Pubdate: Fri, 9 Jan 2009 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET ************ THE FAILED DRUG WAR ON TV DPA's executive director, Ethan Nadelmann was interviewed for the Independent Film Channel's intriguing, and often hilarious, episode of "The IFC Media Project" which dissects the history and policies of drug prohibition in the U.S. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrmKmQrKT3Q ************ WHY HEAD SHOP RAIDS ARE UNFAIR AND UNJUST How a reckless mayor, heartless federal agents and a disorganized drug-consuming public led to a pointless raid on head shops. By Norman Kent, CounterPunch http://drugsense.org/url/lU34Isr6 ************ MAINSTREAM MEDIA LOOKS AT MARIJUANA PROHIBITION Fire Up The Digital Recorders! January Is 'Marijuana' Month On The Groove Tube By Allen St. Pierre, NORML Executive Director http://drugsense.org/url/DkJOzbD4 ************ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies - 01/06/09 - Norm Stamper Norm Stamper, former police chief of Seattle and author of Breaking Rank - A Top Cops' Expose of the Dark Side of Policing http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2245 Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 01/07/09 - Brian Bennett Brian Bennett discusses the history of the drug war + Fred Burton, VP of counterterrorism at Stratfor & author of "Ghost - Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent", Sigifredo Gonzales, sheriff of Zapata county and Sheriff Arvin West of Hudspeth county both call for a look at legalization & Terry Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2246 ************ SANJAY GUPTA: WHAT THE NEXT SURGEON GENERAL DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT POT The Next Surgeon General Needs to Stop Putting Politics Before Science. Gupta May Not Be Ready for That. By Russ Belville, NORML http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v09/n022/a08.html ************ DEA REJECTS YET ANOTHER RESCHEDULING PETITION Drug War Chronicle, Issue #567, 1/9/09 The DEA has rejected yet another petition seeking to remove marijuana from Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), this one from Iowa-based marijuana reformer Carl Olsen. It is only the latest petition rejection by the agency in a glacially-paced struggle to reschedule marijuana that has been going on since 1972. http://drugsense.org/url/gZpu7smG ************ WHEN PEOPLE ARE STUPID The recent comments to various articles in the El Paso story yesterday reminded me of one of the frustrating parts of being in drug policy reform and, well, having a brain. It's the incredibly stupid arguments that reappear time and time again. By Pete Guither http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/01/08.html#a3214 ************ LOU DOBBS REACTS TO EL PASO RESOLUTION TO DISCUSS DRUG POLICY REFORM http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=cFUpYIGKyZg ************ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK ************ WRITE A LETTER DrugSense FOCUS Alert #390 - Monday, 29 December 2008 It's A War' - Mexican President Felipe Calderon http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0390.html ************ JOIN THE "PARDON ME" PROTEST Tuesday and Wednesday January 12th & 13th 2009, Washington DC A Demonstration And Campaign To Gain Amnesty For Medical Marijuana Patients For more information visit: http://www.smoke-in.org/ - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake