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[Courtesy of Usborne Books] I invite you to support the Usborne Books Online Book Fair to benefit The DC Area Books to Prisons Project **Read to the end of this email and you might win a free book!**

[Courtesy of Marsha Rosenbaum, director of the Safety First Project and director of the San Francisco office of the Drug Policy Alliance] My new booklet, "Safety First: A Reality-Based Approach to Teens and Drugs," is now available. We offer the first 25 copies for free and use a sliding scale after that. Our main goal is to make this resource available to parents, educators and reform organizations. Our goal is to reach the widest audience possible.

On Friday, January 5 at 10:00 pm (Eastern) Rob Ryan, Bill Gallagher and Peter Christ will be on The Scott Sloan Show on Cincinnati's WLW 700 AM. We will be discussing the War on Drugs impact in Cincinnati and beyond, especially focusing on the record number of homicides last year and the role of the the new marijuana ordinance that made marijuana possession an arrestable offense in Cincinnati. Note under Ohio state law the same amounts are a minor misdemeanor ticket.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: December 5, 2006 Contact: Chris Goldstein or Allen St. Pierre, tel: 202-483-5500, e-mail: [email protected] NORML's Daily Podcast Celebrates 6 Months; Over 100 Episodes Online

Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage, Century of Lies, 4:20 Drug War NEWS Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. Cultural Baggage for 12/01/06 Eric Sterling of Criminal Justice Police Foundation + Terry Nelson & Howard Wooldridge of LEAP, Poppygate, Drug War Facts MP3

An e-mail we received from the author of the controversial book "It's Just A Plant." Hello Gentle Reader, "It's Just a Plant," the children's book about marijuana that has been called "a glimpse of what enlightened drug education could be" (Dr. Andrew Weil) is on sale now for the winter holiday.

On the final day of The Road to Vienna 2008 conference at the European Parliament in Brussels, a declaration was issued that will be sent to media and Members of European Parliament. Signers of the declaration include Members of the European Parliament from two political groups (GUE/NGL and GREENS) and representatives of more than 50 NGO´s, as well as local and regional authorities from around Europe and beyond.

Drug Truth Network Update: Cultural Baggage + Century of Lies + 4:20 Drug War NEWS + DTN "Unvarnished TRUTH" Released Half Hour Programs, Live Fridays... at 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org.

For Immediate Release: November 4, 2006 Contact: Tony Newman (646) 335-5384 or Tommy McDonald (646) 335-2242

For Immediate Release: October 31, 2006 For More Info: Tony Newman (646) 335-5384 The Tale of Two MA Teenagers: Probation for Coach Belichick’s son for Small Amount of Marijuana, Two Years in Jail for Mitchell Lawrence