America's Darkest Day #1
"Valerie Corral" valerie@wamm.org 3 Nov 2004
I have never been particularly proud of being an American, but today I am ashamed. I could, four years ago, blame the Body Politikkk of the Supreme Court for choosing to select a president, rather than rely on the Democratic process, outwitting the popular vote. Democracy in America? There is really nothing of the sort. Today it is devastatingly obvious that Americans revel in a perception that mighty nations crush others beneath the glory of their own religious truth, morality (their own perception of what that is) being the content upon which they rely to cast their ballot. But the reality is that we practice imperialism cloaked in the sourness of "god" as we brutally force nations to comply with our capitalistic based Christian wantonness. I am ashamed of America.
I do not intend to insult those of you who consider yourselves true Christians, those of you who love the virtues of the Profit Christ. I wish I could find it in my heart to offer to all my friends abroad an answer that would reign sanity, would reign fairness, but I have only the reluctant disquiet that George Bush, Jr. (the baby WAR President), is poised to begin WWIII, not on American shores, but on yours. And we will never be able to quell the anguish that America will bring upon the world.
In America we live among a majority of savages. Today I am ashamed to be an American.
In this land 3% of Americans are imprisoned, more than any other nation in the world. A country where fundamentalism prevails, a thousand year old aggression, warring beliefs thrive here as we descend into darkness, where reason is trumped by fear. A complete abandonment of the truth that Bin Laden had nothing to do with Iraq (but oil does), that there never were any WMD1s (but there is plenty of oil), that we have no concern for the suffering of the oppressed (unless they live on oil rich soil). And that it is We who attacked Iraq, not in defense, but in an act of aggression. We have fallen to the trepidation of fundamentalist Christians, so enamored with dread & hostility that they seek the Rapture. The only difference I can find between fundamentalists is whom they choose to murder. In no other "civilized" nation is the politikkk directed by the order of religion. What of the tenet that Church and State be separate? I observe their fear filled attempt to undermine the very premise upon which this nation was founded. America is fueled by the panic and fury of the Christian Right and I am ashamed.
I struggle, yet I am aware that we are evolving and because of our dissimilarity we engender a potential for greatness in our species. But instead it gives cause to war. And the people cheer.
What did Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King do when he was met with defeat? He was a Christian, yet he walked in peace. He kept his heart open. But I struggle with this. I am deeply saddened, deeply ashamed of this country. I search for a place in myself that is not burdened by malevolence, a place that recognizes that we are part of an evolving chaotic order, originating from the basest of human frailties. Can I believe that there is space enough for this understanding anywhere on our planet, if I cannot find a place for it within my heart?
I apologize for this nation and the suffering that we will bring to the world, for the retribution that it will surely muster, for forcing compromise upon nations who seek justice and understanding, and for the ignorance of American citizens, "forgive them for they know not (the potential) of what they do." I sit today in the hope that I might nurture awareness, within my own heart. And that somewhere amidst the shame will come a deeper optimism that nurtures peace and knowledge to foster liberty
for our planet.
Magna est veritas, et prevalebit
Valerie Leveroni Corral
Santa Cruz, California
3 November 2004
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NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- November 4, 2004
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Cannabinoids Treat Pain, Protect Brain Cells And Delay Neurodegenerative Disease Progression, Society For Neuroscience Says
November 4, 2004 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: Compounds in marijuana may aid in the treatment of a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as aid in the treatment of pain and obesity, according to clinical research compiled by the Society for Neuroscience.
The Society cited a number of recently conducted animal studies in which: cannabinoids were shown to slow disease progression and extend survival in a mouse model of ALS; a synthetic marijuana-like compound protected brain cells from degenerating in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease; the administration of endogenous cannabinoids in combination with ibuprofen doubled pain relief in rats; and, the administration of a cannabinoid-blocking agent significantly reduced food intake in animals. continued...
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Canada Reintroduces Watered Down Decrim Bill, Seeks To Drug Test Motorists
November 4, 2004 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario: Government officials reintroduced legislation this week that seeks to reduce minor marijuana possession offenses to a fine-only offense, and allow law enforcement the discretion to test motorists for the presence of illicit drugs. The two separate bills, introduced by Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, are nearly identical to legislation previously considered by Parliament this past spring.
If approved, Bill C-17 would reduce penalties on the possession and use of up to 15 grams (approximately one-half ounce) of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to three plants to a fine-only offense. Those convicted of growing larger amounts of marijuana would face increased penalties under the proposal. continued...
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Marijuana Residue Present On US Currency, Study Says
November 4, 2004 - Cleveland, OH, USA
Cleveland, OH: Trace levels of THC and other cannabinoids are present in United States paper currency, according to the findings of a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Analytical Toxicology.
Researchers from the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office in Cleveland analyzed 165 randomly collected paper currency notes from 12 US cities and four foreign countries (Colombia, Qatar, India, and New Zealand) for various cannabinoids, including THC, cannabinol (CBN) and cannabidiol (CBD).
"THC was present in 1.6 percent (2 notes), CBN in 10.31 percent (13 notes), [and] CBD in 1.6 percent (2 notes)," authors found. "For the foreign currency, THC and CBN were present in 22.5 percent (9 notes)," all of which came from New Zealand. continued... norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6325
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Voters Nationwide Embrace Marijuana Law Reform Proposals
November 3, 2004 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: Voters nationwide approved numerous ballot proposals liberalizing marijuana laws, including a statewide measure in Montana legalizing the use of medicinal cannabis for medical purposes, and a citywide proposal in Oakland mandating police to make the prosecution of pot offenses the city's "lowest law enforcement priority."
While this year's election was not a clean sweep for marijuana law reform initiatives, voters backed the majority of proposals put before them, particularly on the municipal level.
In Oakland, California, 64 percent of voters approved Measure Z, which directs the Oakland Police Department to make the "investigation, citation, and arrest for private adult cannabis offenses the lowest law enforcement priority, effective immediately upon passage of this ordinance." Measure Z also mandates the city of Oakland "to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis for adult use, so as to keep it off the streets and away from children and to raise revenue for the city, as soon as possible under state law." continued...
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US TX: Column: Crazy Like a Fox.
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US: Medical Marijuana Laws Approved in West
With Montana's approval of a medical marijuana initiative, nearly three-fourths of Western states now have such laws -- while only two of the 37 states outside the West have adopted them.
Why is the West so much more receptive to the idea?
