As far as I can tell, none of these are available as ebooks, kindle or otherwise.
Indigenous Peoples and Diabetes
Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History
Methland: The Death and Life of an American Small Town
Down These Mean Streets
Righteous Dopefiend
Manchild in the Promised Land
Death Without Weeping: The Violence of Everyday Life in Brazil
Out There: Marginalization and Contemporary Culture
Dialectics of Nature
Let's Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice
Tales of the City 1-5
Randy Shilts' books
Friday, July 31, 2009
Monday, July 27, 2009
fascinating.
Drug War Chronicle
Europe: British Prisons Install Methadone Vending Machines
In a bid to promote opiate maintenance therapy behind bars, the British government has begun installing methadone vending machines in the country's prisons. Justice Minister Phil Hope told parliament last week that 57 vending machines have been installed so far.
The machines allow prisoners to receive an individualized dose of methadone by giving a fingerprint or an iris scan. The machines are paid for by the Department of Health and will cost about $6.5 million dollars, about 10% of the department's prison drug treatment budget. The target is to have the machines in half of Britain's 140 prisons.
According to the latest available prison population statistics, in 2007, nearly 6,400 of Britain's 81,000 prisoners were there on drug charges, with slightly more than half of them charged with simple drug possession or possession with intent to distribute. The official statistics provide no breakdown of which drugs were involved.
"Methadone dispensers are a safe and secure method for providing a prescribed treatment," said a health department spokesman. "They can only be accessed by the person who has been clinically assessed as needing methadone and that person is recognized by a biometric marker, such as their iris."
Providing methadone to addicted prisoners allows them to manage their habits without resorting to illicit heroin supplies within the prisons. But the opposition Conservatives were quick to try to score political points, claiming that the Labor government would rather "manage offenders' addiction" than end it.
"The public will be shocked that Ministers are spending more on methadone vending machines than the entire budget for abstinence based treatments," said Dominic Grieve, the Conservative shadow justice secretary. "Getting prisoners clean of drugs is one of the keys to getting them to go straight. We need to get prisoners off all drug addiction -- not substitute one dependency for another. The government's approach of trying to 'manage' addiction is an admission of failure."
The Conservatives are hammering away at Labor any way they can as they prepare for national elections sometime in the coming months. Attacking enlightened approaches to inmate drug addiction is just another arrow in their "tough on crime" quiver.
According to multiple articles on the subject, the main advantage of machines is that they obviate corruption.
Europe: British Prisons Install Methadone Vending Machines
In a bid to promote opiate maintenance therapy behind bars, the British government has begun installing methadone vending machines in the country's prisons. Justice Minister Phil Hope told parliament last week that 57 vending machines have been installed so far.
The machines allow prisoners to receive an individualized dose of methadone by giving a fingerprint or an iris scan. The machines are paid for by the Department of Health and will cost about $6.5 million dollars, about 10% of the department's prison drug treatment budget. The target is to have the machines in half of Britain's 140 prisons.
According to the latest available prison population statistics, in 2007, nearly 6,400 of Britain's 81,000 prisoners were there on drug charges, with slightly more than half of them charged with simple drug possession or possession with intent to distribute. The official statistics provide no breakdown of which drugs were involved.
"Methadone dispensers are a safe and secure method for providing a prescribed treatment," said a health department spokesman. "They can only be accessed by the person who has been clinically assessed as needing methadone and that person is recognized by a biometric marker, such as their iris."
Providing methadone to addicted prisoners allows them to manage their habits without resorting to illicit heroin supplies within the prisons. But the opposition Conservatives were quick to try to score political points, claiming that the Labor government would rather "manage offenders' addiction" than end it.
"The public will be shocked that Ministers are spending more on methadone vending machines than the entire budget for abstinence based treatments," said Dominic Grieve, the Conservative shadow justice secretary. "Getting prisoners clean of drugs is one of the keys to getting them to go straight. We need to get prisoners off all drug addiction -- not substitute one dependency for another. The government's approach of trying to 'manage' addiction is an admission of failure."
The Conservatives are hammering away at Labor any way they can as they prepare for national elections sometime in the coming months. Attacking enlightened approaches to inmate drug addiction is just another arrow in their "tough on crime" quiver.
According to multiple articles on the subject, the main advantage of machines is that they obviate corruption.
Friday, July 24, 2009
so close, yet so screwed up.
