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This week there was so much exciting news that we needed our whole team to cover it! Tyler and Sarah join Sam and Rachelle to discuss last week’s marijuana bonanza, the upcoming National Drug Summit in Australia, and much, much more.
News Updates:
- Marijuana Bonanza!
- NY Mayor Wants Nation’s First Supervised Heroin Injection Facility
- Australia is about to start a major discussion on decriminalizing drugs
- Kofi Annan on Why It’s Time To Legalize Drugs
- NY Times editorial calls for ending HEA aid elimination penalty
- Iran executed all adult men in one village for drug offences, official reveals
- Drug Policy Alliance gains almost 25,000 signatures on a petition to Senator McConnell demanding a vote on the Sentencing Reform Act
- Grassroots anti-drug activists attacked in Myanmar
Forecasts:
- 2/28: SSDP2016 Early Bird Registration Rates end 2/28
- 3/1: Hearing on Maryland Delegate Morhaim’s bill to decriminalize the possession of all drugs
- 3/3: MDMA: Health Safety Legislation hosted by the CSU Long Beach SSDP chapter
- 3/8: Submission deadline for the Global Exchange international video contest
Drug of the Month:
Heroin, installment four (recent news and trends)
Call to Action:
Write a letter to the editor about the repeal of the Higher Education Act
Music Credits:
Intro: Syllabus Week by the2ba
Transition: Starburst by Treelo
Outro: The Things We Got to Keep by Marriah Rodgers