Pubdate: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW) Website: http://www.drugsense.org HOT OFF THE 'NET ************ VIDEO OF PRESIDENT OBAMA REJECTING LEGALIZED CANNABIS http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KtBl0KNKha4 ************ OBAMA SHOULD HAVE TAKEN POT QUESTION SERIOUSLY AT HIS PUBLIC TOWNHALL By Paul Armentano, NORML Since 1965, police have arrested over 20 million Americans for violating marijuana laws. Obama shouldn't laugh at questions about legalizing it. http://drugsense.org/url/v47yij8y ************ REACTIONS TO OBAMA'S MARIJUANA BLUNDER http://blogs.salon.com/0002762/2009/03/27.html#a3380 ************ END PROHIBITION AND END GANG VIOLENCE This was the debate between Kirk Tousaw and Barry Joneson which took place as part of the Langara College Dialogues series held in Vancouver. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWjLBuNR4qU ************ FORMER DRUG FREE AMERICA DIRECTOR ENDORSES MEDICAL MARIJUANA Contrary to scientific opinion, the U.S. government still posits that marijuana has no medical value. Not only has the government used this position to harmfully intrude in the lives of our most vulnerable citizens, it has done so with scorn for the voters and legislatures that enacted state medical marijuana laws By David E. Krahl, Ph.D. http://drugsense.org/url/lJdr8x9Y ************ UNODC REMAINS SHY ABOUT PUBLISHING REPORT ON DUTCH COFFEE SHOP SYSTEM Dr Frederick Polak and others have been trying to get the UNODC to publish their discussion document on the Dutch coffee shop system for some time now. Here's the latest attempt to get some answers about the report. http://drugsense.org/url/dGf7RUBZ ************ THE END OF HYSTERIA AND THE LAST MAN Will the Justice Department's new medical marijuana policy save Charlie Lynch? By Jacob Sullum http://www.reason.com/news/show/132436.html ************ HELP MEXICO BY LEGALIZING MARIJUANA By Bill Piper and Ethan Nadelmann If ever there were a time for politicians to open up this debate, it is now. http://drugsense.org/url/THrBxvMA ************ DRUG TRUTH NETWORK Century of Lies - 03/22/09 - Martin Jelsma Martin Jelsma director of Transnational Institute, interviewed at the UN Drug Conference in Vienna by Michael Krawitz http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2340 Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 03/25/09 - Terry Nelson UN Drug Conference NGO's speak in Vienna, with Professor Fredrick Polak, Terry Nelson of LEAP, Lennice Werth, Chris Conrad and Mikki Norris, courtesy Vienna Public Radio http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2348 ************ ROB KAMPIA DISCUSSES MARIJUANA TAX AND REGULATION ON CNBC'S POWER LUNCH MPP Executive Director Rob Kampia debates the failure of the war on marijuana and the benefits of taxation and regulation on CNBC Power Lunch. Also on the show was Asa Hutchinson, former head of the DEA. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALc0wVFfIKs ************ MORE THAN A QUARTER MILLION MARIJUANA SMOKERS IN DRUG TREATMENT EACH YEAR Are We Wasting Valuable Treatment Resources? Even as the demand for drug treatment slots continues to grow, an increasing number of people who enter drug treatment are being treated for marijuana as their primary drug of abuse, leading some observers to question whether scarce drug treatment resources are being wasted on people who don't need drug treatment. http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/578/SAMHSA_drug_treatment_marijuana ************ HEMP IS NOT POT It's the Economic Stimulus and Green Jobs Solution We Need By Dara Colwell We can make over 25,000 things with it. Farmers love it. Environmentalists love it. You can't get high from it. So why is it still illegal? http://drugsense.org/url/PBwvLpW7 ************ WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK ************ TELL OBAMA YOU ARE NOT AMUSED Since many of you are writing President Obama on your own, NORML would like to assist the process by providing you with a link for contacting the White House directly. http://drugsense.org/url/8ewfyZ4N ************ FINALIZE REAL ROCKEFELLER REFORM IN NEW YORK Tell your state senator, the senate president and the governor to finalize real Rockefeller reform. http://drugsense.org/url/jE2lLIea - --- MAP posted-by: Richard Lake