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The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network:. (To downlad these 29:00 files, click on links below. To simply listen, go to www.drugtruth.net and select the arrow below the shows description.) Cultural Baggage for 03/19/08 Jim Hightower, author of "Swim Against the Current - Even a Dead Fish Can Go With the Flow" + Cliff Thornton of Efficacy-Online re UN convention in Vienna & Obama's Preacher MP3 LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1809/FDBCB_031908.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: (Will be posted late on 03/20/08) Century of Lies for 03/18/08 Doug McVay, director of research for Common Sense for Drug Policy and editor of Drug War Facts reports from Vienna, Austria on the 51st annual meeting of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs with Boaz Wachtel, executive director of the Green Leaf Party of Israel, Richard Elliott, Executive Director, Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, Eric Carlin, executive director of Mentor UK and a vice chair in the VNGOC and Mike Trace, co-founder and co-coordinator of the International Drug Policy Consortium MP3 Link: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1808/COL_031808.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1808#comments "World War Infinity Squared" NEW DTN Tee Shirt Design at http://www.cultural-baggage.com/drugtruth/teeshirt.htm PLEASE NOTE: We now have transcripts, potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed, listen online at www.kpft.org: - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. Programs produced at Pacifica Radio Station KPFT in Houston. www.kpft.org Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: More than 50 Drug Policy Videos online) Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

Drug Truth Network Update: 4:20 Drug War NEWS from 90.1 FM in Houston and dozens of radio affiliates in the US and Canada & on the web at www.kpft.org. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. 4:20 Drug War NEWS 03/17/08 to 03/23/08 now online (3:00 ea:) Select online at www.drugtruth.net Mon - Drug Trade Tyranny on Mexican Border - Wash Post, 1 of 5 Tue - Drug Trade Tyranny on Mexican Border - Wash Post, 2/5 Wed - Drug Trade Tyranny on Mexican Border - Wash Post, 3/5 Thu - Drug Trade Tyranny on Mexican Border - Wash Post, 4/5 Fri - Drug Trade Tyranny on Mexican Border - Wash Post, 5/5 Sat - Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway Sun - NPR report on "The Wire" screenwriters article in Time Mag Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed (Now With Transcripts): - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: Jim Hightower - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: Doug McVay reports on UN Conf in Vienna Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network:. (To downlad these 29:00 files, click on links below. To simply listen, go to www.drugtruth.net and select the arrow below the shows description.) Cultural Baggage for 03/12/08 John Baeza with 24 years of law enforcement experience now a speaker for LEAP, (Law Enforcement Against Prohibition) + Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway and a call for the first ever "Friends of LEAP" meeting, to make a coordinated contact with elected officials. MP3 LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1800/FDBCB_031208.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: (Will be posted late on 03/13/08) Century of Lies for 03/11/08 Virginia McDavid, running for a congressional seat in the state of Texas dares to discuss the need for change to our drug laws + NPR interview of "The Wire" writer & extract from "Faces of Colombia" MP3 Link: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1799/COL_031108.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1799#comments PLEASE NOTE: We now have transcripts, potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed: - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. Programs produced at Pacifica Radio Station KPFT in Houston. www.kpft.org Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: More than 50 Drug Policy Videos online) Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

[Courtesy of Drug Truth Network] Drug Truth Network Update: 4:20 Drug War NEWS from 90.1 FM in Houston and dozens of radio affiliates in the US and Canada & on the web at www.kpft.org. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. 4:20 Drug War NEWS 03/10/08 to 03/16/08 now online (3:00 ea:) Select online at www.drugtruth.net Mon - "Voice of Colombia" (1/3) with Luz Elena Castro & Alejandro Magyaroff Tue - "Voice of Colombia" (2/3) with Luz Elena Castro & Alejandro Magyaroff Wed - Voice of Colombia" (3/3) with Luz Elena Castro & Alejandro Magyaroff Thu - Drug Truth Network Editorial with Rev. Dean Becker, speaker for Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Fri - Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway Sat - Drug War Facts with Doug McVay Sun - Phil Smith, writes for Drug War Chronicle Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed (Now With Transcripts): - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: Elizabeth McDavid, Dem Cand for Tx Rep - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: John Baeza of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

[Courtesy of Just Say Know] Visit Our Web Site: If you’re using internet explorer web browser use this link: http://jsknow.angelfire.com/home If you’re using any other web browser use this link: http://jsknow.angelfire.com/index.html Please pass this message on to ALL your contacts in the USA and ask them to join our mailing list using the form on our website. THANK YOU! We never share email addresses from our mailing list with anyone. Just Say Know works on your behalf toward drug policy reform, preserving and re-instating your legal rights. Drug policy and enforcement tactics are out of control and removing your rights at an alarming rate. Your financial contributions are greatly appreciated. To make a donation reply to this message with “donation” in the subject line and an associate will contact you by return email. Thank you for your consideration. Don’t hesitate to contact us by replying to this message; we appreciate your comments, questions and concerns. Together we will make a difference! The drug war is being used as an excuse to remove your rights, steal your property destroy your ability to earn a living and many other harms to citizens and society. There’s a mountain of evidence supporting the need for policy reform that makes citizens, their family, their livelihood and their property more secure. One very good first step will be taking away the ability of criminals to profit from cannabis. How? Just like it was done with alcohol, remove the prohibition and regulate legal adult use. As soon as alcohol prohibition ended, the crime and violence caused by alcohol prohibition ended. The year alcohol prohibition was repealed violent crime fell by sixty five percent. Tell your friends about the "Enough is Enough" petition to stop the reckless overuse of SWAT tactics and save the lives of civilians and police alike. This petition is sponsored by: StoptheDrugWar.org Click here for details. Feature Story: YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS DENIED BY THE DRUG WAR In the next few weeks we’ll be looking at several Constitutional rights and how the drug war has been used to remove them. This week we look at: FREE SPEECH Freedom of speech is being eroded in the name of the drug war, retaining this right is one of the primary benchmarks that define a free society. When government seeks to infringe on this right it’s a major step toward a tyrannical policy which we must not tolerate. The “bong hits for Jesus” case is a flagrant example of the wrong direction our policy is sometimes taking. In that case a high school student displayed a banner reading “bong hits for Jesus” in an attempt to catch the attention of news cameras. The act was nothing more than a youthful prank intended for no other purpose than to get his banner on the news. Morse v. Frederick, 127 S. Ct. 2618 (2007), was the result. A First Amendment student free speech case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that a school principal may, consistent with the First Amendment, restrict student speech at a school event when that speech is “reasonably viewed as promoting illegal drug use”. This banner in no way promoted drug use. A bong is sometimes used for smoking drugs but can also be used for smoking tobacco. The word “hits” is used to refer to taking a puff and also does not necessarily refer exclusively to drug use. Although the action in this case was a prank and obviously had nothing to do with any political issue, the right of students or any citizen to make a statement or express an opinion is necessary to allow for views about existing policy to be considered, discussed and changed when appropriate. Right now in the “land of the free” someone is being charged with a “drug crime” every 17 seconds. Any law that causes the arrest of non-violent otherwise law abiding citizens in such frequency is in dire need of revision. Students are often on the front line of policy change when their government chooses to follow a harmful path. Such was certainly the case with the Vietnam War. Young people had a major influence on ending that war. Restricting the voice of our students about illegal drugs is a direct move toward government oppression and promoting government policy against the will of the people. Since this ruling interprets the use of the words on the banner to promote drug use and particularly cannabis, it raises interesting questions. Cannabis has been proven to be one of the safest drugs and possibly the safest drug known. In all of recorded history there has never been a death attributed to the drugs in cannabis. We permit the use of aspirin, caffeine, alcohol and tobacco which kill thousands of Americans each year, so are we truly in danger because of cannabis which has never killed anyone? In the “bong hits for Jesus” case the “dangers of illegal drug use” was mentioned many times. There simply are no significant dangers from the use of cannabis.

The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network:. (To downlad these 29:00 files, click on links below. To simply listen, go to www.drugtruth.net and select the arrow below the shows description.) Cultural Baggage for 03/05/08 Catherine Austin Fitts, former HUD asst sec discusses the economic nightmare of the drug war + Poppygate report & Drug War Facts. MP3 LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1791/FDBCB_030508.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: (Will be posted late on 03/06/08) Century of Lies for 03/04/08 Phil Smith of StopTheDrugWar.org discusses empowerment of criminals through the drug laws + Al Byrne of Patients Out of Time re med marijuana convention MP3 Link: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1790/COL_030408.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1790#comments PLEASE NOTE: We now have transcripts, potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed: - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. Programs produced at Pacifica Radio Station KPFT in Houston. www.kpft.org Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: More than 50 Drug Policy Videos online) Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

Drug Truth Network Update: 4:20 Drug War NEWS from 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. 4:20 Drug War NEWS 03/03/08 to 03/09/08 now online (3:00 ea:) Select online at www.drugtruth.net Mon - Remembering William F. Buckley Jr. Tue - "Drug War Gets Bloodier" - Dallas Morning News Wed - Doug McVay with Drug War Facts & Obama quote on drug war Thu - Poppygate Report with Glenn Greenway Fri - Martin Terry, Prof of Botany at Sul Ross discusses depletion of peyote crop in S. Texas 1 of 3 Sat - Martin Terry, Prof of Botany at Sul Ross discusses depletion of peyote crop in S. Texas 2 of 3 Sun - Martin Terry, Prof of Botany at Sul Ross discusses depletion of peyote crop in S. Texas 3 of 3 Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed (Now With Transcripts): - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: Catherine Austin Fitts - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: Phil Smith of Stop the Drug War Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

The Unvarnished Truth About the Drug War From the Drug Truth Network:. (To downlad these 29:00 files, click on links below. To simply listen, go to www.drugtruth.net and select the arrow below the shows description.) Cultural Baggage for 02/27/08 Professor Martin Terry of Sul Ross University discusses the legal peyote trade in the US and Mexico and it's use by the Native American Church. MP3 LINK: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1782/FDBCB_022708.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: (Will be posted late on 02/28/08) Century of Lies for 02/26/08 LEAP speaker Dean Becker interviews Mark Bennett, incoming head of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association regarding the DA scandal, the jail scandal, the decades long and ineffective waging of the drug war. Pt 2 MP3 Link: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=audio/download/1774/COL_022608.mp3 TRANSCRIPT: http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/1774#comments PLEASE NOTE: We now have transcripts, potcasts, searchability, CMS, XML, sorts by guest name and by organization. Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed: - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. Programs produced at Pacifica Radio Station KPFT in Houston. www.kpft.org Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: More than 50 Drug Policy Videos online) Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net

Drug Truth Network Update: 4:20 Drug War NEWS from 90.1 FM in Houston & on the web at www.kpft.org. We provide the "unvarnished truth about the drug war" to scores of broadcast affiliates in the US and Canada. 4:20 Drug War NEWS 02/25/08 to 03/02/08 now online (3:00 ea:) Select online at www.drugtruth.net Mon - Drug War Facts & LSD in the UK Tue - Frame Up Falls Apart in Pennsylvania Wed - "Drug Warriors Prayer" + DTN Editorial Thu - Mark Bennett, the incoming Pres of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers association discusses ramifications of the drug war Pt 1 Fri - Mark Bennett, the incoming Pres of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers association discusses ramifications of the drug war Pt 2 Sat - Mark Bennett, the incoming Pres of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers association discusses ramifications of the drug war Pt 3 Sun - Mark Bennett, the incoming Pres of the Harris County Criminal Lawyers association discusses ramifications of the drug war Pt 4 Next - Century of Lies on Tues, Cutural Baggage on Wed (Now With Transcripts): - Cultural Baggage 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD - Century of Lies 12:30 PM ET, 11:30 AM CT, 10:30 AM MT & 9:30 AM PT: TBD Hundreds of our programs are available online at www.drugtruth.net, www.audioport.org and at www.radio4all.net. Check out our latest videos via www.youtube.com/fdbecker: Please become part of the solution, visit our website: www.endprohibition.org for links to the best of reform. "Prohibition is evil." - Reverend Dean Becker, Drug Truth Network Producer Dean Becker 713-849-6869 www.drugtruth.net