Introducing Myself
My name is Pamela Watson. I am an Australian anthropologist and pharmacist. I am interested in drugs through time and space, not just specific contemporary issues.
Some of my publications include:
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Reportaje: Presidente Brasileño Firma Nueva Ley Sobre las Drogas â Los Usuarios Ya No Serán Presos
La semana pasada, el presidente brasileño Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva transformó en ley un proyecto que mantendrÃa a la mayorÃa de los usuarios de drogas fuera de la cárcel. ¿Hay que ponerse optimista o pesimista?
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Reportaje: Victoria de la Marihuana Medicinal en Tribunal de Dakota del Sur por Texto Electoral
Un juez de Dakota del Sur ha descartado el sumario electoral de la iniciativa de marihuana medicinal escrito por el fiscal general por ser sesgado e injusto y lo ha substituido por un texto redactado por él mismo.
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Drug Users Go to Court to Keep Safe Injection Site Open
Press Release â For Immediate Release, August 31, 2006
Drug Users go to Court to keep Safe Injection Site Open
Vancouver â The Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) will seek an injunction in BC Supreme Court to prevent the federal government from closing Insite, North Americaâs first safe injection site.
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Bungled DEA Raid Raises Troubling Questions
California NORML Release, Aug 31 2006
Yesterday's DEA raid at Trichome Healing Center in Van Nuys ended in a stand-down. No arrests were made. An undercover DEA team arrived without a warrant. One agent tried to gain entry with a bad ID, but was turned down. The agent blew his cool, a security guard saw his gun and thought he was a robber; a scuffle broke out, and other agents came to the rescue. After several hours, the DEA procured a warrant from a local judge. The DEA left the scene after midnight, but not before calling in a professional safecracker to clean out the premises. In the meantime, patient advocates were on hand protesting. Degee Coutee called an LAPD operator, who appeared unaware of the raid. LAPD arrived and reassured the crowd that they had a right to protest and take pictures.
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Anuncio: Nuevo Formato para el Calendario del Reformador
Visite nuestra página web todos los dÃas para ver un cómputo actuante de los eventos que sucederán prontamente, y más.
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Presentando: El Bar Clandestino de Stop the Drug War
Presentando una importantÃsima actualización en la página web y una nueva dirección en Stop the Drug War (DRCNet).
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Reportaje: Viviendo en la Ãpoca del Katrina â Perdidos en el Gulag Fangoso de Luisiana
<div align="left">Un escándalo nacional está cocinándose en el Big Easy por los millares de personas presas sin acceso a abogados o tribunales.</div>
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Trackback?
I tried this both ways. I put in the URL of my blog entry where I did the textual critique of the article sent by Dana, and I tracked back from a new post at my blog to the entry I just posted here.
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Schizophrenia and Cannabis
I got an email from Dana Beal recently that asked us to review an article published in the UK Guardian/Observer that stated that scientists had 'proved' that pot causes schizophrenia.
I did a textual critique of the article, which is available at my personal blog. If you are on the WMM list, I hope you will see it in your next email update.
http://writch.com/blog/?postid=151
But that isn't the point of this post. The point is that there is another undercurrent in the big question of the cause of schizophrenia which appears to be a valid approach.
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The Potradictions of Life in Amsterdam...
The Potradictions of Life in Amsterdam
Not many people realize that marijuana was never legalized in Holland, it is just permitted, and even then only in certain places...
Here I am in lovely Vondel Park in Amsterdam. Its a sun-shiny, blue sky day. I get nervous around a lot of people sometimes. There are a lot of people here today.
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Marijuana: DEA Steps in Deep Doo-doo in Denver With Abortive Bid to Defeat November Legalization Initiative
The DEA has managed to make itself the issue this week in the Colorado marijuana legalization initative campaign.
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Callout: Please Submit Blog Posts, News and Events on New DRCNet Web Site!
Our new web site has many new interactive features...
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Introducing: The Stop the Drug War Speakeasy
Presenting a major web site upgrade and new direction at Stop the Drug War (DRCNet).
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Baking and Entering
Delightfully smug sex columnist Dan Savage got stoned and walked into Seattleâs City Hall with a fake gun and bag full of pot cookies. For all the right reasons.
It all started when Seattle Mayor Greg Nickels proposed a wildly impractical ordinance which would hold nightclub owners responsible for any drug possession on their premises: