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This
Week
in
History
4/16/04
April 19, 1943: Albert Hoffman
takes the first dose of LSD, in Basel, Switzerland.
April 20, 2001: American
Christian missionary Veronica Bowers and her seven-month-old daughter,
Charity, are killed when their small plane is shot out of the sky by a
Peruvian military jet as part of a CIA-assisted program that patrols the
Amazon Basin for drug couriers.
April 20, 2002: Robin Prosser
of Missoula, Montana, begins a hunger strike demanding access to governmental
grown marijuana to help her treat symptoms of Lupus. Prosser says that
marijuana helps combat the illness and relieves her of pain and stress.
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Issue #333, 4/16/04
"BUSTED" Bustin' Out All Over As Flex Your Rights Flexes Its Video Power |
Alert: Help Free Richard Paey and Stop the Florida Prescription Monitoring Program Bill |
DRCNet Interview: Dr. Robert Kale, Pain Management Specialist, Fort Smith, Arkansas |
Pain Patients Head for Washington, Demand Congressional Hearings |
Newsbrief: Connecticut Medical Marijuana Bill Wins Committee Vote |
Newsbrief: Spanish Pharmacists Support Catalonian Pilot Study on Marijuana in Pharmacies |
Newsbrief: Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit Filed In California "Hippie Profiling" Case |
Newsbrief: US Drug Czar Blames Canada for Marijuana Emergency Room Admissions |
Newsbrief: Mexican Governor Suspends Every Detective in Drug Corruption Probe |
Newsbrief: Peruvian Drink Boasts Coca Kick |
Protect Live Music -- National Day and Night of Outrage This April 24 to Protest RAVE Act Abuses |
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