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This
Week
in
History
9/26/03
Every Year: The Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issues its annual Uniform Crime Report (UCR),
which provides drug offender arrest totals for the previous year.
Nearly seven out of every eight arrests for marijuana continue to be for
possession of the drug.
October 1, 1998: National
news is made when the increased funding of prisons (largely driven by warehousing
drug offenders) and decreased spending for schools prompts massive protests
by California high school students.
October 2, 1982: Ronald
Reagan, in a radio address to the nation on federal drug policy, concluded,
"we're making no excuses for drugs -- hard, soft, or otherwise. Drugs
are bad, and we're going after them. As I've said before, we've taken
down the surrender flag and run up the battle flag. And we're going
to win the war on drugs." That was about 20 years and half a trillion
($500,000,000,000) dollars ago.
And one from last week in
history:
September 21, 1969:
In an attempt to reduce marijuana smuggling from Mexico, the Customs Department,
under Commissioner Myles Ambrose, subjects every vehicle crossing the Mexican
border to a three-minute inspection. The operation lasts only two
weeks and wreaks economic havoc on both sides of the border. Mexico
agrees to more aggressively attack marijuana trade, but the operation doesn't
seriously impact the flow of marijuana into the US.
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Issue #304, 9/26/03
Editorial:
Patients vs. Prosecutors |
Pain Doctor Arrests
Provoke Backlash -- Group Urges FDA to Stop Cooperating With Justice Department |
Cheryl Miller
Memorial Project Does DC |
Hawaii Meth Mania:
Drug Summit, Media Push Target "Ice" |
Playing It Smart:
Sensible Seattle and the Winning of I-75 |
Newsbrief:
Dr. Hurwitz Indicted, Jailed in Campaign Against Pain Doctors |
Newsbrief:
MAPS-Sponsored Ecstasy Research Wins Final FDA Approval |
Newsbrief:
Rio de Janeiro Jails Stuffed With Drug Offenders |
Newsbrief:
UN Warns Stimulants "Public Enemy Number One," Cites Flawed Science, Attacks
"Liberalization" |
Newsbrief:
This Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
Newsbrief:
Cannabis Tolerance Showing Up in India |
Newsbrief:
Canadian Government to Appeal BC Marijuana Legalization Ruling |
Newsbrief:
Drug War Sparking Death Squad Killings Again in Philippines |
Newsbrief:
Ashcroft Says No Plea Bargains in Latest Bid to Send America to Prison
Forever |
Newsbrief:
Mandatory Minimum Sentences Unfair, Says Supreme Court Justice |
This Week
in History |
Current Action
Alerts: Medical Marijuana, Plan Colombia, HEA, Ashcroft's Attack
on Judicial Discretion |
Perry Fund
Accepting Applications for 2003-2004 and 2004-2005 School Years, Providing
Scholarships for Students Losing Aid Because of Drug Convictions |
Errata:
Last Week's Corrupt Cops Story |
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