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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"DRCNet" <<a href="mailto:drcnet@drcnet.org">drcnet@drcnet.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">May 23, 2008 5:13:03 PM PDT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">"Jacob Cabrera" <<a href="mailto:c@jacobslife.org">c@jacobslife.org</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>Drug War Chronicle, Issue #537 (short version)</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:notice-reply-w36dx3b4vm8xkn7@ga0.org">notice-reply-w36dx3b4vm8xkn7@ga0.org</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <style type="text/css" media="screen"><!-- table { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 140%; } table ol { padding-left: 20px; } --></style> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="1" width="628" align="center" bgcolor="#ff0000" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" bgcolor="#000000" border="0" background="http://stopthedrugwar.org/files/chronicle_header2.jpg" height="100" id="header"> <tbody> <tr> <td align="middle"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" height="100"> <tbody><tr height="47"> <td width="10" height="47"></td> <td height="47"></td> <td height="47"></td> <td width="10" height="47"></td> </tr> <tr height="28"> <td width="10" height="28"></td> <td height="28"><font color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif">a publication of <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/"><font color="white">Stop the Drug War</font></a> (DRCNet)</font></td> <td height="28"> <div align="right"> <font color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537"><font color="white">Issue #537 - 5/23/08</font></a></font></div> </td> <td width="10" height="28"></td> </tr> <tr height="25"> <td width="10" height="25"></td> <td height="25"><font size="-2" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="http://ga0.org/drcnet/smp.tcl?show_subs=profile"><font color="white">Subscriptions</font></a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/archives"><font color="white">Archives</font></a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/speakeasy/chronicle"><font color="white">Chronicle Blog</font></a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle"><font color="white">Chronicle Main</font></a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/donate"><font color="white">Donate</font></a> | <a href="http://ga0.org/drcnet/join-forward.html?domain=drcnet&r=U7_SfUE1mKFq&"><font color="white">Send to Friend</font></a></font></td> <td height="25"> <div align="right"> <font size="-2" color="white" face="Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle"><font color="white">StoptheDrugWar.org/chronicle</font></a></font></div> </td> <td width="10" height="25"></td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <!-- BEGIN WRAPPED CONTENT --> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="626" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td valign="top"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="8" width="100%" align="center" bgcolor="#ffffff" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td><p> <b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><h4><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/psmith">Phillip S. Smith</a>, Editor<br><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/borden">David Borden</a>, Executive Director</h4> <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/register">subscribe now</a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/donate">make a donation</a> | <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/googlesearch">search</a></font></b> </p><p> <a id="toc" name="toc"><b><font face="Helvetica"><h3>TABLE OF CONTENTS</h3></font></b></a> </p> <ol> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" border="0"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/medical_marijuana_minnesota_ohio_rhode_island"><img src="http://stopthedrugwar.org/files/risenate-small.jpg" border="0" align="left"></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="20"> </td> <td> <center> <a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/medical_marijuana_minnesota_ohio_rhode_island"><font face="Palatino"><font color="#CC6633"><font size="-2">long march through the statehouses</font></font></font></a> </center> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/new_mexico_medical_marijuana_program">FEATURE: NEW MEXICO'S MEDICAL MARIJUANA LAW IS WORKING, BUT THERE IS A HANG-UP OVER PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Nearly a year after it went into effect, New Mexico's medical marijuana program is registering and providing ID cards to patients, but its innovative provisions for state-licensed, -owned, or -operated marijuana production and distribution are stalled in the regulatory process.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/medical_marijuana_minnesota_ohio_rhode_island">FEATURE: MEDICAL MARIJUANA AT THE STATEHOUSE -- STALLED IN ST. PAUL, PROGRESS IN PROVIDENCE, COMING OUT IN COLUMBUS</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">No one ever said it was going to be easy to get medical marijuana bill through state legislatures, and recent events in Minnesota and Rhode Island reinforce the notion that it's a lengthy, arduous process. But it isn't going to happen at all if you don't try, and that's what one Ohio legislator is doing.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/drcnet_internships_to_stop_the_drug_war">STUDENTS: INTERN AT DRCNET AND HELP STOP THE DRUG WAR!</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Apply for an internship at DRCNet for this fall (or spring), and you could spend the semester fighting the good fight!