Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008
Subject: #364 Did You Read The Los Angeles Times Dust Up Debates?
DID YOU READ THE LOS ANGELES TIMES DUST UP DEBATES?
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DrugSense FOCUS Alert #364 – Friday, 25 April 2008
This week the editorial pages of the Los Angeles Times featured a drug
war debate between Jacob Sullum, who needs no introduction; and
Charles “Cully” Stimson who was a local, state and federal prosecutor,
a military prosecutor and defense attorney, and a deputy assistant
secretary of Defense. Currently, he is a senior legal fellow at the
Heritage Foundation.
The series is MAP archived as follows:
Monday’s DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n414/a05.html
Tuesday’s DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n415/a09.html
Wednesday’s DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n418/a05.html
Thursday’s DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08/n421/a02.html
Friday’s DUST UP http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v08.n426.a01.html
Besides being targets for letters to the editor the series provides
arguments we are likely to see as efforts are made for and against
initiatives which will be on the ballot in various states.
Tuesday’s DUST UP about medical marijuana presents arguments we may
see about the Michigan initiative http://StopArrestingPatients.org/
Already one Detroit TV station has been broadcasting anti-initiative
ads you may see at http://stoparrestingpatients.org/video.html
The other OPEDs present arguments we may see used for or against the
California’s initiative, the Nonviolent Offender Rehabilitation Act of
2008 http://www.drugpolicy.org/statebystate/california/nora/
What happens on Election Day is up to you. If you are not registered
to vote, there are websites that provide help, like Rock the Vote at
http://drugsense.org/url/Ylqy68Vz
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http://www.mapinc.org/resource/#guides
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