From a procedural standpoint, it's just easier to get pot issues on Western ballots because most states in the region allow such initiatives. Nationwide, just 24 states allow citizens to put issues on the ballot by petition, bypassing the Legislature. Eleven of those states are in the West.
But activists and political scientists also say Westerners are less willing than other Americans to tell their neighbors what they can and can't do. And historically, Western states tend to be in front on social trends.
"I would guess many of the people that voted for it probably don't use marijuana, but they don't want to say their neighbors can't," said Steven Stehr, political science professor at Washington State University.
"Westerners have a stronger belief in kind of individualism in the old-fashioned frontier sense," said Sven Steinmo, a University of Colorado political scientist and board member for the Center of the American West.
The population also is newer than the rest of the country and states don't have deeply ingrained traditions, said David Olson, political scientist at the University of Washington.
"Our politics in the West are much less constrained ... and it gives opportunities for initiatives like the death with dignity issue in Oregon or medicinal marijuana. You name it," Olson said.
Montana has become the 11th state in the country -- and the ninth Western state -- to allow medical marijuana. The approval came even as Montana voted by wide margins to ban gay marriage and to re-elect President Bush, a Republican.
"We always say in Montana we're extraordinarily independent, so we'll vote for contradictory things," said Jerry Calvert, political science professor at Montana State University in Bozeman.
The Montana initiative passed 62 percent to 38 percent, support that marijuana reform groups say was the highest ever for a medical marijuana ballot initiative.
Oregon voters rejected a measure that would have dramatically expanded its existing medical marijuana program. That may have been too ambitious even for the West, said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project.
Alaska, which also has an existing medical marijuana law, rejected a measure to decriminalize the drug, though marijuana groups were impressed that 43 percent of voters there supported it. continued...
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THE BUDS ARE BACK! November 4, 2004
HIGH TIMES returns to its roots as new editorial team takes over.
There are literally hundreds of magazines that cover politics, art, music and popular culture, but for three decades HIGH TIMES has been the only voice consistently dedicated to serving the marijuana masses. Now headed by a new editorial team, HIGH TIMES returns to its roots with the January '05 "Buds are Back" issue.
Living up to its name, the issue, on newsstands November 16, features 30 pages of pot photos, tips for building a $500 growroom, a survival guide to the HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup (Nov. 21-25 in Amsterdam), blazing-hot pictures of platinum-selling pop-rockers Maroon 5 showing off their stash, Jorge Cervantes' Rx cultivation column and a consumer guide to New York City's weed delivery services.
Upcoming issues of HIGH TIMES will include exclusive interviews with Snoop Dogg and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, the annual hydroponics report, a tribute to Bob Marley at 60, the Cannabis Cup special, a jail-house interview with the Black Tuna (America's longest serving marijuana prisoner), a visit to the DEA museum in Times Square and much moreall with the relevance and irreverence that only HIGH TIMES can provide.
The Buds are Back in HIGH TIMES! Now pass it along.
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DrugSense Weekly, Nov. 5, 2004 #374
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
* This Just In
(1) US: Drug Trial Of Former Pain Doctor Opens Today
(2) US CA: Critics Of '3 Strikes' Law Plan To Continue Push For Change
(3) New Zealand: Medical Cannabis Out, Says Anderton
(4) US KY: Bullitt School Drug Sweeps Bring 1 Arrest, 9 Citations
* Weekly News in Review
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(5) Roll, Roll Up, For The Dope Opera
(6) Ex-Drug Task Force Chief Pleads Guilty
(7) Editorial: An Information War On Drugs
(8) Syringe Law Not Making An Impact
Law Enforcement & Prisons-
(9) Man Gets 99 Years For Drug Deal
(10) Police Arrests Of Black Men Ripped
(11) Detective Turned Son Into Dealer
(12) Deputy Charged With Intent To Distribute Cocaine
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(13) At Least 17 Of 20 Marijuana Initiatives Pass
(14) Liberals Unveil Pot Bill For Second Time
(15) Let's Remember Prohibition - And Legalize Marijuana
(16) Top Court Frees Police To Use Infrared Devices
International News-
(17) Karzai Declares War On Drugs
(18) The Mystery Of The Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die
(19) Crack Kits Hit B.C.'S Streets
(20) Outrage At Jailing Of Invalid
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Jury Refuses off topic
Newsbrief: South Carolina Jury Refuses to Send Opium Smoker to Prison for Decades, Acquits Him of Trafficking Instead
11/5/04
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COLOMBIA DRUG DISASTER By Martin Lepkowski
DS: Source: Providence Journal, The (RI) 30 Oct 2004
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I am pleased that Rafael Lemaitre, the deputy press secretary in the White House Office of National Drug Policy, took notice of my Sept. 14 Commentary column, "Plan Colombia: Poisoning a country," in his Sept. 23 letter, "Plan Colombia a clear success."
A few facts: To say that the glyphosate used in Colombia is your garden-variety herbicide is, to put it kindly, untrue. Mr. Lemaitre and company know that the glyphosate used in Colombia is being mixed with other chemicals that have not been approved, or even tested for harmful effects. The chemical company Monsanto specifically states not to mix glyphosate ( Roundup ) with other chemicals. It goes on to say that users of its product should wear gloves, protective
clothing, and, especially, eye protection, because of the possibility of severe eye damage. Try telling this to a child when the planes come to spread their chemical brew on the Colombians' fields, homes and schools.
It is true that there has been a reduction of coca in some parts of Colombia. However, Accion Andina, an independent agency monitoring growth and production of coca, reports that before fumigation began, coca could be found in 12 Colombian provinces; now it can be found in 20.
The agency also reports an increase in the production of coca in nearby countries. One wonders: Is the White House contemplating spraying in these countries, too? Will our fumigating planes fly deeper into the Amazon forest?
I wonder if the White House reads its own State Department report, dated March 2004, stating that the price of coca is not rising in Colombia, and that coca cultivation is increasing elsewhere. Even "Drug Czar" John Walters has said that fumigation has failed to make a significant dent in the amount of cocaine flowing out of Colombia.
Colombia's President Alavaro Uribe has provided some Colombian families with alternative-development aid. However, he should be aware that some of these funded projects have been fumigated. According to a U.N. report, fumigation has destroyed 11 government-sponsored substitution and alternative-to-coca-production programs. Also note that 10,000 complaints of food-crop fumigation
have been filed with the U.S. Embassy in Colombia.
It is worth noting, too, that some Colombian government officials have ties to paramilitary narco-traffickers. President Uribe could be doing more to weed out these corrupt politicians.
In conclusion, I refer the White House Office of National Drug Policy to a Rand Corporation study that states that prevention and drug-treatment therapies are 23 times more effective than drug-eradication programs. To date, U.S. taxpayers have spent $3.3 billion on Plan Colombia. I think another approach is in order.
Martin Lepkowski
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Drug War Chronicle, Issue #361 -- November 5, 2004
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Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EDITORIAL: IRONIC HYPOCRISY
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Mitch Daniels, a Republican who ousted a Democratic incumbent Tuesday to become governor-elect of Indiana, has a drug conviction from his college days at Princeton. Under a law written by another Indiana Republican, he could have lost his financial aid and been forced to drop out if it had happened today.
2.BIG WIN IN BIG SKY COUNTRY: MONTANA APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
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Montana Tuesday became the tenth state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.
3.ALASKA MARIJUANA INITIATIVE DEFEATED
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With Alaska courts having ruled possession of up to four ounces of marijuana is legal in one's home, the state already has the most progressive pot laws in the country. But voters there Tuesday turned down an opportunity to advance even further.
4.OREGON MEASURE TO EXPAND MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACCESS DEFEATED
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Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998, but balked Tuesday at a second measure aimed at improving it.
5.MORE THAN A THOUSAND DRUG OFFENDERS CONTINUE LIFE SENTENCES FOLLOWING DEFEAT OF CALIFORNIA THREE-STRIKES REFORM INITIATIVE
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An initiative that would have amended California's notorious three-strikes law to apply only to offenders whose third strike was a violent crime was derailed by a last-minute scare campaign led by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6.LOCAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVES AND QUESTIONS WIN IN ANN ARBOR, COLUMBIA, OAKLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS
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Tuesday was a good day for local marijuana initiatives and questions, with victories in Ann Arbor, Columbia, Missouri, Oakland, California, and a number of communities in Massachusetts.
7.NEWSBRIEF: VICTORY FOR ROCKEFELLER LAW FOE IN ALBANY DA RACE
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Running on a platform calling for repeal of the New York's draconian Rockefeller drug law, Democratic insurgent David Soares overcame Republican and conservative Democratic opposition to win the race for District Attorney in Albany, New York, on Tuesday.
8.NEWSBRIEF: ANOTHER TULIA IN EAST TEXAS?
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A mid-October drug bust that netted 72 alleged crack dealers -- all black -- in the East Texas town of Palestine is raising eyebrows at at least one widely-respected Texas publication.
9.NEWSBRIEF: SOUTH CAROLINA JURY REFUSES TO SEND OPIUM SMOKER TO PRISON FOR DECADES, ACQUITS HIM OF TRAFFICKING INSTEAD
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A South Carolina prosecutor was ready to send a Laotian opium smoker to prison for 25 years as a drug trafficker, but that was too much for jurors to swallow.
10.NEWSBRIEF: DR. HURWITZ TRIAL UNDERWAY, KEY PAIN DOCTOR PROSECUTION
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Northern Virginia pain management specialist Dr. William Hurwitz went on trial in Alexandria Thursday in a prosecution that could be a landmark in the DEA's war on pain doctors and patients.
11.NEWSBRIEF: GROUP HANDS OUT FREE CRACK PIPES IN VANCOUVER HARM REDUCTION ACTION
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A group representing Vancouver's hard drug users has opened a new front in the effort to reduce drug-related harms.
12.NEWSBRIEF: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
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Drug war-related law enforcement corruption is by no means limited to the United States, and this week we break with tradition to include a particularly egregious case from Great Britain -- along with some of the usual from home.
13.THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
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Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
14.THE DARE GENERATION RETURNS TO DC: STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY 2004 NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH
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Students and activists from across the country will convene at the Students for Sensible Drug Policy Sixth Annual National Conference in College Park, Maryland, outside Washington, DC, next month.
15.APPLY NOW TO INTERN AT DRCNET!
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17.THE REFORMER'S CALENDAR
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17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists...
Michael Moore maillist@michaelmoore.com
Ron studioron@verizon.net 5 Nov 2004
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!' There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since >>>Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
(Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out.
It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)
4. In spite of Bush's win, 56%, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction. 51% think the war wasn't worth fighting , and 52% don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing.
* Right Track-Wrong Track/Direction of Country
www.realclearpolitics.com...untry.html
* Polling Report.com: Iraq
www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
* President George W. Bush Job Approval Ratings
www.realclearpolitics.com...sh_ja.html
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3 chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the 2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53 chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47 chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber (Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out -- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a wonderful country-- it doesn't even need a president!'"
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
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Excerpted from: guerillas of harmony: communiques from the dance underground compiled & introduced by cinnamon twist
The emphasis in house music and dance culture on physiologically compatible rhythms and this sort of thing is really the rediscovery of the art of natural magic with sound; that sound, properly understood, especially percussive sound, can actually change neurological states, and large groups of people getting together in the presence of this kind of music are creating a telepathic community of bonding that hopefully will be strong enough that it can carry the vision out into the mainstream of society. I think that the youth culture that is emerging in the nineties is an end of the millennium culture that is actually summing up Western civilization and pointing us in an entirely different direction, that were going to arrive in the third millennium, in the middle of the archaic revival, which will mean a revival of these physiologically empowering rhythm signatures, a new art, a new social vision, a new relationship to nature, to feminism, to ego.
All of these things are taking hold, and not a moment too soon.
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Prophets Conference Newsletter -
Dr John Hagelin - What The Bleep Does He Know?
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JOHN HAGELIN, PH.D. will be joining the exceptional group of scientists and visionaries from the film that is taking America by storm, WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!?. They are coming together for the first time at the WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!? CONFERENCE, taking place at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel during the weekend of February 4-6, 2005 -
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Over the years Dr. Hagelin has been a very popular presenter at the Prophets Conferences. He is a warm and wonderful speaker who is able to communicate complex scientific and consciousness studies into terms understandable and appreciated by our audiences.
For your enjoyment we are providing Dr. Hagelins full lecture, Unified Field-Based Civilization, Science, Consciousness and the Future of Government, presented at The Prophets Conference Sedona in 2003. Click here to listen:
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JOHN HAGELIN, PH.D. (www.hagelin.org) is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, author, and public policy expert. Dr. Hagelin has conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) and is responsible for the development of a highly successful grand unified field theory based on the Superstring. In his book, Manual for a Perfect Government, Dr. Hagelin shows how, through educational programs that develop human consciousness, and through policies and programs that
effectively harness the laws of nature, it is possible to solve acute social problems and enhance governmental effectiveness.
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Hagelin was named winner of the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made "major contributions to society through their applied research in the fields of science and technology." The award recognized Dr. Hagelin as "a scientist in the tradition of Einstein, Jeans, Bohr and Eddington."
Dr. Hagelin holds an A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is currently Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. He was also the Natural Law Party presidential candidate in 2000.
In the What the Bleep movie, Dr. Hagelin talks about a study that was held in Washington, D.C. in 1993.
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This conference will be the first time that these exceptional scientists, visionaries, and artists have ever come together. Through individual presentations and panel discussions they will take us deeper into the conversation created by this groundbreaking film. We will really grasp that new scientific and consciousness studies are blowing the lid off of our limits. We will have the opportunity to ask our questions and dive into transformative insights as never before. We will learn how we are able to consciously evolve into the beings of our choice. We will learn
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Before Prohibition
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Vin Mariani was the leading coca wine. This advertisement features an endorsement from Berthelier, a popular late 19th century actor. The caption immediately below the photograph reads, "Your marvelous Tonic needs certainly no further recommendation as everyone is familiar with it, and no one would be without it. I claim 'VIN MARIANI' can have no equal; it will live forever." The caption also proclaims "over 7,000 written endorsements from prominent physicians in Europe and America" and that the product has had acclaim for 30 years.
(From Harper's Magazine, March, 1894.)
In addition to endorsements from celebrities, physicians, and scientists,
Pope Leo XIII also endorsed the popular product for its beneficial effects.
"Valerie Corral" valerie@wamm.org 3 Nov 2004
I have never been particularly proud of being an American, but today I am ashamed. I could, four years ago, blame the Body Politikkk of the Supreme Court for choosing to select a president, rather than rely on the Democratic process, outwitting the popular vote. Democracy in America? There is really nothing of the sort. Today it is devastatingly obvious that Americans revel in a perception that mighty nations crush others beneath the glory of their own religious truth, morality (their own perception of what that is) being the content upon which they rely to cast their ballot. But the reality is that we practice imperialism cloaked in the sourness of "god" as we brutally force nations to comply with our capitalistic based Christian wantonness. I am ashamed of America.
I do not intend to insult those of you who consider yourselves true Christians, those of you who love the virtues of the Profit Christ. I wish I could find it in my heart to offer to all my friends abroad an answer that would reign sanity, would reign fairness, but I have only the reluctant disquiet that George Bush, Jr. (the baby WAR President), is poised to begin WWIII, not on American shores, but on yours. And we will never be able to quell the anguish that America will bring upon the world.
In America we live among a majority of savages. Today I am ashamed to be an American.
In this land 3% of Americans are imprisoned, more than any other nation in the world. A country where fundamentalism prevails, a thousand year old aggression, warring beliefs thrive here as we descend into darkness, where reason is trumped by fear. A complete abandonment of the truth that Bin Laden had nothing to do with Iraq (but oil does), that there never were any WMD1s (but there is plenty of oil), that we have no concern for the suffering of the oppressed (unless they live on oil rich soil). And that it is We who attacked Iraq, not in defense, but in an act of aggression. We have fallen to the trepidation of fundamentalist Christians, so enamored with dread & hostility that they seek the Rapture. The only difference I can find between fundamentalists is whom they choose to murder. In no other "civilized" nation is the politikkk directed by the order of religion. What of the tenet that Church and State be separate? I observe their fear filled attempt to undermine the very premise upon which this nation was founded. America is fueled by the panic and fury of the Christian Right and I am ashamed.
I struggle, yet I am aware that we are evolving and because of our dissimilarity we engender a potential for greatness in our species. But instead it gives cause to war. And the people cheer.
What did Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King do when he was met with defeat? He was a Christian, yet he walked in peace. He kept his heart open. But I struggle with this. I am deeply saddened, deeply ashamed of this country. I search for a place in myself that is not burdened by malevolence, a place that recognizes that we are part of an evolving chaotic order, originating from the basest of human frailties. Can I believe that there is space enough for this understanding anywhere on our planet, if I cannot find a place for it within my heart?
I apologize for this nation and the suffering that we will bring to the world, for the retribution that it will surely muster, for forcing compromise upon nations who seek justice and understanding, and for the ignorance of American citizens, "forgive them for they know not (the potential) of what they do." I sit today in the hope that I might nurture awareness, within my own heart. And that somewhere amidst the shame will come a deeper optimism that nurtures peace and knowledge to foster liberty
for our planet.
Magna est veritas, et prevalebit
Valerie Leveroni Corral
Santa Cruz, California
3 November 2004
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NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- November 4, 2004
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Cannabinoids Treat Pain, Protect Brain Cells And Delay Neurodegenerative Disease Progression, Society For Neuroscience Says
November 4, 2004 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: Compounds in marijuana may aid in the treatment of a variety of neurodegenerative diseases, including Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), as well as aid in the treatment of pain and obesity, according to clinical research compiled by the Society for Neuroscience.
The Society cited a number of recently conducted animal studies in which: cannabinoids were shown to slow disease progression and extend survival in a mouse model of ALS; a synthetic marijuana-like compound protected brain cells from degenerating in a mouse model of Parkinson's disease; the administration of endogenous cannabinoids in combination with ibuprofen doubled pain relief in rats; and, the administration of a cannabinoid-blocking agent significantly reduced food intake in animals. continued...
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A Marijuana Breakthrough?
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Marijuana May Aid Parkinson's Disease
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Canada Reintroduces Watered Down Decrim Bill, Seeks To Drug Test Motorists
November 4, 2004 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Ottawa, Ontario: Government officials reintroduced legislation this week that seeks to reduce minor marijuana possession offenses to a fine-only offense, and allow law enforcement the discretion to test motorists for the presence of illicit drugs. The two separate bills, introduced by Canadian Justice Minister Irwin Cotler, are nearly identical to legislation previously considered by Parliament this past spring.