House Bill Lifts Ban On Needle Exchanges
Funding Would Give D.C. Tool in HIV Fight
By Darryl Fears
The House on Friday approved a bill that would lift the 21-year ban on using federal money for needle exchange programs, a move that could give the District and other cities more flexibility in their efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS among intravenous drug users.
"This is the first time in over 20 years that we are on the verge of recognition by the federal government of the proven cost-effectiveness and impact of syringe exchange as a very important tool for prevention of HIV infection and viral hepatitis," said Ronald Johnson, deputy executive director of AIDS Action, a Washington-based advocacy group. "Allowing the local community to use federal funds is very critical to stopping these epidemics."
But the bill, sponsored by Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), includes a restriction against using the money to assist any program that distributes needles within 1,000 feet of day-care centers, schools, parks, playgrounds, pools and youth centers. The House approved the measure, 264 to 153.
The District's annual appropriations bill, which passed the House on July 15, also would prohibit the city from using the money provided by the federal government for needle exchange programs near such locations.
AIDS Action said no part of the city would be eligible for a needle exchange program if the restrictions are approved.
"AIDS Action will have to continue to fight to remove the restrictions so D.C. can make its own decisions" on how to spend local and federal money, said William McColl, political director for the group. ....
Funding Would Give D.C. Tool in HIV Fight
By Darryl Fears
The House on Friday approved a bill that would lift the 21-year ban on using federal money for needle exchange programs, a move that could give the District and other cities more flexibility in their efforts to prevent the spread of HIV and AIDS among intravenous drug users.
"This is the first time in over 20 years that we are on the verge of recognition by the federal government of the proven cost-effectiveness and impact of syringe exchange as a very important tool for prevention of HIV infection and viral hepatitis," said Ronald Johnson, deputy executive director of AIDS Action, a Washington-based advocacy group. "Allowing the local community to use federal funds is very critical to stopping these epidemics."
But the bill, sponsored by Rep. David Obey (D-Wis.), includes a restriction against using the money to assist any program that distributes needles within 1,000 feet of day-care centers, schools, parks, playgrounds, pools and youth centers. The House approved the measure, 264 to 153.
The District's annual appropriations bill, which passed the House on July 15, also would prohibit the city from using the money provided by the federal government for needle exchange programs near such locations.
AIDS Action said no part of the city would be eligible for a needle exchange program if the restrictions are approved.
"AIDS Action will have to continue to fight to remove the restrictions so D.C. can make its own decisions" on how to spend local and federal money, said William McColl, political director for the group. ....
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Action alert! Act NOW to Defeat Syringe Exchange Amendment!
Act NOW to Defeat Syringe Exchange Amendment!
Take Action!
Amendment to Ban Federal Syringe Exchange Funding on House Floor
A House amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill is scheduled for floor debate, and may take place as early as tomorrow morning (July 24). Today, the Rules Committee approved an amendment by Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) which prohibits HHS funding for programs which distribute sterile needles or syringes for hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. If this amendment passes it will almost certainly ban federal funding of syringe exchange in the U.S. and may disrupt current syringe exchange operations. Syringe exchange saves lives!
This pernicious amendment must be defeated NOW!
Take immediate action to prevent the defeat of syringe exchange programs. E-mail your Representative NOW!
Forward this alert to your friends, family, and everyone you know!
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Take Action!
Amendment to Ban Federal Syringe Exchange Funding on House Floor
A House amendment to the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education bill is scheduled for floor debate, and may take place as early as tomorrow morning (July 24). Today, the Rules Committee approved an amendment by Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) which prohibits HHS funding for programs which distribute sterile needles or syringes for hypodermic injection of any illegal drug. If this amendment passes it will almost certainly ban federal funding of syringe exchange in the U.S. and may disrupt current syringe exchange operations. Syringe exchange saves lives!
This pernicious amendment must be defeated NOW!
Take immediate action to prevent the defeat of syringe exchange programs. E-mail your Representative NOW!
Forward this alert to your friends, family, and everyone you know!
TAKE ACTION NOW!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
one surprise, one mundanity
McWhorter: Decoding the Henry Louis Gates Jr. Arrest
Mundane: John McWhorter lives in a bubble.
SHOCKING: the New York Magazine commenters not only called him on the fundamental flaws in his reasoning, but also are infinitely more articulate and thoughtful than many of those in the nytimes or wall street journal.
Mundane: John McWhorter lives in a bubble.
SHOCKING: the New York Magazine commenters not only called him on the fundamental flaws in his reasoning, but also are infinitely more articulate and thoughtful than many of those in the nytimes or wall street journal.
yay, America.
Bridge Still Home For Miami Sex Offenders
by Greg Allen
July 21, 2009
State judges in Miami are being asked to mediate a dispute that involves the city, the state and a growing colony of sex offenders.
The colony is an encampment of tents and shacks under a Miami bridge that began when corrections officers began ordering offenders there a few years ago. The shantytown was created in response to local laws that restrict where sex offenders can live.
Now, local and state officials are trading charges about who's to blame for creating the situation and who should fix it.
Village Of Tents
It started more than two years ago -- a few tents pitched under a bridge on Miami's Julia Tuttle Causeway. Today, it's a well-established shantytown. More than 80 people make their home under the bridge.
There are half a dozen wooden shacks, some with cooking and toilet facilities. It's a village of tents, campers and cars -- also a dock with a few small rowboats. Shared generators provide power for a CD player -- also to recharge cell phones and electronic monitoring units required for sex offenders on supervised release.
Homer Barclay came to live here a year and a half ago. Barclay was convicted of attempted sexual battery in 1992. Last year, after a parole violation, he says probation officers gave him just one option.
"They told me that I had to live up under the Julia Tuttle Causeway," says Barclay. "I said, 'How come I have to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway?' They said, 'If you want to go home, this is where you got to go.' "
Barclay has a driver's license issued to him at the time of his release. His address is listed as Julia Tuttle Causeway.
Like many of the sex offenders on supervised release, Barclay is required to be here between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. During the day, many of the felons leave for jobs or to visit their families.
On this day, Barclay was fishing.
"I'm not working because it's difficult to find a job. I went everywhere looking for a job. Woo, it's rough," Barclay says. "Right now, I'm hungry, you know what I'm saying? I need a bath. I'm fishing, as you see, to try to survive. We just want to do what they want us to do. We just want our life back. That's all we want." ....
by Greg Allen
July 21, 2009
State judges in Miami are being asked to mediate a dispute that involves the city, the state and a growing colony of sex offenders.
The colony is an encampment of tents and shacks under a Miami bridge that began when corrections officers began ordering offenders there a few years ago. The shantytown was created in response to local laws that restrict where sex offenders can live.
Now, local and state officials are trading charges about who's to blame for creating the situation and who should fix it.
Village Of Tents
It started more than two years ago -- a few tents pitched under a bridge on Miami's Julia Tuttle Causeway. Today, it's a well-established shantytown. More than 80 people make their home under the bridge.
There are half a dozen wooden shacks, some with cooking and toilet facilities. It's a village of tents, campers and cars -- also a dock with a few small rowboats. Shared generators provide power for a CD player -- also to recharge cell phones and electronic monitoring units required for sex offenders on supervised release.
Homer Barclay came to live here a year and a half ago. Barclay was convicted of attempted sexual battery in 1992. Last year, after a parole violation, he says probation officers gave him just one option.
"They told me that I had to live up under the Julia Tuttle Causeway," says Barclay. "I said, 'How come I have to live under the Julia Tuttle Causeway?' They said, 'If you want to go home, this is where you got to go.' "
Barclay has a driver's license issued to him at the time of his release. His address is listed as Julia Tuttle Causeway.
Like many of the sex offenders on supervised release, Barclay is required to be here between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m. During the day, many of the felons leave for jobs or to visit their families.
On this day, Barclay was fishing.
"I'm not working because it's difficult to find a job. I went everywhere looking for a job. Woo, it's rough," Barclay says. "Right now, I'm hungry, you know what I'm saying? I need a bath. I'm fishing, as you see, to try to survive. We just want to do what they want us to do. We just want our life back. That's all we want." ....
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Action alert!
The full appropriations committee will vote on FY 2010 appropriations this Friday. The HHS appropriations subcommittee removed the syringe exchange funding ban from the budget.
If your rep is on this list, [below & here] please ask him/ her to keep the ban out of the budget!
Read more details from Housing Works here
Full Appropriations Committee
David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chairman
John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
Nita M. Lowey, New York
José E. Serrano, New York
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
James P. Moran, Virginia
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
Ed Pastor, Arizona
David E. Price, North Carolina
Chet Edwards, Texas
Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
Sam Farr, California
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan
Allen Boyd, Florida
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Georgia
Marion Berry, Arkansas
Barbara Lee, California
Adam Schiff, California
Michael Honda, California
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Steve Israel, New York
Tim Ryan, Ohio
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Ciro Rodriguez, Texas
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
John T. Salazar, Colorado
Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
Harold Rogers, Kentucky
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
Jack Kingston, Georgia
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
Zach Wamp, Tennessee
Tom Latham, Iowa
Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Kay Granger, Texas
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
John Abney Culberson, Texas
Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana
John R. Carter, Texas
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
Ken Calvert, California
Jo Bonner, Alabama
Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio
Tom Cole, Oklahoma
If your rep is on this list, [below & here] please ask him/ her to keep the ban out of the budget!
Read more details from Housing Works here
Full Appropriations Committee
David R. Obey, Wisconsin, Chairman
John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania
Norman D. Dicks, Washington
Alan B. Mollohan, West Virginia
Marcy Kaptur, Ohio
Peter J. Visclosky, Indiana
Nita M. Lowey, New York
José E. Serrano, New York
Rosa L. DeLauro, Connecticut
James P. Moran, Virginia
John W. Olver, Massachusetts
Ed Pastor, Arizona
David E. Price, North Carolina
Chet Edwards, Texas
Patrick J. Kennedy, Rhode Island
Maurice D. Hinchey, New York
Lucille Roybal-Allard, California
Sam Farr, California
Jesse L. Jackson, Jr., Illinois
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick, Michigan
Allen Boyd, Florida
Chaka Fattah, Pennsylvania
Steven R. Rothman, New Jersey
Sanford D. Bishop Jr., Georgia
Marion Berry, Arkansas
Barbara Lee, California
Adam Schiff, California
Michael Honda, California
Betty McCollum, Minnesota
Steve Israel, New York
Tim Ryan, Ohio
C.A "Dutch" Ruppersberger, Maryland
Ben Chandler, Kentucky
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Florida
Ciro Rodriguez, Texas
Lincoln Davis, Tennessee
John T. Salazar, Colorado
Jerry Lewis, California, Ranking Member
C.W. Bill Young, Florida
Harold Rogers, Kentucky
Frank R. Wolf, Virginia
Jack Kingston, Georgia
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, New Jersey
Todd Tiahrt, Kansas
Zach Wamp, Tennessee
Tom Latham, Iowa
Robert B.Aderholt, Alabama
Jo Ann Emerson, Missouri
Kay Granger, Texas
Michael K. Simpson, Idaho
John Abney Culberson, Texas
Mark Steven Kirk, Illinois
Ander Crenshaw, Florida
Dennis R. Rehberg, Montana
John R. Carter, Texas
Rodney Alexander, Louisiana
Ken Calvert, California
Jo Bonner, Alabama
Steven C. LaTourette, Ohio
Tom Cole, Oklahoma
Sunday, July 12, 2009
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
woot, for now!
Prepared Statement Of Chairman David R. Obey
2010 Labor-Hhs-Education Appropriations Bill
Subcommittee Markup
July 10, 2009
...
Significant Policy Provisions
As you know, this bill traditionally carries a number of “policy” riders. For the most part, this bill continues all significant funding restrictions in fiscal year 2010. For example, it continues all of the anti-abortion provisions in fiscal year 2010 without change. The bill also maintains the current prohibition on the use of funds in this bill for human embryo research. One key exception that I want to mention concerns needle exchange programs. This bill deletes the prohibition on the use of funds for needle exchange programs. Scientific studies have documented that needle exchange programs, when implemented as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention for reducing AIDS/HIV infections and do not promote drug use. The judgment we make in this bill is that it is time to lift this ban and let State and local jurisdictions determine if they want to pursue this approach.
full text here
reuters article here
2010 Labor-Hhs-Education Appropriations Bill
Subcommittee Markup
July 10, 2009
...
