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Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to the events coming up the soonest, and more.
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Chronicle on the Scene Feature: Bolivia's "Coca, Yes, Cocaine No" Policy is Beginning to Work
Just a little over a year into his term, Bolivian President Evo Morales is engineering a "coca, yes; cocaine, no" policy that is reducing tension there and leading to cooperative eradication efforts with farmers. Will the US government go along with it?
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Job Opportunity: Syringe Exchange Program Specialist, CA
The Harm Reduction Coalition is hiring a Syringe Exchange Program Specialist for work in California.
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Weekly: This Week in History
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
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CFDP and DPA Media Advisory: CHALLENGE TO US DRUG CZAR CRITICISMS OF CANADIAN DRUG POLICY
Who: Senator Larry Campbell, Ethan Nadelmann, Line Beauchance, Eugene
Oscapella
Where: Charles Lynch Press Theatre, Parliament Hill, Ottawa
When: Thursday, February 22, 2007 at 1:30 p.m.
Contact: Eugene Oscapella, 613-282-1864 or Ethan Nadelmann, 212-613-8020
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ASA Press Release: Patients File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Government On Medical Cannabis, Demand FDA Correct Misinformation
For Immediate Release: Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Contact: Paco Fabian or Kate Geller, 202-822-5200
Patients File Lawsuit Challenging Federal Government On Medical Cannabis, Demand FDA Correct Misinformation
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Southwest Asia: Afghan Opium Eradication Effort Sparks New Violence
Afghan President Hamid Karzai is attempting to appease his Western backers by eradicating the country's opium crop, but violence is flaring as a result.
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Europe: British Top Cop Calls for Prescription Heroin for Addicts
The head of Britain's association of police chiefs is calling for prescription heroin to be made available to hard-core addicts in a bid to reduce street crime.
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Marijuana: Colorado Pot Advocate Ken Gorman Killed Saturday, Days After Local News Station Did "Exposé" On Him
Prominent Colorado marijuana advocate Ken Gorman was gunned down in his home Saturday night. It appears he was targeted by robbers who may have watched a local news exposé on his medical marijuana garden.
In The Trenches
Center for Constitutional Rights Press Release: FAMILIES WIN VICTORY IN COURT OF APPEALS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
For more information:
Jen Nessel, 212-614-6449 / 917-442-0112 cell
Dan Klotz, 917-438-4613 / 347-307-2866 cell
FAMILIES WIN VICTORY IN COURT OF APPEALS ON PRISON TELEPHONE CHALLENGE
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Bad Bills: Nevada Legislation Could Send Parents to Prison for 15 Years for a Single Plant
A Nevada state senator wants to make people who grow even a single marijuana plant in a home where children are present subject to a prison sentence of up to 15 years.
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Medical Marijuana: Supporters File Federal Lawsuit Against HHS, FDA
After enduring two years of stonewalling by the FDA and its mother agency, the Department of Health and Human Services, medical marijuana supporters are taking the agencies to federal court over their continuing claims that marijuana has no medicinal benefits.
In The Trenches
Public Service Announcement About Rockefeller Drugs Laws
Follow this link to view the PSA directed and edited by Emily Kunstler and Haskell King: http://blogs.timesunion.com/capitol/?p=3719
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Forum on the Decriminalization of Marijuana
This is an exploratory event to determine if activists and donors in Massachusetts are willing to invest the necessary time and money to put a possible initiative on the November 2008 ballot. Such a measure would eliminate the threat of arrest and jail for adults in possession of up to one ounce of marijuana. Instead, this offense would be punishable by a citation and a $100 fine. MPPâs Rob Kampia will be the guest speaker for this event. There will be a cash bar.
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Marijuana Policy Project: Join us to explore a Massachusetts decriminalization initiative
The Marijuana Policy Project will be working with other groups in Massachusetts to explore the possibility of placing a "decriminalization" initiative on the November 2008 ballot. To kick everything off, MPP executive director Rob Kampia will be meeting with supportive groups and individuals at a fundraising party in Boston on Thursday, February 22.
In The Trenches
ENCOD Statement to Commission on Narcotic Drugs
ONE YEAR LEFT
Dear delegates,
On behalf of the European Coalition for Just and Effective Drug Policies, a platform of more than 150 citizensâ association from around Europe, we wish to ask your attention for the following.