If approved, Bill C-17 would reduce penalties on the possession and use of up to 15 grams (approximately one-half ounce) of cannabis and/or the cultivation of up to three plants to a fine-only offense. Those convicted of growing larger amounts of marijuana would face increased penalties under the proposal. continued...
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Let's Remember Prohibition and Legalize Marijuana
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Ottawa Revives Plan To Relax Pot Laws
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Canada Renews Plan To Decriminalise Pot
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Marijuana Residue Present On US Currency, Study Says
November 4, 2004 - Cleveland, OH, USA
Cleveland, OH: Trace levels of THC and other cannabinoids are present in United States paper currency, according to the findings of a study published in the September issue of the Journal of Analytical Toxicology.
Researchers from the Cuyahoga County Coroner's office in Cleveland analyzed 165 randomly collected paper currency notes from 12 US cities and four foreign countries (Colombia, Qatar, India, and New Zealand) for various cannabinoids, including THC, cannabinol (CBN) and cannabidiol (CBD).
"THC was present in 1.6 percent (2 notes), CBN in 10.31 percent (13 notes), [and] CBD in 1.6 percent (2 notes)," authors found. "For the foreign currency, THC and CBN were present in 22.5 percent (9 notes)," all of which came from New Zealand. continued... norml.org/index.cfm?Group_ID=6325
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Voters Nationwide Embrace Marijuana Law Reform Proposals
November 3, 2004 - Washington, DC, USA
Washington, DC: Voters nationwide approved numerous ballot proposals liberalizing marijuana laws, including a statewide measure in Montana legalizing the use of medicinal cannabis for medical purposes, and a citywide proposal in Oakland mandating police to make the prosecution of pot offenses the city's "lowest law enforcement priority."
While this year's election was not a clean sweep for marijuana law reform initiatives, voters backed the majority of proposals put before them, particularly on the municipal level.
In Oakland, California, 64 percent of voters approved Measure Z, which directs the Oakland Police Department to make the "investigation, citation, and arrest for private adult cannabis offenses the lowest law enforcement priority, effective immediately upon passage of this ordinance." Measure Z also mandates the city of Oakland "to tax and regulate the sale of cannabis for adult use, so as to keep it off the streets and away from children and to raise revenue for the city, as soon as possible under state law." continued...
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Drugs and The Nation
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A Good Day for Intolerance
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NORML's Weekly News Bulletin -- Oct. 28, 2004
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If the jury have no right to judge the justice of a law of the government, they plainly can do nothing to protect the people against the oppressions of the government; for there are no oppressions which the government may not authorize by law.
- Lysander Spooner, "Trial by Jury"
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US HI: Limahai Confesses
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Canada: Pot Smokers Are Stupid, Mclellan Says
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US CA: Sentencings Cap Medical Pot Saga
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US MA: Voters Back Pot for Medical Use
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US MO: Coming Clean With Life After Drug Court
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US MO: County Leaders Clash Over Drug-tax Audit
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Canada: Relaxed Pot Possession Bill Returns
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"Beer is a legal beverage, which, consumed in moderation, is consistent with a healthy lifestyle. On the other hand, marijuana, cocaine, and heroin are illegal substances that are destructive to the user's health regardless of the frequency of use. "
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US TX: Column: Crazy Like a Fox.
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CN BC: Storekeeper Pays In Cash And Crack
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US WI: Edu: Act Blocks Out Drug Offenders
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US VA: Edu: Column: Adderall - A Prescription Drug For A Reason
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US: Medical Marijuana Laws Approved in West
With Montana's approval of a medical marijuana initiative, nearly three-fourths of Western states now have such laws -- while only two of the 37 states outside the West have adopted them.
Why is the West so much more receptive to the idea?
From a procedural standpoint, it's just easier to get pot issues on Western ballots because most states in the region allow such initiatives. Nationwide, just 24 states allow citizens to put issues on the ballot by petition, bypassing the Legislature. Eleven of those states are in the West.
But activists and political scientists also say Westerners are less willing than other Americans to tell their neighbors what they can and can't do. And historically, Western states tend to be in front on social trends.
"I would guess many of the people that voted for it probably don't use marijuana, but they don't want to say their neighbors can't," said Steven Stehr, political science professor at Washington State University.
"Westerners have a stronger belief in kind of individualism in the old-fashioned frontier sense," said Sven Steinmo, a University of Colorado political scientist and board member for the Center of the American West.
The population also is newer than the rest of the country and states don't have deeply ingrained traditions, said David Olson, political scientist at the University of Washington.
"Our politics in the West are much less constrained ... and it gives opportunities for initiatives like the death with dignity issue in Oregon or medicinal marijuana. You name it," Olson said.
Montana has become the 11th state in the country -- and the ninth Western state -- to allow medical marijuana. The approval came even as Montana voted by wide margins to ban gay marriage and to re-elect President Bush, a Republican.
"We always say in Montana we're extraordinarily independent, so we'll vote for contradictory things," said Jerry Calvert, political science professor at Montana State University in Bozeman.
The Montana initiative passed 62 percent to 38 percent, support that marijuana reform groups say was the highest ever for a medical marijuana ballot initiative.
Oregon voters rejected a measure that would have dramatically expanded its existing medical marijuana program. That may have been too ambitious even for the West, said Bruce Mirken, spokesman for the Marijuana Policy Project.
Alaska, which also has an existing medical marijuana law, rejected a measure to decriminalize the drug, though marijuana groups were impressed that 43 percent of voters there supported it. continued...
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THE BUDS ARE BACK! November 4, 2004
HIGH TIMES returns to its roots as new editorial team takes over.
There are literally hundreds of magazines that cover politics, art, music and popular culture, but for three decades HIGH TIMES has been the only voice consistently dedicated to serving the marijuana masses. Now headed by a new editorial team, HIGH TIMES returns to its roots with the January '05 "Buds are Back" issue.
Living up to its name, the issue, on newsstands November 16, features 30 pages of pot photos, tips for building a $500 growroom, a survival guide to the HIGH TIMES Cannabis Cup (Nov. 21-25 in Amsterdam), blazing-hot pictures of platinum-selling pop-rockers Maroon 5 showing off their stash, Jorge Cervantes' Rx cultivation column and a consumer guide to New York City's weed delivery services.
Upcoming issues of HIGH TIMES will include exclusive interviews with Snoop Dogg and Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, the annual hydroponics report, a tribute to Bob Marley at 60, the Cannabis Cup special, a jail-house interview with the Black Tuna (America's longest serving marijuana prisoner), a visit to the DEA museum in Times Square and much moreall with the relevance and irreverence that only HIGH TIMES can provide.
