MAPTalk-Digest Friday, December 22 2006 Volume 06 : Number 148
001 Web: DrugSense Weekly, Dec. 15, 2006 #479
From: Richard Lake <>
002 Idaho: An open letter to the residents of Sun Valley, Ketchum, and Hail
From: Allan Erickson <>
003 Why not cash in on marijuana crops?
From: Herb <>
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Subj: 001 Web: DrugSense Weekly, Dec. 15, 2006 #479
From: Richard Lake <>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 18:10:42 -0800
Newshawk: DSW - The World's Leading Drug Policy Newsletter
Pubdate: Fri, 15 Dec 2006
Source: DrugSense Weekly (DSW)
Webpage: http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html
Website: http://www.drugsense.org/current.htm
Note: Below is the Table of Contents for today's issue of the
DrugSense Weekly. Please use the links below to access the DSW
sections. This issue of the DSW was delayed due to a wind storm
knocking out power in the Pacific Northwest.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2006/12/16/wind-storm.html The DSW
will not be published on December 22nd. Be watching for our special
year end issue to be published December 29th.
DRUGSENSE WEEKLY, DEC. 15, 2006 #479
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
* This Just In http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec1
(1) Pot Is Called Biggest Cash Crop (2) Drug-Driving Test Fails
Public Exam (3) Sobering Vacation (4) Bongs Set For National Ban
* Weekly News in Review http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec2
Drug Policy
(5) Column: Drugs: Why We Should Medicalise, Not Criminalise (6)
Column: The Other War We Can't Win (7) N.J. Legislature Approves
Pilot Needle-Exchange Plan (8) OPED: Who Got Trans Fat In My Water Bong?
Law Enforcement & Prisons
(9) OPED: The Feminization Of Prison (10) Editorial: Incarceration
Nation (11) Column: Time Is Ripe To Overhaul City's Drug War (12)
Column: If We Want To Reduce Jail Populations, We Must Be Smart (13)
Editorial: Take Action On Prisons
Cannabis & Hemp
(14) Judge Tosses County's Medical Marijuana Challenge (15) Supes
Vote To Persist With Medical Marijuana Challenge (16) MS Sufferer
Tells Of Pleas For Cannabis Bars (17) RCMP Put Spin On Grow Op Busts
(18) Anti-Marijuana, Pro-Illegalization
International News
(19) U.S. Shows Us What Not To Do (20) RCMP Takes Heat Over Insite
(21) Judge Insite On Science, Not Police Anecdotes (22) Thousands Of
Mexican Troops Prepare For Drug Operation
* Hot Off The 'Net http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec3
Cultural Baggage Radio Show
Take 32 Grams Of Tylenol And Call Me In 25 Years / By Jacob Sullum
Does Prohibition Of Marijuana For Adults Curb Use By Adolescents?
News Coverage Of Dutch Prospective Ecstasy User Studies
Jack Cole Of LEAP On Vancouver Radio Show
Stephen Colbert Interviews Author Daniel Pinchbeck
* What You Can Do This Week
http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec4
Volunteer For NIDA-Sponsored Medical Marijuana Safety Study
* Letter Of The Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec5
Waging War on Marijuana a Waste of Tax Money / Tina Hoffman
* Letter Writer of the Month - November
http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec6
Wayne Phillips
* Feature Article http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec7
Drug Peace in 2007 / Philippe Lucas
* Quote of the Week http://www.drugsense.org/dsw/2006/ds06.n479.html#sec8
Samuel Adams
DrugSense needs your support to continue this newsletter and many
other important projects - see how you can help at
http://www.drugsense.org/donate.htm
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Subj: 002 Idaho: An open letter to the residents of Sun Valley, Ketchum, and Hailey.
From: Allan Erickson <>
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 11:02:09 -0800
This is good (I mean bad... but, well, you know) and Mr Davidson could
use a hand:
An open letter to the residents of Sun Valley, Ketchum, and Hailey.
http://blog.sunvalleyonline.com/index.php/ryan-davidson/838/
> Many of you probably remember that two years ago my fledgling
> political organization attempted to circulate ballot initiatives in
> your cities that sought to tax and regulate marijuana in a fashion
> similar to that of alcohol and tobacco.
- -snip-
> ... the City Clerks of all three cities (on the instruction of the
> City Attorneys, and backed up by the City Councils) refused to process
> our preliminary paperwork, thereby preventing us from even being able
> to collect signatures for our proposals.
- -snip-
> Now, after two years of hard-fought litigation, the Supreme Court has
> unanimously agreed with me.
- -snip-
> If the marijuana initiative had passed in Sun Valley, the council
> could have amended or repealed it outright. The cost of the election
> would have been less than $5000. Instead, the City Attorney, with
> approval from the council, waged a two-year legal grudge match against
> a small political group for the sole purpose of preventing them from
> even gathering signatures. The cost to taxpayers so far is about
> $50,000.
- -snip-
> Even in the wake of the Supreme Court decision, the cities refuse to
> compensate me for the financial harm that their lawlessness has
> caused. I=92m currently headed back to the Supreme Court in order to
> force the issue. Further, none of the cities have processed the
> initial petitions, even though the Court=92s decision makes it clear
> that they must. Additionally, all three cities continue to break state
> code by refusing to adopt a proper initiative process.
Ryan Davidson is the Chairman of The Liberty Lobby of Idaho
(www.idaholibertylobby.org)
He can be reached at (208) 353-8157 or =
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Subj: 003 Why not cash in on marijuana crops?
From: Herb <>
Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 15:01:41 -0800
Why not cash in on marijuana crops?
http://video.msn.com/v/us/msnbc.htm?f=00&g=feb1cd97-780e-4179-9072-0f6=
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