Pubdate: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET - ------------------ IT'S TIME FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO ABANDON THE DRUG WAR By Bob Barr, Huffington Post The federal government must turn the decision on drug policy back to the states and the citizens themselves. http://drugsense.org/url/YGjeBq3W - ------------------ PALIN'S POT PROBLEM Why should other Alaskans be arrested for something Sarah Palin once did with impunity? By Jacob Sullum, Reason Magazine http://www.reason.com/news/show/128824.html - ------------------ PLAN MEXICO SPENDING PLAN RELEASED Narco News Has Obtained, and Makes Available to the Public, the 38- Page FY 2008 Appropriations Document By Kristin Bricker http://drugsense.org/url/G59KltIc - ------------------ MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING COUNTRIES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2009 In their annual exercise in congressionally-mandated diplomatic hubris, the Bush administration and the US State Department Tuesday released its FY 2009 List of Major Illicit Drug Producing Countries. Drug War Chronicle, Issue #552, 9/19/08 http://drugsense.org/url/nLk56N6o - ------------------ US CONGRESS CELEBRATES 75 YEARS OF DRUG LEGALISATION AND REGULATION Let's raise a toast with the US Congress, that this week celebrated 75 years of drug legalisation and regulation. Yes indeed, it is a magnificent 75 years since the disaster of alcohol prohibition was ended. Transform Drug Policy Foundation http://drugsense.org/url/6cvPTWUT - ------------------ CATO UNBOUND - RESPONSIBLE PSYCHOACTIVE DRUG USE The conversation over responsible psychoactive drug use continued at CATO last week, with more contributions from Jacob Sullum, Mark Kleiman and Jonathan Caulkins. http://drugsense.org/url/3Gjjr0B5 - ------------------ ANGRY WHITE REPUBLICANS THWART LEGAL VOTER REGISTRATION IN ALABAMA Alabama Prisons Commissioner Richard Allen stopped a voter registration drive for inmates Thursday under pressure from the Alabama Republican Party. By Loretta Nall http://drugsense.org/url/eACZCwI0 - ------------------ RIP PROFESSOR CHARLES WHITEBREAD, GOOD GUY AND DRUG LAW HISTORIAN Famous BAR/BRI criminal law lecturer and USC Law School Professor Charles Whitebread passed away Tuesday. http://druglaw.typepad.com/drug_law_blog/2008/09/rip-professor-c.html - ------------------ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK - ------------------ KNOW YOUR RIGHTS WHEN ENCOUNTERING LAW ENFORCEMENT If government agents question you, it is important to understand your rights. You should be careful about what you say when approached by law enforcement officials. If you give answers, they can be used against you in a criminal, immigration, or civil case. http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/17444res20040528.html - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake