DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, DEC. 2, 2005 #427

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

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(1) US CA: Incursions Into Paradise (2) Australia: Bad And Good News From The Battle Front (3) US CO: Man Says He'll Fight Marijuana Bust (4) Guatemala: Cocaine's New Route

* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n427.html#sec2

Drug Policy

(5) Drug Task Force Must Open Its Meetings (6) Schools Reduce Penalty
For Drugs, Alcohol (7) Meth Abuse May Lead To New Class Of Drugs (8)
Montana Pipe Shop Owners Indicted

Law Enforcement & Prisons

(9) Informant Will Sue Jackson Cops For $10M (10) Suit Claims Police
Kept Man's $9,400 (11) Prisoner Of The Status Quo (12) Slant Drug
Unit Slashed By Feds

Cannabis & Hemp

(13) A Searing Portrait Of Abuse (14) Pot In A Pickle (15) Six
Organizations Competing For Three Cannabis Permits (16) Show
Compassion For The Sufferers

International News

(17) Southeast Asia Eyes Aussie Reaction On Drug Runner's Death (18)
Rave Party Team Defies Drug Test Ban (19) Police Hampered In Drugs
Battle..! (20) Drug 'Business' In Jails Cannot Be Stopped: IG (21)
U.S. Embassy's Bar-Drug Users Policy Questioned

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Wishing Drug-Warrior Thinking / By Ted Galen Carpenter

The Cannabis Cup

Asking Dr Shulgin

Coca Cookies And Constitutional Dreams / By Jean Friedsky

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

Multidisciplinary Association For Psychedelic Studies News Update

* What You Can Do This Week
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DPA Seeks Development Intern, New York, NY Spring 2006

Make A Financial Contribution To DrugSense/MAP

* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n427.html#sec5

The Benefits of Making Drugs Legal / By Redford Givens

* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n427.html#sec6

Good Drugs / By Annalee Newitz

* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2005/ds05.n427.html#sec7

David Lloyd George