DrugSense Weekly, Aug. 1, 2003 #311

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TABLE OF CONTENTS:

* This Just In

(1) High Times In Rome (2) Friend-of-court Brief Filed In Stillbirth Case
(3) Swisher Commission Turns Down McEachern Request (4) Mississippi Sheriff
Accused Of Extortion

* Weekly News in Review

Drug Policy-

(5) Court Throws Out Law Used To Ban Weedstock (6) Gardner Commission
Weighs Televising Marijuana Programs (7) As Anti-Drug Tax Vote Nears,
Officials Debate Effectiveness (8) Boston Health Agency Says Drug Deaths
Rise 76 Percent (9) Needle Purchases Legal In Illinois Without Prescription

Law Enforcement & Prisons-

(10) Study Finds 2.6% Increase in U.S. Prison Population (11) Colo. Prison
Population Among Fastest-Growing (12) Oklahoma County Jail Rates Highest
For Drugs (13) Agents Warn Of Pot Sprayed With Weed Killer (14) Dallas Cops
Killed A Drug Suspect At His Clothing Store

Cannabis & Hemp-

(15) Canadian Pot Laws May Go Up In Smoke (16) Medicinal Cannabis A Step
Closer In New Zealand (17) Insurance Covers Pot Theft In Hawaii (18) UK
Head Injury Trial For Cannabis-Type Drug (19) Marc Emery Busted Again

International News-

(20) Colombia Paramilitary Chief Admits Crimes (21) Needle Use Down;
Methadone Clinic Praised (22) Pusher Street Dealers Face Up To The Shove
(23) Chemists Urge Cannabis Trial

* Hot Off The 'Net

Educate USA Today About Meth Epidemic

Mitch Earleywine Survey

Cultural Baggage Radio Show

MAP Drugnews Archive Enhancements

Chat With Dr. Ethan Russo

* Letter Of The Week

I'm The Proof / By Alison Myrden

* Feature Article

A New Way to Help Promote Sensible Drug Policies / By DrugSense and MAP

* Quote of the Week

Bertrand Russell