HOT OFF THE 'NET

WHY I'M STANDING UP AGAINST RANDOM DRUG TESTING AT MY HIGH SCHOOL

By Allie Brody

"It should be common sense that scaring students won't help them any
to make smarter decisions."

http://drugsense.org/url/GRecBqFA

OBAMA'S DEMENTED DRUG POLICY

by Radley Balko

As he leaves on a trip to Mexico, the president looks poised to
continue the same ruinous drug policies and the same failing tactics
in the war on drugs.

http://drugsense.org/url/5QPmMgTd

MAPS NEWS APRIL 2009

http://www.maps.org/sys/nq.pl?id=1956&fmt=stdnews

LEGALIZING POT MAKES LOTS OF CENTS FOR OUR CASH-STARVED GOVERNMENT

By Paul Armentano

Even the most mainstream figures are now taking the idea of
legalizing and taxing pot seriously -- budget-crunched governments
should listen.

http://drugsense.org/url/iosxNT1Y

DRUG TRUTH NETWORK

Century of Lies - 04/12/09 - Terry Nelson

CNN Power Lunch with Rob Kampia of Marijuana Policy Project, Soros
production on UN Drug Policy + Terry Nelson of LEAP on Al Jazeera &
with Anderson Cooper.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2369

Cultural Baggage Radio Show - 04/15/09 - Glenn Greenwald

Glenn Greenwald presentation to the Cato Institute regarding 7
successful years of drug decriminalization in Portugal 2/2 + Terry
Nelson of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition.

http://www.drugtruth.net/cms/?q=node/2378

BALTIMORE NARC DEBATES BUSH'S DEA HEAD

Retired Baltimore narcotics officer Neill Franklin debates President
Bush's former DEA administrator, Asa Hutchinson, on the issue of
legalizing marijuana.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDoItHJDt7Y

THE JON DORE TELEVISION SHOW - "JON DOES DRUGS"

Known to police as a tireless soldier for the war on drugs, Jon
assists with the arrest of a pot smoker. Deciding that the only way
to understand the true effects of narcotics is through experience,
Jon tries them all at once.

http://drugsense.org/url/QbIQ5FV1

WHAT YOU CAN DO THIS WEEK

WRITE A LETTER

We Tried A War Like This Once Before - A DrugSense Focus Alert

http://www.mapinc.org/alert/0400.html

IHRA'S 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Since 1990, IHRA's annual international harm reduction conferences
(formerly known as the 'International Conferences on the Reduction of
Drug Related Harm') have grown in importance and become the main
meeting point for all those interested in harm reduction around the world.

In April 2009, the conference will once again come to Thailand,
taking place at the Imperial Queen's Park Hotel in Bangkok from the
20th to the 23rd April 2009.

http://www.ihra.net/Thailand/Home

TELL PRESIDENT OBAMA THE DRUG WAR IS NO JOKE

A few weeks ago, the president dismissed the idea of ending marijuana
prohibition as a joke. Now that he's in Mexico and seeing first hand
the awful effects of prohibition, it's time to make sure he takes it seriously.

http://drugsense.org/url/uVp09vD4