The Buds are Back in HIGH TIMES! Now pass it along.
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Restore-Digest Friday, November 5 2004 Volume 2004 : Number 156
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001 DrugSense Weekly, Oct. 29, 2004, #373
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DrugSense Weekly, Nov. 5, 2004 #374
Read This Publication On-line at:
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
* This Just In
(1) US: Drug Trial Of Former Pain Doctor Opens Today
(2) US CA: Critics Of '3 Strikes' Law Plan To Continue Push For Change
(3) New Zealand: Medical Cannabis Out, Says Anderton
(4) US KY: Bullitt School Drug Sweeps Bring 1 Arrest, 9 Citations
* Weekly News in Review
Drug Policy-
(5) Roll, Roll Up, For The Dope Opera
(6) Ex-Drug Task Force Chief Pleads Guilty
(7) Editorial: An Information War On Drugs
(8) Syringe Law Not Making An Impact
Law Enforcement & Prisons-
(9) Man Gets 99 Years For Drug Deal
(10) Police Arrests Of Black Men Ripped
(11) Detective Turned Son Into Dealer
(12) Deputy Charged With Intent To Distribute Cocaine
Cannabis & Hemp-
(13) At Least 17 Of 20 Marijuana Initiatives Pass
(14) Liberals Unveil Pot Bill For Second Time
(15) Let's Remember Prohibition - And Legalize Marijuana
(16) Top Court Frees Police To Use Infrared Devices
International News-
(17) Karzai Declares War On Drugs
(18) The Mystery Of The Coca Plant That Wouldn't Die
(19) Crack Kits Hit B.C.'S Streets
(20) Outrage At Jailing Of Invalid
* Hot Off The 'Net
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Dr. Mikuriya's Medicine / By Peter Gorman, AlterNet
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Eight Reforms for Our Next President
Working Under Fire: Drug User Health and Justice 2004
Marijuana Residue Present On US Currency, Study Says
Marijuana-Like Compounds May Aid Array Of Debilitating Conditions
Drivers on Pot - Issues and Options
* Letter Of The Week
Colombia Drug Disaster / By Martin Lepkowski
* Feature Article
In The War On Drugs, Europe Must Make A Separate Peace / By Polly Toynbee
* Quote of the Week
George W. Bush
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Jury Refuses off topic
Newsbrief: South Carolina Jury Refuses to Send Opium Smoker to Prison for Decades, Acquits Him of Trafficking Instead
11/5/04
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COLOMBIA DRUG DISASTER By Martin Lepkowski
DS: Source: Providence Journal, The (RI) 30 Oct 2004
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I am pleased that Rafael Lemaitre, the deputy press secretary in the White House Office of National Drug Policy, took notice of my Sept. 14 Commentary column, "Plan Colombia: Poisoning a country," in his Sept. 23 letter, "Plan Colombia a clear success."
A few facts: To say that the glyphosate used in Colombia is your garden-variety herbicide is, to put it kindly, untrue. Mr. Lemaitre and company know that the glyphosate used in Colombia is being mixed with other chemicals that have not been approved, or even tested for harmful effects. The chemical company Monsanto specifically states not to mix glyphosate ( Roundup ) with other chemicals. It goes on to say that users of its product should wear gloves, protective
clothing, and, especially, eye protection, because of the possibility of severe eye damage. Try telling this to a child when the planes come to spread their chemical brew on the Colombians' fields, homes and schools.
It is true that there has been a reduction of coca in some parts of Colombia. However, Accion Andina, an independent agency monitoring growth and production of coca, reports that before fumigation began, coca could be found in 12 Colombian provinces; now it can be found in 20.
The agency also reports an increase in the production of coca in nearby countries. One wonders: Is the White House contemplating spraying in these countries, too? Will our fumigating planes fly deeper into the Amazon forest?
I wonder if the White House reads its own State Department report, dated March 2004, stating that the price of coca is not rising in Colombia, and that coca cultivation is increasing elsewhere. Even "Drug Czar" John Walters has said that fumigation has failed to make a significant dent in the amount of cocaine flowing out of Colombia.
Colombia's President Alavaro Uribe has provided some Colombian families with alternative-development aid. However, he should be aware that some of these funded projects have been fumigated. According to a U.N. report, fumigation has destroyed 11 government-sponsored substitution and alternative-to-coca-production programs. Also note that 10,000 complaints of food-crop fumigation
have been filed with the U.S. Embassy in Colombia.
It is worth noting, too, that some Colombian government officials have ties to paramilitary narco-traffickers. President Uribe could be doing more to weed out these corrupt politicians.
In conclusion, I refer the White House Office of National Drug Policy to a Rand Corporation study that states that prevention and drug-treatment therapies are 23 times more effective than drug-eradication programs. To date, U.S. taxpayers have spent $3.3 billion on Plan Colombia. I think another approach is in order.
Martin Lepkowski
Wakefield
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Dear Drug War Chronicle reader,
Drug War Chronicle is midway through the process of switching to a graphical format, on a system which should also be more reliable with regard to distribution. This is our first use of the system for sending the newsletter; it is not the final format that we will be using on a regular basis. You can help us by letting us know if you spot any problems. You should have a hyperlinked, clickable version of issue #361, if you are reading this message. Here it is:
Drug War Chronicle, Issue #361 -- November 5, 2004
stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/361
Raising Awareness of the Consequences of Drug Prohibition
Dear Drug War Chronicle reader,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. EDITORIAL: IRONIC HYPOCRISY
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...rony.shtml
Mitch Daniels, a Republican who ousted a Democratic incumbent Tuesday to become governor-elect of Indiana, has a drug conviction from his college days at Princeton. Under a law written by another Indiana Republican, he could have lost his financial aid and been forced to drop out if it had happened today.
2.BIG WIN IN BIG SKY COUNTRY: MONTANA APPROVES MEDICAL MARIJUANA
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...tana.shtml
Montana Tuesday became the tenth state to legalize marijuana for medicinal purposes.
3.ALASKA MARIJUANA INITIATIVE DEFEATED
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...aska.shtml
With Alaska courts having ruled possession of up to four ounces of marijuana is legal in one's home, the state already has the most progressive pot laws in the country. But voters there Tuesday turned down an opportunity to advance even further.
