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#388 Repealing Today’s Failed Prohibition

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Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2008 Subject: #388 Repealing Today’s Failed Prohibition REPEALING TODAY’S FAILED PROHIBITION ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #388 – Sunday, 7 December 2008 Syndicated columnist Froma Harrop wrote the column, below, which ties the ended Prohibition 75 years ago this past week to the modern version – the […]

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#387 The Observer Prints A Series: ‘Drugs Uncovered’

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Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 Subject: #387 The Observer Prints A Series: ‘Drugs Uncovered’ THE OBSERVER PRINTS A SERIES: ‘DRUGS UNCOVERED’ ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #387 – Sunday, 16 November 2008 It is rare for any newspaper to print a multi-page series of articles about almost all aspects of the […]

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#386 Milestones

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Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 Subject: #386 Milestones MILESTONES ********************************************************************** DrugSense FOCUS Alert #386 – Tuesday, 11 November 2008 Today is Remembrance Day in Australia and Canada and Veterans Day in the United States. The symbol of the day is the poppy that grows in Flanders’ Fields. Service members of […]

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#385 The 7 State Ballot Propositions And Proposals

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Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 Subject: #385 The 7 State Ballot Propositions And Proposals THE 7 STATE BALLOT PROPOSITIONS AND PROPOSALS ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #385 – Tuesday, 30 September 2008 Voters in California, Oregon, Massachusetts, and Michigan will all vote Tuesday, November 4th on issues – […]

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#384 Presidential Leadership Needed

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Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 Subject: #384 Presidential Leadership Needed PRESIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP NEEDED ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #384 – Sunday, 7 September 2008 “What if major party nominees Barack Obama and John McCain were pressed to state their positions on drugs and incarceration?” writes syndicated columnist Neal […]

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#383 Brown’s Rules On Medical Marijuana

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Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 Subject: #383 Brown’s Rules On Medical Marijuana BROWN’S RULES ON MEDICAL MARIJUANA ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #384 – Wednesday, 27 August 2008 Monday California Attorney General Jerry Brown issued “Guidelines for the Security and Non-Diversion of Marijuana Grown for Medical Use” that […]

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#382 Medical Marijuana Pro-Con

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Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 Subject: #382 Medical Marijuana Pro-Con MEDICAL MARIJUANA PRO-CON ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #382 – Monday, 18 August 2008 Today the Los Angeles Times printed in its Monday Health Section four articles about medicinal marijuana, below. Yesterday the Los Angeles Times printed an […]

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#381 Pot Power Play

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Date: Sun, 17 Aug 2008 Subject: #381 Pot Power Play POT POWER PLAY ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #381 – Sunday, 17 August 2008 Today the Los Angeles Times printed an OPED by Kenji Yoshino, Professor of Constitutional Law at New York University School of Law. Note that […]

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#380 Drug War Madness

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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2008 Subject: #380 Drug War Madness DRUG WAR MADNESS ********************PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE************************ DrugSense FOCUS Alert #380 – Monday, 11 August 2008 Today the Los Angeles Times printed a superb OPED by Vera Leone, an Internet communications associate with the Drug Policy Alliance http://www.drugpolicy.org The OPED […]