Drug War Chronicle, Issue #508 -- 11/2/07
Phillip S. Smith, Editor, psmith@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Publication of Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)
David Borden, Executive Director, borden@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition"
Students: Intern at DRCNet to help stop the drug war!
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/drcnet_intern****ps_to_stop_the_drug_war
Table of Contents:
1. EDITORIAL: NEWSFLASH -- GOVERNMENTS ARE VIOLENTLY DESTROYING
LIVES IN THE DRUG WAR
Thousands of lives are damaged or destroyed in the drug war
every day, but all for nought. Prohibition needs to end.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/newsflash_drug_laws_are_destroying_lives
2. FEATURE: NEW, LESS SEVERE FEDERAL CRACK COCAINE SENTENCING
GUIDELINES GO INTO EFFECT, BUT WILL THEY BE RETROACTIVE?
New, less harsh federal sentencing guidelines for crack cocaine
offenses went into effect this week, potentially affecting 4,000
federal cases a year. But will the US Sentencing Commission make
those changes retroactive, bringing hope to nearly 20,000
currently imprisoned federal crack offenders? Stay tuned.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/sentencing_commission_new_crack_guidelines_retroactivity
3. FEATURE: CAN MEDICAL MARIJUANA COST YOU YOUR KID? IN
CALIFORNIA, IT CAN
Ronnie Naulls thought he knew what to expect if the DEA came
after his dispensary, but he never thought they'd try to take
his kids. He's not the only California medical marijuana patient
or provider with problems with child protective services or
family courts, either.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/california_medical_marijuana_DEA_CPS_remove_children_naulls
4. WEEKLY: BLOGGING @[EMAIL PROTECTED]
THE SPEAKEASY
"Arresting Marijuana Users Sends the Wrong Message to Children,"
"Drew Carey Cares About Medical Marijuana," "Cowards: Democratic
Front-Runners Reject Marijuana Law Reform," "Bill O'Reilly
Doesn't Want You to Get High," "What Motivates the Leaders of
the Drug War?," "Blogging is More Addictive Than Marijuana."
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/blogging_at_the_speakeasy
5. STUDENTS: INTERN AT DRCNET AND HELP STOP THE DRUG WAR!
Apply for an intern****p at DRCNet for this fall (or spring), and
you could spend the semester fighting the good fight!
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/drcnet_intern****ps_to_stop_the_drug_war
6. LAW ENFORCEMENT: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
A top narc admits he was dirty, a border drug squad deputy
commander goes to prison, a deputy police chief is under
investigation, and yes, another prison guard gets busted.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/police_drug_corruption
7. HARM REDUCTION: MEASURE TO BAR FEDERAL FUNDS FOR CITIES WITH
SAFE INJECTION SITES P***** SENATE
Congressional drug warriors have managed to pass an amendment
that would bar federal funds for cities that establish safe
injection sites. The measure is in conference committee and
needs to be killed now.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/senate_p*****_measure_bar_federal_funds_cities_safe_inection_sites
8. MARIJUANA: DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATES FOREGO OP****TUNITY TO
SUP****T DECRIMINALIZATION DURING TUESDAY NIGHT DEBATE
When the Democratic presidential contenders had a chance to
sup****t marijuana decriminalization during Tuesday night's
televised debate, only two out of seven did so.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/democratic_debate_presidential_candidates_marijuana_decriminalization
9. FAMILIES: UTAH SUPREME COURT RULES MERE PRESENCE OF DRUGS IN
HOME IS NOT CHILD ENDANGERMENT
The mere presence of illegal drugs in a home is not enough to
justify child endangerment charges against parents, the Utah
Supreme Court has ruled.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/utah_supreme_court_drugs_child_endangerment_ruling
10. SENTENCING REFORM: MASSACHUSETTS BAR ASSOCIATION FORMS DRUG
POLICY TASK FORCE
The Massachusetts Bar Association has decided to form a drug
policy task force with an eye toward sentencing reform in the
Bay State.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/massachusetts_bar_drug_policy_task_force_sentencing_reform
11. SOUTHEAST ASIA: DRUG CRACKDOWNS SPREAD HIV/AIDS, EXPERTS SAY
Southeast Asian countries' tough line on drug users is
exacerbating the HIV/AIDS crisis in the region, experts in
Bangkok said last weekend.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/southeast_asia_drug_policies_spread_HIV_AIDS
12. SOUTHEAST ASIA: INDONESIA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT UPHOLDS DEATH
PENALTY FOR DRUG OFFENSES
Executions for drug offenses will continue in Indonesia. The
country's constitutional court upheld such punishments this
week.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/indonesia_court_upholds_death_penalty_drug_offenses
13. FEEDBACK: DO YOU READ DRUG WAR CHRONICLE?
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.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/do_you_read_drug_war_chronicle
14. WEB SCAN
New York Times on drug convictions and financial aid,
conservatives against harsh crack sentencing law, Smith and
Guard on Drug Truth Network, Tony Papa on the "preppy killer"
facing more time for drugs than murder.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/drug_policy_links
15. WEEKLY: THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of
years past.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/drug_war_history
16. IN THE MOVEMENT: JOB OP****TUNITIES AT MPP
The Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) currently has two part-time,
unpaid positions open. Apply today for either the nationwide
Research Fellow****p or DC-based Member****p Intern position.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/mpp_job_op****tunities
17. ANNOUNCEMENT: DEADLINE APPROACHING FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
TO IHRA BARCELONA CONFERENCE
The 19th International Conference for the Reduction of
Drug-Related Harm will convene in Barcelona this May. There's
still time to apply to get on the program.
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/abstracts_due_for_ihra_barcelona_conference
18. WEBMASTERS: HELP THE MOVEMENT BY RUNNING DRCNET SYNDICATION
FEEDS ON YOUR WEB SITE!
Sup****t the cause by featuring automatically-updating Drug War
Chronicle and other DRCNet content links on your web site!
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19. RESOURCE: DRCNET WEB SITE OFFERS WIDE ARRAY OF RSS FEEDS FOR
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20. RESOURCE: REFORMER'S CALENDAR ACCESSIBLE THROUGH DRCNET WEB
SITE
Visit our new web site each day to see a running countdown to
the events coming up the soonest, and more.
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1. Editorial: Newsflash -- Governments Are Violently Destroying
Lives in the Drug War
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/508/newsflash_drug_laws_are_destroying_lives
David Borden, Executive Director,
http://stopthedrugwar.org/user/borden
Newsflash: California authorities are taking children away from
their families because of their parents' medical marijuana.
Newsflash: The US federal government imprisons thousands of
people for decades over minute quantities of crack cocaine.
Newsflash: Indonesia's Supreme Court says it's okay to kill drug
offenders.
Newsflash: Anti-drug law enforcement crackdowns are driving
people away from health services and causing more of them to get
Hepatitis or AIDS.
And much much more. Every day, more than 4,000 drug arrests are
made across the United States, their targets often getting
ticketed, fined, jailed, prosecuted, sentenced, incarcerated.
Arrestees can lose their cars, their homes, their livelihoods,
their families, their reputations; suspects or bystanders can
get shot or traumatized by no-knock raiders. Yet the drugs
continue to flow and it is all for nought.
The more typical newsflash in the mainstream media is when
someone was arrested or a drug operation was raided or some
drugs were seized. But that's not really news, it's just the
background of futile activity taking place all the time. When
the dust settles, another family is reeling, another mound of
taxpayer money is squandered, another Constitutional right has
been sabotaged and undermined.
Newsflash: It's wrong to attack millions of people in the ways
the drug war does, and the drug war doesn't work. Prohibition
needs to end.
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