4.OREGON MEASURE TO EXPAND MEDICAL MARIJUANA ACCESS DEFEATED
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...egon.shtml
Oregon voters approved a medical marijuana initiative in 1998, but balked Tuesday at a second measure aimed at improving it.
5.MORE THAN A THOUSAND DRUG OFFENDERS CONTINUE LIFE SENTENCES FOLLOWING DEFEAT OF CALIFORNIA THREE-STRIKES REFORM INITIATIVE
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...no66.shtml
An initiative that would have amended California's notorious three-strikes law to apply only to offenders whose third strike was a violent crime was derailed by a last-minute scare campaign led by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
6.LOCAL MARIJUANA INITIATIVES AND QUESTIONS WIN IN ANN ARBOR, COLUMBIA, OAKLAND AND MASSACHUSETTS
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Tuesday was a good day for local marijuana initiatives and questions, with victories in Ann Arbor, Columbia, Missouri, Oakland, California, and a number of communities in Massachusetts.
7.NEWSBRIEF: VICTORY FOR ROCKEFELLER LAW FOE IN ALBANY DA RACE
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Running on a platform calling for repeal of the New York's draconian Rockefeller drug law, Democratic insurgent David Soares overcame Republican and conservative Democratic opposition to win the race for District Attorney in Albany, New York, on Tuesday.
8.NEWSBRIEF: ANOTHER TULIA IN EAST TEXAS?
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...ther.shtml
A mid-October drug bust that netted 72 alleged crack dealers -- all black -- in the East Texas town of Palestine is raising eyebrows at at least one widely-respected Texas publication.
9.NEWSBRIEF: SOUTH CAROLINA JURY REFUSES TO SEND OPIUM SMOKER TO PRISON FOR DECADES, ACQUITS HIM OF TRAFFICKING INSTEAD
stopthedrugwar.org/chroni...pium.shtml
A South Carolina prosecutor was ready to send a Laotian opium smoker to prison for 25 years as a drug trafficker, but that was too much for jurors to swallow.
10.NEWSBRIEF: DR. HURWITZ TRIAL UNDERWAY, KEY PAIN DOCTOR PROSECUTION
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Northern Virginia pain management specialist Dr. William Hurwitz went on trial in Alexandria Thursday in a prosecution that could be a landmark in the DEA's war on pain doctors and patients.
11.NEWSBRIEF: GROUP HANDS OUT FREE CRACK PIPES IN VANCOUVER HARM REDUCTION ACTION
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A group representing Vancouver's hard drug users has opened a new front in the effort to reduce drug-related harms.
12.NEWSBRIEF: THIS WEEK'S CORRUPT COPS STORIES
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Drug war-related law enforcement corruption is by no means limited to the United States, and this week we break with tradition to include a particularly egregious case from Great Britain -- along with some of the usual from home.
13.THIS WEEK IN HISTORY
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Events and quotes of note from this week's drug policy events of years past.
14.THE DARE GENERATION RETURNS TO DC: STUDENTS FOR SENSIBLE DRUG POLICY 2004 NATIONAL CONFERENCE NEXT MONTH
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Students and activists from across the country will convene at the Students for Sensible Drug Policy Sixth Annual National Conference in College Park, Maryland, outside Washington, DC, next month.
15.APPLY NOW TO INTERN AT DRCNET!
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Make a difference next semester! DRCNet and the Coalition for Higher Education Act Reform are seeking motivated and hardworking interns for the Spring 2005 Semester.
16.DRUGWARMARKET.COM SEEKING INFORMATION, AFFILIATIONS, LINK EXCHANGES
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DrugWarMarket.com, a web site that follows the economy of the drug war, is seeking affiliations, link exchanges, information.
17.THE REFORMER'S CALENDAR
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Showing up at an event can be the best way to get involved! Check out this week's calendar for events from today through next year, across the US and around the world!
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17 Reasons Not to Slit Your Wrists...
Michael Moore maillist@michaelmoore.com
Ron studioron@verizon.net 5 Nov 2004
Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!' There IS some good news from Tuesday's election.
Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists:
1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again.
2. Bush's victory was the NARROWEST win for a sitting president since >>>Woodrow Wilson in 1916.
3. The only age group in which the majority voted for Kerry was young adults (Kerry: 54%, Bush: 44%), proving once again that your parents are always wrong and you should never listen to them.
(Note to foreigners: Don't try to figure this one out.
It's an American thing, like Pop Tarts.)
4. In spite of Bush's win, 56%, the majority of Americans still think the country is headed in the wrong direction. 51% think the war wasn't worth fighting , and 52% don't approve of the job George W. Bush is doing.
* Right Track-Wrong Track/Direction of Country
www.realclearpolitics.com...untry.html
* Polling Report.com: Iraq
www.pollingreport.com/iraq.htm
* President George W. Bush Job Approval Ratings
www.realclearpolitics.com...sh_ja.html
5. The Republicans will not have a filibuster-proof 60-seat majority in the Senate. If the Democrats do their job, Bush won't be able to pack the Supreme Court with right-wing ideologues. Did I say "if the Democrats do their job?" Um, maybe better to scratch this one.
6. Michigan voted for Kerry! So did the entire Northeast, the birthplace of our democracy. So did 6 of the 8 Great Lakes States. And the whole West Coast! Plus Hawaii. Ok, that's a start. We've got most of the fresh water, all of Broadway, and Mt. St. Helens. We can dehydrate them or bury them in lava. And no more show tunes!
7. Once again we are reminded that the buckeye is a nut, and not just any old nut -- a poisonous nut. A great nation was felled by a poisonous nut. May Ohio State pay dearly this Saturday when it faces Michigan.
8. 88% of Bush's support came from white voters. In 50 years, America will no longer have a white majority. Hey, 50 years isn't such a long time! If you're ten years old and reading this, your golden years will be truly golden and you will be well cared for in your old age.
9. Gays, thanks to the ballot measures passed on Tuesday, cannot get married in 11 new states. Thank God. Just think of all those wedding gifts we won't have to buy now.
10. Five more African Americans were elected as members of Congress, including the return of Cynthia McKinney of Georgia. It's always good to have more blacks in there fighting for us and doing the job our candidates can't.
11. The CEO of Coors was defeated for Senate in Colorado. Drink up!
12. Admit it: We like the Bush twins and we don't want them to go away.
13. At the state legislative level, Democrats picked up a net of at least 3 chambers in Tuesday's elections. Of the 98 partisan-controlled state legislative chambers (house/assembly and senate), Democrats went into the 2004 elections in control of 44 chambers, Republicans controlled 53 chambers, and 1 chamber was tied. After Tuesday, Democrats now control 47 chambers, Republicans control 49 chambers, 1 chamber is tied and 1 chamber (Montana House) is still undecided.
14. Bush is now a lame duck president. He will have no greater moment than the one he's having this week. It's all downhill for him from here on out -- and, more significantly, he's just not going to want to do all the hard work that will be expected of him. It'll be like everyone's last month in 12th grade -- you've already made it, so it's party time! Perhaps he'll treat the next four years like a permanent Friday, spending even more time at the ranch or in Kennebunkport. And why shouldn't he? He's already proved his point, avenged his father and kicked our ass.
15. Should Bush decide to show up to work and take this country down a very dark road, it is also just as likely that either of the following two scenarios will happen: a) Now that he doesn't ever need to pander to the Christian conservatives again to get elected, someone may whisper in his ear that he should spend these last four years building "a legacy" so that history will render a kinder verdict on him and thus he will not push for too aggressive a right-wing agenda; or b) He will become so cocky and arrogant -- and thus, reckless -- that he will commit a blunder of such major proportions that even his own party will have to remove him from office.
16. There are nearly 300 million Americans -- 200 million of them of voting age. We only lost by three and a half million! That's not a landslide -- it means we're almost there. Imagine losing by 20 million. If you had 58 yards to go before you reached the goal line and then you barreled down 55 of those yards, would you stop on the three yard line, pick up the ball and go home crying -- especially when you get to start the next down on the three yard line? Of course not! Buck up! Have hope! More sports analogies are coming!!!
17. Finally and most importantly, over 55 million Americans voted for the candidate dubbed "The #1 Liberal in the Senate." That's more than the total number of voters who voted for either Reagan, Bush I, Clinton or Gore. Again, more people voted for Kerry than Reagan. If the media are looking for a trend it should be this -- that so many Americans were, for the first time since Kennedy, willing to vote for an out-and-out liberal. The country has always been filled with evangelicals -- that is not news. What IS news is that so many people have shifted toward a Massachusetts liberal. In fact, that's BIG news. Which means, don't expect the mainstream media, the ones who brought you the Iraq War, to ever report the real truth about November 2, 2004. In fact, it's better that they don't. We'll need the element of surprise in 2008.
Feeling better? I hope so. As my friend Mort wrote me yesterday, "My Romanian grandfather used to say to me, 'Remember, Morton, this is such a wonderful country-- it doesn't even need a president!'"
But it needs us. Rest up, I'll write you again tomorrow.
Yours,
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
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If the truth can be told so as to be understood, it will be believed.
--Terence McKenna
From Re-evolution 12, by The Shamen
Excerpted from: guerillas of harmony: communiques from the dance underground compiled & introduced by cinnamon twist
The emphasis in house music and dance culture on physiologically compatible rhythms and this sort of thing is really the rediscovery of the art of natural magic with sound; that sound, properly understood, especially percussive sound, can actually change neurological states, and large groups of people getting together in the presence of this kind of music are creating a telepathic community of bonding that hopefully will be strong enough that it can carry the vision out into the mainstream of society. I think that the youth culture that is emerging in the nineties is an end of the millennium culture that is actually summing up Western civilization and pointing us in an entirely different direction, that were going to arrive in the third millennium, in the middle of the archaic revival, which will mean a revival of these physiologically empowering rhythm signatures, a new art, a new social vision, a new relationship to nature, to feminism, to ego.
All of these things are taking hold, and not a moment too soon.
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Dr John Hagelin - What The Bleep Does He Know?
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JOHN HAGELIN, PH.D. will be joining the exceptional group of scientists and visionaries from the film that is taking America by storm, WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!?. They are coming together for the first time at the WHAT THE BLEEP DO WE KNOW!? CONFERENCE, taking place at the Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel during the weekend of February 4-6, 2005 -
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Over the years Dr. Hagelin has been a very popular presenter at the Prophets Conferences. He is a warm and wonderful speaker who is able to communicate complex scientific and consciousness studies into terms understandable and appreciated by our audiences.
For your enjoyment we are providing Dr. Hagelins full lecture, Unified Field-Based Civilization, Science, Consciousness and the Future of Government, presented at The Prophets Conference Sedona in 2003. Click here to listen:
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JOHN HAGELIN, PH.D. (www.hagelin.org) is a world-renowned quantum physicist, educator, author, and public policy expert. Dr. Hagelin has conducted pioneering research at CERN (the European Center for Particle Physics) and SLAC (the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center) and is responsible for the development of a highly successful grand unified field theory based on the Superstring. In his book, Manual for a Perfect Government, Dr. Hagelin shows how, through educational programs that develop human consciousness, and through policies and programs that
effectively harness the laws of nature, it is possible to solve acute social problems and enhance governmental effectiveness.
In recognition of his outstanding achievements, Dr. Hagelin was named winner of the prestigious Kilby Award, which recognizes scientists who have made "major contributions to society through their applied research in the fields of science and technology." The award recognized Dr. Hagelin as "a scientist in the tradition of Einstein, Jeans, Bohr and Eddington."
Dr. Hagelin holds an A.B. summa cum laude from Dartmouth College and an M.A. and Ph.D. from Harvard University. He is currently Professor of Physics and Director of the Institute of Science, Technology and Public Policy at Maharishi University of Management, and Minister of Science and Technology of the Global Country of World Peace. He was also the Natural Law Party presidential candidate in 2000.
In the What the Bleep movie, Dr. Hagelin talks about a study that was held in Washington, D.C. in 1993.
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Before Prohibition
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Vin Mariani was the leading coca wine. This advertisement features an endorsement from Berthelier, a popular late 19th century actor. The caption immediately below the photograph reads, "Your marvelous Tonic needs certainly no further recommendation as everyone is familiar with it, and no one would be without it. I claim 'VIN MARIANI' can have no equal; it will live forever." The caption also proclaims "over 7,000 written endorsements from prominent physicians in Europe and America" and that the product has had acclaim for 30 years.
(From Harper's Magazine, March, 1894.)
In addition to endorsements from celebrities, physicians, and scientists,
Pope Leo XIII also endorsed the popular product for its beneficial effects.