</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/police_drug_corruption">LAW ENFORCEMENT: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">On opposite sides of the country, crooked cops are headed for long prison sentences, and another Atlanta narc is going to the big house. Meanwhile, a Customs and Border Protection agent in San Diego and a jail guard in the Florida panhandle get busted.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/fake_DEA_agent_lawsuit_gerald_missouri">LAW ENFORCEMENT: MISSOURI RESIDENTS SUE OVER FAKE DEA AGENT BUSTS</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">The DEA agent helped police in a Missouri do some COPS-style raids earlier this year. There was only one problem: He wasn't a DEA agent. Now the people busted are suing.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/stephen_schneider_pain_medicine_motion_dismiss_CSA">PAIN MEDICINE: KANSAS DOCTOR FIGHTS BACK, ATTACKS FEDERAL PROSECUTION AND CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ACT AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Attorneys for Dr. Stephen Schneider, a Kansas physician indicted by the feds as a "pill mill" operator, have now filed a motion seeking dismissal of the indictment and challenging the constitutionality of the Controlled Substances Act.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/massachusetts_senate_secure_drug_treatment_center">DRUG TREATMENT: MASSACHUSETTS SENATE PONDERS "SECURE TREATMENT CENTERS"</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Faced with high rates of opiate addiction and a rising overdose toll, the Massachusetts Senate is considering funding a pair of "secure treatment centers" for arrested drug users.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/chile_senator_protests_marijuana_dangerous_drug">LATIN AMERICA: CHILEAN SENATOR CHALLENGES INCLUSION OF MARIJUANA ON "DANGEROUS DRUGS" LIST</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">The Chilean government recently reclassified marijuana as a "dangerous drug" like heroin or methamphetamine, but one senator is crying foul.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/colombia_vice_president_santos_cocaine_legalization">EUROPE: COLOMBIAN VICE-PRESIDENT WANTS DEBATE ON COCAINE LEGALIZATION</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Colombia's vice-president went to London to attend events related to a new British campaign against cocaine consumption, but while he was there, he suggested maybe legalization should be part of the discussion.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/david_nutt_acmd_ecstasy">EUROPE: NEW HEAD OF BRITISH GOVERNMENT DRUG ADVISORY COUNCIL FAVORS DOWNGRADING ECSTASY</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">The British Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, the government body charged with setting drug policy, has a new chairman this week, and he has said he wants to downgrade Ecstasy to a less serious drug classification.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/calabria_mob_ndrangheta_cocaine_italy">EUROPE: CALABRIAN MOB GROWS RICH AND POWERFUL ON COCAINE PROFITS</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Move over, Sicilian Mafia. The Calabrian mob, grown rich and powerful off trafficking in black market cocaine, are the new tough guys in Europe.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/drug_war_history">WEEKLY: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/do_you_read_drug_war_chronicle">FEEDBACK: DO YOU READ DRUG WAR CHRONICLE?</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Do you read Drug War Chronicle? If so, we need your feedback to evaluate our work and make the case for Drug War Chronicle to funders. We need donations too.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/blogging_at_the_speakeasy">WEEKLY: BLOGGING @ THE SPEAKEASY</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">"Rachel Hoffman's Family Issues an Urgent Call for Change," "If You Write Bad Pro-Drug War Editorials, We Will Find Them and Embarrass You," "The Obama Campaign Responds to My Criticism of His Position on Marijuana Decriminalization," "Informant Identified in Fatal Maple Tree/Marijuana Mix-up," "Virginia Senator Jim Webb Speaks Out Against Marijuana Laws," "New British Drug Czar Supports Reducing Penalties for Ecstasy," "Drug Czars Say the Darndest Things," "Dick Morris Tells John McCain to Propose Harsher Cocaine Laws," "'You Don't Want This!'"</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/drug_policy_content_syndication_feeds_now_available">WEBMASTERS: HELP THE MOVEMENT BY RUNNING DRCNET SYNDICATION FEEDS ON YOUR WEB SITE!</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Support the cause by featuring automatically-updating Drug War Chronicle and other DRCNet content links on your web site!</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/drug_policy_RSS_feeds_now_available">RESOURCE: DRCNET WEB SITE OFFERS WIDE ARRAY OF RSS FEEDS FOR YOUR READER</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">A new way for you to receive DRCNet articles -- Drug War Chronicle and more -- is now available.</font></font> </li> <li> <font face="Helvetica"><font size="-1"><a href="http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/537/drug_reform_calendar">RESOURCE: REFORMER'S CALENDAR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH DRCNET WEB SITE</a><br></font></font> <font face="Palatino"><font size="-1">Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to the events coming up the soonest, and more.</font></font> </li> </ol> <hr><p> <b><font face="Arial,Helvetica"><font size="-1">DRCNet needs your support! 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