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Media#Web
Scan:
Mother
Jones,
BigTenU.org,
Essence,
Reason,
ColorLines,
FPIF
Report,
FEAR
Manual,
Hutchinson-Johnson
Debate
12/14/01
Frank Bures writes about East African immigrants
and the centuries-old khat ritual, banned in the US:
http://www.motherjones.com/magazine/ND01/khat.html
BigTenU.org, a web site and discussion
forum based in Bloomington, Indiana, discusses the Higher Education Act
drug provision and features an editorial by Dr. Clark Brittain calling
for an end to prohibition itself: http://www.bigtenu.org
The December issue of Essence magazine
interviews Dorothy Gaines, a former mandatory minimum prisoner who served
six years of a 19-year federal prison sentence for a drug conspiracy involving
her former boyfriend. Gaines was released in December following her
sentence being commuted by President Clinton. Visit http://www.essence.com/magazine/this_issue/ti_1201.shtml
for info or http://www.essence.com/highlights/take_stand/ts_090800.shtml
for Essence's alert last year.
The January issue of Reason, a libertarian
magazine, is primarily devoted to the Drug War, including "Sex, Drugs &
Techno Music," interviews with Joseph McNamara, Michael Levine, James P.
Gray, book reviews and an editorial. Pick up a copy, or visit http://www.reason.com
for info, past issues or to subscribe.
The latest issue of ColorLines magazine
examines "The Slippery Slope of Racial Profiling: From the War on Drugs
to the War on Terrorism." Visit http://www.colorlines.com
for further info.
Foreign Policy in Focus examines the impact
of the war on thee heroin trade in Afghanistan:
http://www.fpif.org/faq/0112drugs.html
The organization Forfeiture Endangers American
Rights (FEAR) has published a new Asset Forfeiture Defense Manual.
Visit http://www.fear.org/online-store/scstore/
to place an order.
Visit http://www.soros.org:8080/ramgen/tlc/YaleLawDebate.rm
to watch the November 15 Yale Law School debate between DEA chief administrator
Asa Hutchinson and New Mexico governor Gary Johnson in Real Video.
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Issue #215, 12/14/01
Do You Read the Week Online? | Top British Cops Call for Legal Heroin for Addicts, Liberal Democrats Join Growing Ecstasy Rescheduling Chorus | Marijuana Arrests Fuel Increase in Teen Drug Treatment Numbers | DEA Dog and Pony Show on Narcoterror Rallies Drug Warriors, Initiates New Propaganda Campaign | Narco News Lawsuit Thrown Out: Precedent Extends Press Protections to the Internet | Bolivian Cocaleros Call for Pause in Blockades | Catholic Progressives Differ with Pope on Drug Prohibition | Utah Town Makes Marijuana Possession Ten Dollar Fine, Draws Heat, Will Retreat | DEA Okays First Medical Marijuana Trials in Nearly Two Decades | Book Review: "Narcocorridos: A Journey Into the Music of Drugs, Guns, and Guerrillas" | Media/Web Scan: Mother Jones, BigTenU.org, Essence, Reason, ColorLines, FPIF Report, FEAR Manual, Hutchinson-Johnson Debate | Bay Area: Job Opportunity at Harm Reduction Coalition | Alerts: Bolivia, HEA Drug Provision, Sembler Nomination, DEA Hemp Ban, Ecstasy Bill, Mandatory Minimums, Medical Marijuana | The Reformer's Calendar
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