Significant Policy Provisions
As you know, this bill traditionally carries a number of “policy” riders. For the most part, this bill continues all significant funding restrictions in fiscal year 2010. For example, it continues all of the anti-abortion provisions in fiscal year 2010 without change. The bill also maintains the current prohibition on the use of funds in this bill for human embryo research. One key exception that I want to mention concerns needle exchange programs. This bill deletes the prohibition on the use of funds for needle exchange programs. Scientific studies have documented that needle exchange programs, when implemented as part of a comprehensive prevention strategy, are an effective public health intervention for reducing AIDS/HIV infections and do not promote drug use. The judgment we make in this bill is that it is time to lift this ban and let State and local jurisdictions determine if they want to pursue this approach.
full text here
reuters article here
there is way too much 1982 in the air...
HIV-Positive Woman Charged After Spitting On Man - WLWT Cincinnati
even though spitting does not and cannot transmit HIV
Swim club accused of racial discrimination against kids - CNN.com
and they did, in fact, incontrovertibility discriminate against kids because of their race
okay, we all know this is not my clinque.com order. Could this package have been any more wasteful? A box big enough for 100 lipsticks to ship just one?? Why do they think this is still acceptable?
even though spitting does not and cannot transmit HIV
Swim club accused of racial discrimination against kids - CNN.com
and they did, in fact, incontrovertibility discriminate against kids because of their race
okay, we all know this is not my clinque.com order. Could this package have been any more wasteful? A box big enough for 100 lipsticks to ship just one?? Why do they think this is still acceptable?
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
uh, just like NAFTA?
Let me get this straight: under NAFTA, the illegal drug industry in Mexico ballooned. Free trade with Colombia will have the opposite effect?
Obviously, our recent approach to Colombia is a failure. Maybe this free trade arrangement would help. Maybe. I am a little confused by the logic...
Trade deal would reduce drug flow
By Robert Weiner and Zoe Pagonis
During the Colombia Free Trade Agreement discussions in the White House and Congress, a major point has been missed. Colombia is the No. 1 source of drugs that lead to murders, crowding in prisons and family disunion. Congressional ratification of the Colombia Free Trade agreement will help Colombia create jobs outside of the drug trade and reduce the export of these lethal products.
Colombia currently provides us with 90 percent of our cocaine and in the past, as much as 50.1 percent of our heroin. Colombian cartels and drug-funded terror group FARC help cause U.S. drug and crime problems.
Without free trade, Colombia's people will be forced to remain dependent on drugs as their most lucrative business. Even as the world's third largest producer of coffee, revenue from that industry pales in comparison. The annual profit on a hectare of coffee is $500 versus an estimated $5,000 for coca. ....
Obviously, our recent approach to Colombia is a failure. Maybe this free trade arrangement would help. Maybe. I am a little confused by the logic...
Trade deal would reduce drug flow
By Robert Weiner and Zoe Pagonis
During the Colombia Free Trade Agreement discussions in the White House and Congress, a major point has been missed. Colombia is the No. 1 source of drugs that lead to murders, crowding in prisons and family disunion. Congressional ratification of the Colombia Free Trade agreement will help Colombia create jobs outside of the drug trade and reduce the export of these lethal products.
Colombia currently provides us with 90 percent of our cocaine and in the past, as much as 50.1 percent of our heroin. Colombian cartels and drug-funded terror group FARC help cause U.S. drug and crime problems.
Without free trade, Colombia's people will be forced to remain dependent on drugs as their most lucrative business. Even as the world's third largest producer of coffee, revenue from that industry pales in comparison. The annual profit on a hectare of coffee is $500 versus an estimated $5,000 for coca. ....
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Sunday, July 5, 2009
Overdose down in Baltimore for the 2nd year
Heroin
Baltimore City resident deaths
2007 2008
150 90
Deaths resulting from intoxications in Baltimore City
2007 2008
185 106
Health Department Releases Quarterly Drug Intoxication Report
Deaths Drop More Than One-Third In 2008
The report covers the fourth quarter of 2008 and includes totals for calendar year 2008.
Press Release
Intoxication Deaths Associated with Drugs of Abuse or Alcohol; Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarter 2008 and 2008 Summary
Baltimore City resident deaths
2007 2008
150 90
Deaths resulting from intoxications in Baltimore City
2007 2008
185 106
Health Department Releases Quarterly Drug Intoxication Report
Deaths Drop More Than One-Third In 2008
The report covers the fourth quarter of 2008 and includes totals for calendar year 2008.
Press Release
Intoxication Deaths Associated with Drugs of Abuse or Alcohol; Quarterly Report: Fourth Quarter 2008 and 2008 Summary
Saturday, July 4, 2009
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