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Feature: Vancouver Conference Sends a Message to the UN
As part of a series of regional forums in advance of next month's meeting of the UN Commission on Narcotic Drugs in Vienna, Vancouver this week hosted a forum where participants sent a clear signal that prohibition is not working.
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Ecstasy: Kansas Bill Would Make Simple Possession a Felony
Spurred by the state's narcs, the Kansas legislature is considering a bill that would make ecstasy possession a felony. It's all about the kids, proponents argue, but opponents wonder how saddling them with felony records will help.
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Death Penalty: Hash-Selling, Drunkenness Earn Ultimate Sanction, Two More Beheaded in Saudi Arabia
One man gets a death sentence for drinking in Iran, another for selling hash in India, and Saudi Arabia keeps up the pace, executing two traffickers last week.
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Drug Truth Update 02/07/08
The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network:.
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Cultural Baggage for 02/06/08 Paul Armentano, Dep. Dir. of NORML discusses news of "powerful" marijuana, positive scientific studies, corporate media's continued reefer madness + Cliff Schaffer editor of Marijuana Businnes News & Poppygate Report from Glenn GreenwayMP3 LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1755/FDBCB_020608.mp3
TRANSCRIPT: (Will be posted late on 02/07/08)
Century of Lies for 02/05/08 "Black America: The Debate Within" , (Pt 2) a panel discussion from New Orleans drug conference featuring Rev. Edwin Sanders, Naomi Long, Prof. James Peterson and Prof. Glenn Loury + Doug McVay with "Drug War Facts".. MP3 Link: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1754/COL_020508.mp3
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Cracked Justice Lobby Day
Please join Families Against Mandatory Minimums (FAMM) and partner organizations as we call for change on Capitol Hill!
Ask Congress to support legislation eliminating the crack/powder cocaine sentencing disparity. In the 21 years that mandatory sentences for crack have been in effect, tens of thousands have suffered unjust, disproportionate, and excessive sentences because of the sentencing disparity. It's time for change.
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Capitol Hill Reception Celebrating the Lifting of the DC Syringe Exchange Funding Ban
Please join Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton and friends for a special Capitol Hill reception to celebrate the lifting of the DC syringe exchange funding ban and thank the policymakers and advocates who made this victory possible.