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Law Enforcement: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories

We've got two weeks worth of corrupt cops again: dope-peddling cops, dope-stealing cops, cops who rip off motorists, cops who rip off their departments, cops who take bribes, cops who squeal to dealers.
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Latin America: Mexico Drug War Update

Mexico's foreign minister said this week that the high death toll in his country's drug war was a sign his government's policy was correct. If that's the case, he just got more confirmation, as the body count continues to rise.
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Feature: Marc Emery Jailed in Canada Pending Extradition to US

Canada's "Prince of Pot" is in jail in Vancouver, awaiting extradition to the US to accept a five-year plea bargain for selling marijuana seeds to US customers. But if anyone thinks that is going to shut up Emery and his supporters, they should think again.
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Public Health: Feds Finally Issue Warning on Tainted Cocaine

More than a year after the DEA quietly reported that a veterinary anti-parasitic agent was showing up in cocaine, and after at least two US deaths linked to the tainted drug, federal public health officials have finally issued an alert warning doctors, treatment centers, and public health professionals of the menace.
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DPA Conference: Early Registration Closes in One Week

 

Reform Conference 2009

 

Dear friends,

It’s almost here!  The Reform Conference is just over a month away, and there’s an incredible amount of energy in the air for drug policy reform.  Register to attend before the discounted Early Bird registration ends on October 9th.  

This year’s Reform Conference is going to update you on fresh policy strategies and research, advance your thinking on the issues, and bring you into contact with people from across the country and around the world who can help you become a better advocate.  Our program will span a broader range of topics than any other drug policy conference, and is approved for CEUs for drug and alcohol counselors.  You can see session descriptions on the website, with more added every day as we confirm our final speakers. 

The learning doesn’t stop with the program itself – you or your group will also have opportunities to host a meeting there, or to join one.  You can help us honor top achievers in various fields of drug policy reform, and join the most active, inspired, and motivated group of reformers working today.  You’ll be a member of the group leading the way for positive change.

Your voice is needed.  Take advantage of the discount we offer to early registrants and sign up to attend by October 9th.

I’ll see you in Albuquerque.

Sincerely,

 

 

Ethan Nadelmann
Executive Director
Drug Policy Alliance

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     Reform Conference Co-Hosts
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TO: 111th U.S. Congress Office of National Drug Control Policy
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He was in a wheelchair!

You Can Make a Difference

 

Dear friends,

Don't let San Diego's district attorney get away with hurting medical marijuana patients!

Take Action
Sign the petition

You won’t believe what’s happening on your dime!

San Diego law enforcement called in the DEA this month to assist with SWAT-style raids of 14 medical marijuana dispensaries.  Local and federal authorities arrested dozens of people and physically accosted at least one patient.  We have to stop the district attorney behind this persecution campaign!

News footage even shows local police pulling a handcuffed patient out of his wheelchair. 

Sign the petition calling for California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and Attorney General Jerry Brown to rein in the district attorney who orchestrated the raids.

San Diego District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis has long defied California's medical marijuana law.  Now she's using federal resources to crack down on dispensaries and aid her re-election campaign.

Don’t let a rogue prosecutor and the DEA use any more of your tax dollars to hurt patients and harass the people who provide their medicine.  Join me in urging the governor and attorney general to hold Dumanis accountable.

Sincerely,

Bill Piper
Director, Office of National Affairs
Drug Policy Alliance Network

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