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Penn
State
Professor
Continues
Marijuana
Civil
Disobedience
for
Fourth
Consecutive
Week
2/13/98
Julian Heicklen, the retired Penn State professor who has smoked marijuana
in front of the campus gates every Thursday since January 22 to protest
the injustice of marijuana prohibition, was at it again this week. A large
crowd, estimated at well over 200 was on hand to witness the event, including
several people who joined the professor in civil disobedience. "I
want to be arrested for marijuana" Heicklen said, "but I am not
exactly an advocate for it -- I represent the fight for freedom. I'd like
to ask for a trial by jury and have a quick one (trial). It's immoral to
prosecute a person for using a vegetable: it's our business, not the government's
to decide what we put into our systems.... I want to nullify the Marijuana
laws in the United States."
Heicklen was not arrested on Thursday, although several uniformed and
plainclothes officers did approach the crowd and forcibly grab lit marijuana
cigarettes out of the hands of some protesters, stepping them out on the
ground. Other students, however, reportedly lit joints of their own in
defiance of the police action. Local sources report that charges are being
filed against Professor Heicklen and five others who were in attendance.
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Issue #29, 2/13/98
ONDCP 1999 Drug Strategy to be Released This Saturday: Another "ten year plan" but a lot more of the same | 69th Anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre | Canadian, American Officials Meet to Discuss Smuggling: But which way are the drugs flowing? | Judge Moves Dennis Peron's Trial Back to Oakland: But Peron says he'll not be convicted in any venue | Penn State Professor Continues Marijuana Civil Disobedience for Fourth Consecutive Week | Cooperation, Certification,and Corruption -- US, Mexico, and Drug War Relations | Olympic Snowboarder Still High on Nagano Gold: Rebagliati gets to keep his medal | Allegations of Corruption Leveled Against Australian Anti-Drug Police Unit | Editorial: Give us just one good reason why the Olympic Committee is testing athletes for marijuana
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