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Web
Scan:
Arianna
Huffington,
Action
America,
Cultural
Baggage,
Bob
Herbert,
Mark
Fiore
9/20/02
Arianna Huffington blasts
the double standard that gets multiple chances and expensive drug treatment
for Jeb Bush scion Noelle but sends ordinary drug offenders to jail under
his and his brother's policies. Read "A Crack House Divided" on Working
for Change:
http://www.workingforchange.com/article.cfm?itemid=13811
Action America, a libertarian/conservative
online publication, comments on the drug war and the "drugs fund terrorism"
connection in two articles:
The War on Drugs
-- Solution or Problem
http://www.ActionAmerica.org/drugs/wod-pt1.html
Federal Failure by Design
-- Lawmakers Give Terrorists a Pass
http://www.ActionAmerica.org/drugs/fundterr.html
The "Cultural Baggage" program
on the Houston Pacifica affiliate KPFT interviewed Canada Sen. Pierre Claude
Nolin, Eugene Oscapella of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy and
Santa Cruz medical marijuana leader Valerie Corral for a one hour discussion:
http://www.cultural-baggage.com/cb0913B.rm
Medmj Flash Cartoon by Political
Cartoonist Mark Fiore:
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/protect.html
New York Times columnist
Bob Herbert discusses the importance of defending liberties despite our
"sorrow and fear" over terrorism, highlighting the work of the ACLU over
the past year, in a Thursday piece titled "Sorrows and Liberties":
http://forms.aclu.org/L/www.nytimes/2002/09/19/opinion/19HERB.cfm?MX=508&H=0
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Issue #255, 9/20/02
Editorial: Striking at the Heart of Democracy | Do You Read The Week Online? | California Medical Marijuana: Another Bust, Giveaways in Santa Cruz and San Diego, Mass Demo Set for Sacramento Monday | Ordeal of the Pain Doctors: Weitzel Facing Prison for Minor Records Violation, Still Anticipates Vindication in Manslaughter Case | Drug Czar on Anti-Marijuana Crusade -- Threatens Canada, Unleashes New Propaganda Offensive | Rep. Mink Introduces Bill to Reinstate Federal Parole -- Could Free Tens of Thousands If Passed | Swedish Drug War Hardliners Attempt to Block Anti-Prohibition Conference at European Parliament | Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | Newsbrief: DC Medical Marijuana Initiative Yanked from Ballot | Newsbrief: Leahy Drops Support for RAVE Act | Newsbrief: Mexican Senate Panel to Look at Approving Medical Marijuana | MarijuanaInfo.org Votes/Polls Section Updated | Newsbrief: Sentencing Project Finds Most Drug Offenders Are Nonviolent, Minorities | Newsbrief: Illinois Governor Candidate Says He Smoked Pot -- Sort Of | Newsbrief: Waco Police Department Goes Easier on Applicants with Past Marijuana Use History | Web Scan: Arianna Huffington, Action America, Cultural Baggage, Bob Herbert, Mark Fiore | Errata: New York Marijuana Reform Party | The Reformer's Calendar
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