Drugs & Society

International Harm Reduction Association - http://www.ihra.net/

Humbolt Park Needle Exchange Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzKta1YZVQE

Vancouver Safe Injection Site - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpRMJacTiQ

Swiss approve prescription heroin - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7757050.stm

Here is a recent article from the NY Times on needle exchange in Russia - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/22/magazine/22FOB-idealab-t.html?pagewanted=1&ref=magazine

And, here is the site for the needle exchange program in Ithaca – Prevention Point.  This organization is always looking for volunteers, so check them out if you are interested. http://www.stapinc.org/prevention-prevpoint.html

Slate also apparently thought NBC’s report on huffing was off the mark.  Jack Shafer dubbed it “Stupid drug story of the week” – http://www.slate.com/id/2236302/

Mini-Test 2 – Wednesday, Dec 2

Journal for Bad Neighbor Policy - Due Wednesday, Dec 4

What if pot were legal? – http://www.sloshspot.com/blog/11-13-2009/If-Marijuana-Production-Were-Legal-Projected-Tax-Revenues-by-State-245

And apparently the Today Show has discovered a new dangerous drug… (or apparently they’ve forgotten than adults have been panicking over huffing since the 1950s)

For a scholarly analysis of the first huffing panic – over glue sniffing in 1950 – see Edward Brecher’s book

(1972). Book available in the IC Library.

I didn’t talk about Doc Ellis’s no hitter on LSD during our psychedelics section, but it’s one of the most talked about LSD stories. Here’s a new animated version…

Here’s an story on the actions of pharmaceutical companies on the brink of health care reform. It’s only tangentially related, but I think would not surprise Boyd at all.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/16/business/16drugprices.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss

And here’s some very interesting propaganda from the DEA. They really did create this faux magazine.
http://www.justthinktwice.com/stumbleweed/home.html

For a clearer version, see the documentary’s website. This site is in Dutch.
http://www.vpro.nl/programma/dnw/afleveringen/2233294/

So, recent changes have occurred in the federal financial aid rules. Now, students are denied aid if their conviction occurred during the time in which the student was receiving aid. See Question 1 of the Student Aid Eligibility Worksheet here – http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/before013a.htm

See also question 2 for clarification of 2 issues that were raised in class:
1. There is no statement that limits obligation to report to only to felony drug convictions. The form asks about all federal and state drug convictions. So, presumably students are obligated to report misdemeanors (even if they live in a state that has decriminalized possession of small amounts of marijuana).
2. Students do not have to report convictions that occurred before the age of 18 unless the student was charged as an adult.

Oakland housing authority – http://vvi.onstreammedia.com:80/cgi-bin/visearch?squery=+ClipID:1++VideoAsset:pbsnh021902&query=oakland+housing+authority&user=pbs-newshour&tid=email

Donald Scott Case - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJk9tdY-bvs

The November Coalition chronicles the stories of people whose lives have been negatively impacted by the War on Drugs. They chronicle specific stories of people on The Wall – http://www.november.org/thewall/

Here is one of the first articles I ever read on the injustices of Rockefeller Drug Laws in NY by Francis X. Clines – http://www.nytimes.com/1993/03/23/nyregion/for-no-83-6607-added-years-for-.35-ounces-20-years-after-law-mandating-prison.html?scp=3&sq=Francis%20X.%20Clines%20rockefeller%20drug%20mule&st=cse

And a brief overview of the Rockefeller Drug Laws from Time Magazine – http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1888864,00.html