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The ONDCP's program of financial credits for anti-drug TV content appears to have violated their stated policy of not granting credits for news reporting or editorials. The news venue: Channel One, a network that beams news and commercials into classrooms around the country. Dan Forbes breaks the story again in Salon.com:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/08/08/channel/index_np.html Richard Lowry, editor of the conservative magazine National Review, calls for marijuana legalization in an editorial published last week:
http://www.nationalreview.com/20aug01/lowry082001.shtml Also in National Review, Ben Domenech dissents from some of Lowry's points while agreeing with his overall conclusion:
http://www.nationalreview.com/dissent/dissent080701.shtml And, Dick Cowan's dissents from Domenech's dissent:
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-cowan080901.shtml The Orange County Register's Alan Bock editorializes on the government-orchestrated OxyContin panic and the war on drugs:
http://www.ocregister.com/commentary/columns/bockdrg080501.shtml New York City's Village Voice has a feature story on one of the families impacted by the "Tulia 46" situation in Texas:
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0131/gonnerman.php Two weeks ago the Week Online reported on and reacted to Rolling Stone magazine's survey of opinion leaders' opinions on US drug policy. The Rolling Stone piece in its entirety is now available on the Microsoft Network web site at:
http://entertainment.msn.com/music/features/drugwar.asp Two weeks ago we also featured the Economist magazine's special report making "The Case for Legalising Drugs." It's so worth reading that we list it here again:
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=706591
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Issue #198, 8/10/01
Editorial: Nostalgia for the '80s | With National Drug Treatment Binge Looming, Survivors Conference in Suburban DC Targets Abusive Programs | Court Ruling Brings New York City Needle Exchange Suit a Step Closer to Class Action Status | Two Steps Backward, No Steps Forward in Illinois: No to Hemp, Yes to Draconian Ecstasy Penalties | Canadian Health Minister Has "Open Mind" on Marijuana Legalization | Reams Reeferendum Underway in Virginia, Libertarian Candidate Enters Lt. Governor Race to Push Marijuana Reform | Hawaii Pays Hemp Advocates $75,000 in Persecution Settlement | Reformer Profile: Ethan Nadelmann | T-shirts for Victory! Special New Offer and Appeal from DRCNet This Month | Media Scan: Major Dan Forbes/Salon.com Scoop, National Review, OC Register, Village Voice, Rolling Stone, Economist | Resources: Andean Regional Initiative, Salvia Divinorum, Australian National Crime Authority | Action Alerts: Ecstasy Bill, HEA, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana, John Walters | HEA Campaign Still Seeking Student Victim Cases -- New York Metropolitan Area Especially Urgent | The Reformer's Calendar
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