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Penn
State
Professor
Protests
Pot
Laws
with
One-Man
Smoke-in
1/23/98
Julian Heicklen, a 65 year-old chemistry professor at Pennsylvania State
University, staged a one-man "smoke-in" last Thursday, right
in front of the university gates. The professor, reclining in a lounge
chair and surrounded by approximately 50 students and supporters, lit a
joint for the first time in his life. "I'm not doing this for the
marijuana," he told the Centre Daily Times (PA), "I'm doing this
because we have a right to make free choices."
Heicklen, a member of his local Libertarian Party, said that he was
carrying $1,500 on him in case of arrest. Police, who were present during
the protest, declined to arrest him, however, claiming that they didn't
believe that the substance he was smoking was in fact marijuana. Heicklen
promised to repeat the act next week.
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Issue #26, 1/23/98
New York City Mayor Giuliani is Caught Suppressing Report Of His Own Aids Commission On Needle Exchange | ...But Gets $120 Million from Clinton For More Cops For His New Zero Tolerance Drug War | Justice Department Report: 100,000 More Americans Behind Bars | Two Southern California Medical Marijuana Clubs Targeted by Law Enforcement | 17 Year-Old First Time Offender Faces 10 Years for Role in $20 Marijuana Sale: Excerpt from the Norml Weekly News Bulletin | HHS to Conduct Binding Review of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status: Excerpt from the Norml Weekly News Bulletin | Legal Marijuana Smokers Testify at Institute of Medicine's Public Hearing on Medicinal Marijuana | Forums: Boston 1/29, Minneapolis 2/5, San Francisco 5-Feb | New Hampshire Man Kept Behind Bars for Refusing to Acknowledge God in his Recovery | Penn State Professor Protests Pot Laws with One-Man Smoke-in | Miami School Drug Test Plan Altered | Editorial: From Dr. King's Dream to Drug War Nightmare
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