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Newsbrief:
RAVE
Act
Stalled
in
House,
Could
Be
Dead
for
the
Year
10/11/02
Foreign policy may have caused
a healthy distraction from domestic drug war policy this year, as the House
of Representatives went into recess Friday without taking action on the
RAVE Act, which would dramatically expand federal "crack house" statutes
to include any venue where drugs are consumed. The act has seen growing
opposition and defections in the Senate, but it was the lack of time, not
organized opposition, that apparently did in the bill for this year.
According to a report from the Drug Policy Alliance's RAVE Act point-man,
Bill Piper, the House Subcommittee on Crime held a hearing on the bill
Thursday, but failed to vote on it because of the imminent recess.
Still, wrote Piper, the Senate
will be in session through next week, "so we have to keep the Senate version
from passing and setting a bad precedent." The ultimate aim is to
defeat the bill entirely, but opponents are prepared to offer amendments
to make a bad bill slightly better if it appears headed for passage.
Two original cosponsors of the Senate Bill, Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and Richard
Durbin (D-IL) have withdrawn their support for the bill.
Visit the Electronic Music
Defense and Education Fund at http://www.emdef.org
to join the effort against the act.
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Issue #258, 10/11/02
Editorial: Just Claims | Ordeal of the Pain Doctors: California Physician Still Struggling to Clear His Name, Trial Date Set for December | DRCNet Interview: Nandor Tanczos, Member of Parliament, New Zealand | California Medical Marijuana Chronicles: A Widening Conflict | MedMj Chronicles I: The Feds Are Deadly Serious: Bryan Epis Sentenced to Federal Prison | MedMj Chronicles II: San Jose Police Department Cuts Ties with DEA Task Force | MedMj Chronicles III: Marijuana Patients and Caregivers Sue the Feds, Seek Order to Stop Raids | MedMj Chronicles IV: Marijuana Rescheduling Petition Revived | FDA Approves Buphrenorphine for Home Addiction Treatment | Whose Brain on Drugs? Stanford Symposium Focuses on Addiction and Chemistry | Newsbrief: Colombian Ombudsman Petitions Government for Suspension of Herbicide Spraying | Newsbrief: RAVE Act Stalled in House, Could Be Dead for the Year | Newsbrief: Wisconsin Couple Commit Suicide After Pot and 'Shroom Bust, Forfeiture Notice | Newsbrief: Ban on Narcocorridos Spreads in Mexico | Newsbrief: School Districts Drug Testing for Tobacco, Too | Newsbrief: Leaders of Former Soviet Republics Meet to Fight Drugs and Terror, Drink Wine | Newsbrief: Canadian Researchers Seek Approval for Heroin Maintenance Study | Calling on Students to Raise Your Voices for Repeal of the HEA Drug Provision | Action Alerts: Rave Bill, Medical Marijuana, Higher Education Act Drug Provision | The Reformer's Calendar
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