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[Courtesy of INPUD] Dear fellow activists, This is a call to register for all DU Activists who want to attend the 3rd INPUD Congress. The 3rd annual INPUD Congress takes place in Barcelona on Sunday May 11, 2008. You don't need to be registered for the IHRA Conference to be able to attend the INPUD Congress. Registration for the INPUD Congress is free of charge. The registration is needed to be able to estimate the needed translation equipment and to order some food and drinks. If you plan to attend the congress, please send an email to [email protected] Your name: Country: Are you registered for the IHRA conference? O Yes O No Are you presenting in one of the sessions during the IHRA conference? If yes, please provide the name and time/date of the session Session title: Time and date of the session: Please copy and paste the above and email to [email protected] Hope to see you all in Barcelona! Stijn Goossens Executive Director International Network Of People Who Use Drugs INPUD vzw GuldensporenStraat 88/2 2140 Borgerhout Belgium Phone: +32 3 297 8451 Mobile: +32 479 982 271 -- DrugUsersNeverQuit www.Inpud.org www.HarmReduction.be (DrugWarLog) www.HarmReduction.eu (ArtCoreFromTheHardCore) www.HaRdCOREhARMREdUCER.be

*********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************* DrugSense FOCUS Alert #364 - Friday, 25 April 2008 This week the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times featured a drug war debate between Jacob Sullum, who needs no introduction; and Charles "Cully" Stimson who was a local, state and federal prosecutor, a military prosecutor and defense attorney, and a deputy assistant secretary of Defense. Currently, he is a senior legal fellow at the Heritage Foundation. The series is MAP archived as follows: Monday's DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n414/a05.html Tuesday's DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n415/a09.html Wednesday's DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n418/a05.html Thursday's DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n421/a02.html Friday's DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n426.a01.html Besides being targets for letters to the editor the series provides arguments we are likely to see as efforts are made for and against initiatives which will be on the ballot in various states. Tuesday's DUST UP about medical marijuana presents arguments we may see about the Michigan initiative http://StopArrestingPatients.org/ Already one Detroit TV station has been broadcasting anti-initiative ads you may see at http://stoparrestingpatients.org/video.html The other OPEDs present arguments we may see used for or against the California's initiative, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of 2008 http://www.drugpolicy.org/statebystate/california/nora/ ********************************************************************** Style guides for writing effective letters to the editor are available at MAP's Media Activism Center: http://www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides ********************************************************************** Prepared by: The MAP Media Activism Team -- www.mapinc.org/resource