Fayetteville, AR, to Vote on Marijuana Measure

Voters in Fayetteville, Arkansas, will have the chance to make adult marijuana possession the lowest law enforcement priority at the ballot box in November. This initiative is led by Sensible Fayetteville, a coalition of groups that includes the Alliance for Reform of Drug Policy in Arkansas, Inc.

> Interview With Mayor About Baseless No-Knock Pot Raid

An MP3 from the Cato Institute with Cheye Calvo (Mayor of Berwyn Heights, Maryland) describing how police conducted a baseless no-knock marijuana raid on his home, killing his two labrador retrievers.

> Know Your Rights When Encountering Law Enforcement

The ACLU's Know Your Rights booklet provides effective and useful guidance in a user-friendly question and answer format. The booklet addresses what rights you have when you are stopped, questioned, arrested, or searched by law enforcement officers. This booklet is for citizens and non-citizens with extra information for non-citizens in a separate section.

Presentation: Incarcerated Women: Conditions, Profiteering and Resistance

September 17, 2008. New York, NY

The number of women in prison has tripled within the past 2 decades. Join investigative journalist and author of "Women Behind Bars" Silja Talvi, founding editor of "Prison Legal News" Paul Wright, former drug war prisoner Yraida Guanipa, and Books Through Bars co-founder and author of the forthcoming "Resistance Behind Bars" Vikki Law for an informed discussion about lives of incarcerated women and about resistance on the inside and out.

Horizons: Perspectives on Psychedelics

September 19-21, 2008. New York, NY

Horizons is a forum for learning about psychedelics. It seeks to open a fresh dialogue about psychedelics and challenges society to rethink their role in history, culture, medicine, spirituality and art. After a successful debut in 2007, it is now an annual event. Speakers have been announced and tickets are on sale!

Ethan Nadelmann Speaking Engagement: The 8th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency (ICPCD)

October 29 - November 1, 2008. Philadelphia, PA

The 8th International Conference on Pain and Chemical Dependency is a learning experience directed toward anyone in health care whose aim is to help alleviate pain in others.

>  Drug War Madness
    Los Angeles Times (CA) [08/11/08]    

>  Mayor's Dogs Gunned Down by Cops in Improper Drug
    Raid
    Huffington Post (US Web) [08/08/08] 

>  A Kinder, Smarter War on Drugs
    Times, The (Trenton, NJ) [07/28/08]