 PM The Cato Institute will be hosting an event next week on no-knock police raids featuring Mayor Cheye Calvo, Radley Balko, author of the Cato study, Overkill, and LEAP's Peter Christ. If you're in the DC area, they hope you can make it. For those outside the DC area, you can watch the event live on the web. For more information, visit: http://www.cato.org/event.php?eventid=5268 - ------------------ TELL THE NFL TO STOP DRIVING ITS PLAYERS TO DRINK. SAFER has a fun on-line petition going on... Please check it out and spread the word if you're interested. http://www.saferchoice.org/petitions/nfl/ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake