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FEATURE ARTICLE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Editors Note: The long awaited and very important document "Effective
National Drug Control Strategy" is now on-line. For the first time it
offers a succinct and sensible answer to questions about what drug
policy reformers are striving to accomplish. Below is this weeks press
release on the announcement of this powerful document. All reformers
should become familiar with this document and promote it to the
fullest extent possible. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Press Release March 3, 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
An Effective National Drug Control Strategy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Clinton Drug Plan Fails to Prevent Adolescent Drug Use or Reduce
Disease or Drug Overdoses, New Report Concludes | ||||||||||||||||||||
Drug Czar To Justify Call for More of the Same Drug War Policies at
March 3 House Committee Hearing | ||||||||||||||||||||
Coalition Urges Reversal in Budget Priorities $2 out of $3 Should Be
Spent on Prevention and Rehabilitation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Washington, D.C. - The war on drugs has failed to protect America's
children from drug abuse and has failed to reduce the availability of
cocaine and heroin, according to a new report being released on March 3,
1999. It is the first report to suggest a comprehensive alternative | ||||||||||||||||||||
The report, "The Effective National Drug Control Strategy," is being
released on March 3 when Drug Czar Barry McCaffrey testifies before a
House Subcommittee on his year 2000 budget request. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The "Effective Strategy" is the first comprehensive alternative to the
war on drugs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The "Effective Strategy" recommends spending two out of every three
dollars of the drug control budget on prevention and rehabilitation. It
also recommends tripling funding for adolescent drug use - with the
emphasis on investing in America's youth through after school programs,
mentor programs and honest drug education. | ||||||||||||||||||||
"Contrary to General McCaffrey's claims, the drug war still relies
overwhelmingly on incarcerating drug users and trying to interdict
drugs - the two least effective methods of reducing drug abuse," said
Kevin Zeese, President of Common Sense for Drug Policy and one of the
report's lead authors. "We know what works, but General McCaffrey keeps
investing in strategies that are destroying families, hurting kids and
undermining the Constitution." | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Network of Reform Groups (NRG) - a coalition of two dozen
organizations working for more sensible drug policies, who collectively
represent over 100,000 people - examined government data and
independent research, concluded that the drug war has not deterred
children from using illegal drugs, nor has it resulted in fewer deaths
and injuries from drug use. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The report found that: | ||||||||||||||||||||
* The U.S. government spent $3.6 billion on the drug war in 1988, and
will spend $17.9 billion in 1999 - $2 out of $3 are spent on law
enforcement. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* From 1985 to 1995, 85 percent of the increase in the federal prison
population was due to drug convictions. Due to mandatory sentencing
drug offenders spend more time in jail (82.2 months) than rapists (73.3
months). | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Drug overdose deaths are up 540 percent since 1980, 33 people per day
are infected with HIV from injection drug use and it is becoming the
engine for a new epidemic -- Hepatitis C. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* The price of heroin and cocaine has dropped since 1981, while purity
of both drugs has increased. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The report recommends that the Drug Czar | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Create a non-partisan panel of experts to evaluate current drug
control efforts. All options from legalization to prohibition should be
considered. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Provide funding for drug treatment on request and require coverage of
drug treatment by health insurance. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Increase funding for drug abuse prevention and redirect DARE funding
into more effective programs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Increase drug treatment services for women. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* End the sentencing disparity between crack and powder cocaine as well
as racially disproportionate law enforcement. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Allow judges to sentence drug offenders by eliminating "mandatory
minimum" drug sentences. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Provide federal funding for needle exchange programs. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Reverse the trend toward cutting school budgets to invest in prisons. | ||||||||||||||||||||
* Enact "family friendly" laws that keep families together, kids in
school and social networks intact. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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WEEKLY NEWS IN REVIEW (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Domestic News- Policy | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (1-7) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
It was a bad-press week for the drug war; the New York Times published
Tim Egan's critical 2 part analysis of the lingering effects of the
crack "epidemic." | ||||||||||||||||||||
The first part looked at changes which ill-considered laws had wrought
in our criminal justice system to reshape and enlarge prison
populations; the second focused on special police units, which in many
cities (and some towns), have persisted as permanent paramilitary
units giving a quite literal meaning to "drug war." The tone of the
articles, although not strident, is remarkably unlike the usual
deferential Times coverage of drug policy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
A Washington meeting which released a depressing report on the impact
of US policy on the spread of AIDS among blacks predictably received
far less press attention than it should have. Another wire service
story stiffed by most dailies was the improbable claim of drug war
success dutifully made in a State Department report. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Two items generating considerably more interest were Mayor Giuliani's
aggressive expansion of vehicle forfeiture to include the first
suspicion of drunk driving and Governor Whitman's quick sacking of the
NJ State Police commander for unguarded remarks about minority
citizens and drug arrests; too bad Whitman isn't as concerned about
AIDS as he is about P.C.. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Finally, a major coup by Common Sense resulted in a letter taking
ONDCP to task for McCaffrey's distortion of truth; it was carried in
the same LAT which printed State Senator Vasconcellos' strong op-ed on
medical marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||
CRACK'S LEGACY: FIRST OF TWO ARTICLES | ||||||||||||||||||||
(1) CRACK'S LEGACY: The War on Drugs Retreats, Still Taking Prisoners (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
VICTORVILLE, Calif. -- Every 20 seconds, someone in the United States
is arrested for a drug violation. Every week, on average, a new jail or
prison is built to lock up more people in the world's largest penal
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...crack left its mark, in ways that few people anticipated. Crack | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(2) CRACK'S LEGACY: Soldiers of the Drug War Remain on Duty (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Most drug raids,suicide calls and other types of volatile police
actions do not need a full paramilitary response, he said. "If you have
a mind-set that the goal is to take out a citizen, it will happen,"
Galvin said. "A successful intervention for us now is one where nobody
gets killed." | ||||||||||||||||||||
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But in Fresno, or Meriden, or Champaign, Ill., where the SWAT teams
serve most of the drug warrants, there are no plans to retreat. The
officers in camouflage and helmets, carrying MP5s and Street Sweeper
shotguns, are part of the night. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(3) BLACKS GETTING AIDS AT RECORD RATES (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON - Black Americans are becoming infected with AIDS at record
rates, receiving poorer care than whites and dying faster. Now, almost
two decades into the AIDS epidemic, about 1,000 health care providers
and activists gathered for the first medical conference on AIDS among
black Americans in a frantic hunt for ways to fight the exploding
racial divide. | ||||||||||||||||||||
AIDS in the United States is evolving from a disease that once mostly affected white homosexuals into one largely of poor blacks, often infected from dirty drug needles or heterosexual encounters. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(4) GAINS CITED IN DRUG WAR (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and allied countries made "solid
gains" in efforts to control narcotics trafficking in 1998, the State
Department said today, citing progress in crop reduction, drug
interdiction, and other areas. | ||||||||||||||||||||
In its annual report on the illicit drug trade worldwide, the
department said the most encouraging development in 1998 was the
continued downward trend in illicit coca cultivation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(5) NEW YORK MAYOR TILTS TO TOTALITARIANISM (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
NEW YORK - It may be that Rudolph Giuliani never has a reflective
moment. He just likes to push people around. He's pretty
indiscriminate about it. One day it's an indisputably worthy
target,like violent criminals, the next day it's jaywalkers. One moment
it's the organized thugs at the Fulton Fish Market, the next it's cab
drivers and food vendors. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(6) POLITICAL FALLOUT OVER NJ STATE POLICE COL. CARL WILLIAMS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
TRENTON -- A day after Gov. Whitman ousted Col. Carl A. Williams as the head of the New Jersey State Police for saying that the drug trade is handled mostly by minorities, a top black leader and Democratic legislators demanded that she delay the nomination of her attorney general to the state Supreme Court until his office completes a review of the force. She refused to take that step but continued to fault Williams' comments as being insensitive. In an interview, she declined to discuss whether his remarks were factually correct, but said they damaged the credibility of the state police. "I'm not arguing with what he was saying. I'm arguing with how he said it, and when he said it, and the way he said it," Whitman said in an interview in her office. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(7) COALITION PROTESTS GOVERNMENT'S HARD-LINE DRUG POLICIES (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON--Black leaders and public health advocates on Wednesday
joined to protest several hard-line aspects of the federal government's
anti-drug strategy, accusing the White House of spreading
misinformation. | ||||||||||||||||||||
In a letter to Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, director of the White House
Office of National Drug Control Policy, more than two dozen scholars
and activists said they were "deeply troubled" by McCaffrey's
"inaccurate and misleading statements" in opposition to needle exchange
programs and medicinal marijuana, among other issues. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Drug Policy, Certification | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (8-11) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The annual certification charade concluded with approval of both
Mexico and Colombia as staunch allies (approval was withheld from
Paraguay!). | ||||||||||||||||||||
The process generated no satisfaction on either side of the border- the most frequently used descriptive term was "hypocritical." Nevertheless, a Republican attempt to torpedo certification is given no more chance of success than the recent impeachment effort. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Against that backdrop, a detailed article from within Mexico hinted at
the extent to which the criminal market created by US policy is
irrevocably damaging their society. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(8) MEXICO, COLOMBIA DRUG EFFORTS APPROVED (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON, - President Clinton has decided to fully certify Mexico's
and Colombia's cooperation with American anti-drug efforts, a ruling
that leaves financial assistance to Washington's southern neighbors
intact. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(9) DRUG WAR PRETENSES (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
President Clinton announced on Friday that he will participate in the
annual game of "Let's Pretend." The president will pretend that Mexico
is a cooperating partner in the War on Drugs, the United States will
continue to send Mexico aid that it and the Mexican government will
pretend will help to win the war, and citizens will pretend that it all
is helping the cause. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(10) U.S. CONGRESSMEN WANT MEXICO BLACKLISTED FOR DRUGS (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - A group of Republican congressmen vowed
on Tuesday to blacklist Mexico for what they said was a failure to
crack down on drug traffickers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The congressmen introduced a resolution to overturn President Bill Clinton's decision last Friday to approve Mexico for fully cooperating in the war on drugs in the annual drug certification process. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(11) SINALOA: MEXICO'S CAPITAL OF DRUG CRIME (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
NAVOLATO, Mexico -- Jorge Aguirre Meza was a thin man who walked with a
severe limp from a childhood bout with polio. | ||||||||||||||||||||
But he stood tall against drug smugglers and bandit gangs of this
flatland farming town of 75,000 people, and of his state of Sinaloa,
which is now suffering Mexico's most widespread case of savage
drug-related violence. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sinaloa is a hot agricultural state stretching down the Pacific Coast. The home of the Mazatlan tourist resort, the state is probably best known within Mexico as the birthplace of drug smuggling. Since the 1960s, virtually every major Mexican drug lord has been Sinaloan. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Meanwhile, Sinaloa's homicides have tripled, rising steadily from about
215 in 1987 to average about 650 annually over the last few years. In
January, the state saw 51 murders, about a third of which appear to be
execution-style hits. A recent state study of 100 homicides found that
only eight had been solved. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Prisons | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (12-14) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The national significance of prisons continues to resonate with
thoughtful op-ed writers. News stories are also beginning to show an
awareness of the size of the prison population and its relation to
drug policy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The fact that an upstate Republican introduced a bill to soften the Rockefeller laws in NY means it has a real chance to pass; the chief judge of the state supreme court has also come out in favor of reform. | ||||||||||||||||||||
(12) JUVENILE JAIL SOUGHT (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Proposed facility to ease crowding | ||||||||||||||||||||
Alameda County is proposing to build the state's second-largest jail for kids to relieve crowding at its juvenile hall, despite some concerns that too many children will end up locked away. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The board of supervisors is expected to go after funding next month for
the 540-bed, $250 million complex, which would nearly double current
capacity and allow for hundreds more beds if needed. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(13) NUMBER OF BLACKS IN PRISON NEARS 1 MILLION (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
We're incarcerating an entire generation of people' | ||||||||||||||||||||
WASHINGTON -- Come the new millennium, the number of African American
adults behind bars will hit the million mark for the first time,
according to an analysis of Justice Department statistics. That
represents nearly an eight fold increase from three decades ago, when
there were 133,226 blacks in prison. | ||||||||||||||||||||
By 2000, roughly one in 10 black men will be in prison -- a statistic
with major social implications because prisoners don't have jobs, pay
taxes or care for their children at home. And because many states bar
felons from voting, at least one in seven black men will have lost the
right to vote. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(14) GOP LAWMAKER SEEKS TO REFORM DRUG SENTENCING (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Albany -- Bill would allow judges to reduce prison terms for
low-level dealers | ||||||||||||||||||||
Non-violent, low-level drug dealers could get more lenient prison sentences under a measure to reform the state's Rockefeller laws announced Friday by a conservative Republican lawmaker. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Medical Marijuana | ||||||||||||||||||||
COMMENT: (15-17) (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
This issue remained important in California, the place where it all
started; a Bay Guardian article gave us a look at how law enforcement
typically goes about seeking convictions in these cases: find a
"witness" to intimidate. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The LA Times surprised a few of us by publishing a strongly worded
op-ed by Senator John Vasconcellos. Things are coming to a boil in
California. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Canadian Minister of Health announced plans for clinical trials of
medicinal marijuana. Critics warn the announcement may be a stalling
tactic made in response to a new opposition bill to legalize the
therapeutic use of marijuana. House of Commons transcripts and media
reports about the announcement may be found at: | ||||||||||||||||||||
(15) WRITER FACES JAIL AFTER INTERVIEWING MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACTIVIST (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
WHEN A FREELANCE WRITER for High Times magazine met with a prominent
medical marijuana activist, he thought he was just getting a good
story. He might be getting five years in state prison. | ||||||||||||||||||||
On New Year's Day, Pete Brady interviewed California Libertarian Party
gubernatorial candidate Steve Kubby at Kubby's house in Olympic Valley,
near Lake Tahoe. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kubby said he was only showing Brady what he had grown and did not sell Brady any marijuana. Both Kubby and Brady are medical marijuana patients under Proposition 215, the California Compassionate Use Act. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Brady's arrest for possession of about an ounce of marijuana came on
the last day of his five-year probation term for possession.
Consequently his case will not get a regular court hearing -- only a
probation revocation hearing, at which his original sentence of five
years could be reinstated. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(16) LISTEN UP WASHINGTON, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Government - State voters approved the use of medicinal marijuana. The
feds should honor that. | ||||||||||||||||||||
What kind of a government carries on a crusade against the will of its voters, favors pain and even death for some of its people? | ||||||||||||||||||||
From a president still distancing himself from youthful experimentation
with marijuana, a drug czar who has effectively declared war on
American citizens and a Congress that forbids the counting of votes on
a Washington, D.C., ballot initiative on medical marijuana (sure to
pass), our federal government continues to bungle the issue of medical
marijuana. | ||||||||||||||||||||
There is an utter disregard of states rights, to try to silence the proponents of medical marijuana, to threaten the integrity and livelihood of California physicians and, ultimately, to engage in a campaign against the health and care of sick and dying Californians. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(17) CANADA TO TEST MEDICAL MARIJUANA (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The federal government plans to conduct human clinical tests to determine if smoking marijuana can reduce pain in terminally ill patients, a first step toward legalizing the drug for medical purposes. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Health Minister Allan Rock made the announcement yesterday in the House
of Commons, explaining later that it should not be seen as a step
toward legalizing marijuana use. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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The government does not plan to change the Criminal Code for the
trials, but will use a section of the Controlled Drugs and Substances
Act that allows the minister to exempt people from prosecution for
special circumstances. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The exemption is a sore point for advocates of medical marijuana use,
who have complained that the minister had turned a deaf ear to
compassionate applications in the past. | ||||||||||||||||||||
``We made an application 15 months ago for a person with AIDS who was literally starving to death and they did not allow it,'' said Eugene Oscapella of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy in Ottawa. He said the sufferer -- Jean Charles Pariseau of Vanier -- was advised by his doctor to take marijuana to fight nausea and stimulate appetite. | ||||||||||||||||||||
``If the government is sincere this time and that's a big if, then we're happy with the announcement,'' Mr. Oscapella added. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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New Zealand and Australia are typical of the English-speaking world: a fierce debate between US-style hard liners and harm reductionists who advocate more liberal model of minimal cannabis enforcement and trials of heroin maintenance. So far, the hard liners remain in control and heroin-related deaths continue to rise everywhere except New Zealand. Sooner or later someone is bound to make the connection. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(18) SHIPLEY SIGNALS TOUGHER ANTI-DRUGS STANCE (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Prime Minister Jenny Shipley has signalled a tougher anti-drugs regime
after discussing Australia's drug problems with its prime minister,
John Howard. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mr Howard spent the weekend in discussions with Mrs Shipley at
Millbrook resort, near Queenstown. | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Australian Government is putting A$87 million (NZ$103 million) into
strengthening border control, treatment and education programmes as
Australia experiences a surge in hard-drug exports. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(19) START HEROIN TRIALS, URGES AUSTRALIAN POLITICIAN (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
At the launch of new heroin overdose prevention and training strategies
in Victoria, Australia, on Feb 18 the premier of Victoria, Jeff
Kennett, lent his support to national heroin trials these involve the
provision of heroin to users. Already, this year, 63 people have died
from overdosing on heroin, outnumbering road-traffic fatalities as a
cause of death in Victoria. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kennett disagrees with Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, who
reaffirmed his opposition earlier this year to trials despite an
increase in drug-related deaths. Howard pointed to the success of his
"Tough-on-Drugs" strategy which has produced a record number drug
seizures. A National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre report, released
on Feb 9, stated that heroin-related deaths have increased by 73% over
the past decade. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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HOT OFF THE 'NET (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
The Effective National Drug Control Strategy is on line at: | ||||||||||||||||||||
It is linked directly off of http://www.csdp.org to allow a quick and
easy to remember URL and www.DrugSense.org has a prominent link to it
as well. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Hearty congratulations to Kevin Zeese, Common Sense for Drug Policy and all those who cooperated in creating this important document. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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TIP OF THE WEEK (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Using the Effective National Drug Control Strategy to Our Advantage | ||||||||||||||||||||
There are numerous ways to use The Effective National Drug Control Strategy mentioned above as a tool to promote reform. Those of us that are involved directly with the media as in giving interviews or doing talk shows finally have a "sound bite" answer to the oft asked question, "If our existing drug policies are so bad what alternatives do you propose?" A quick response could be something like this: | ||||||||||||||||||||
"There is no way to answer that question fully in the limited amount of time we have but this question is answered fully and in depth on a web page. I would encourage those who want to review a strategy that is based on sound reasoning and logic visit http://www.csdp.org/edcs/ " | ||||||||||||||||||||
Letter and op-ed writers should mention this URL consistently in their
writing as well. Those with web sites should provide obvious links to
this document and those who put out press releases and interact
indirectly with the media should encourage that this document be used
and cited by journalists, reporters and producers. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Finally we should encourage comparison articles which compare the ENDCP
with the ONDCP "Search and Destroy" policies. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK (Top) | ||||||||||||||||||||
"None of you understand, you can't make decisions about my health.
I'm the one that's sick, not you." -- Terminally ill cannabis user
Mark Crossley after being handed a four-month sentence and 18 months
probation for cultivation in Nova Scotia. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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