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This
Week
in
History
4/30/04
April 30, 1984: Assassination
of the Colombian attorney general fuels the extradition controversy.
Colombian Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, who had crusaded against
the Medellin cartel, is assassinated by a gang of motorcycle thugs.
President Belisario Betancur, who had opposed extradiction, announces,
"We will extradite Colombians." Carlos Lehder is the first to be
put on the list. The crackdown forces the Ochoas, Escobar and Rodriguez
Gacha to flee to Panama for several months. A few months later, Escobar
is indicted for Lara Bonilla's murder and names the Ochoas and Rodriguez
Gacha as material witnesses.
May 1, 1972: Nobel
Prize winner for economics Milton Friedman was quoted in Newsweek:
"Legalizing drugs would simultaneously reduce the amount of crime and raise
the quality of law enforcement. Can you conceive of any other measure
that would accomplish so much to promote law and order?"
May 2, 2001: The Louisiana
Senate, voting 29-5, passes sweeping legislation to bring relief to an
overflowing state prison system, ending mandatory prison time for possession
of small quantities of drugs.
May 5, 2001: The United
States is voted off the United Nations Narcotics Control Board, the 13-member
board that monitors compliance with UN drug conventions on substance abuse
and illegal trafficking.
May 6, 2001: Sydney,
Australia opens its first legal heroin injection room in the Kings Cross
Neighborhood -- it is operated by the Uniting Church. The effort
was an attempt to stop drug overdoses and the use of infected syringes.
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Issue #335, 4/30/04
Announcing: "The New Prohibition: Voices of Dissent Challenge the Drug War" -- New Compendium by Sheriff Masters Features David Borden and Numerous Other Thinkers on Drug Policy |
Peruvian Coca Growers' "March of Protest and Sacrifice" Reaches Lima as Government Seeks to Elevate Alternative Leadership |
Like a Phoenix from the Ashes: Vancouver's "Pot Block" Rebounds from Weekend Arson Fire |
There You Go Again, Joe: CASA Report Uses Suspect Science to Hype Teen Marijuana Menace |
NORML 2004: Stroup to Retire, Lobbying the Hill, Initiative Excitement, Medical Marijuana |
Newsbrief: Drug Czar, Media Campaign Well-Positioned to Influence November Elections |
Newsbrief: FBI Was Looking for Dope, Not Terrorists, 9/11 Commission Says |
Atlantic City Announces Needle Exchange Plans |
Newsbrief: European Union Blocks Cannabis Exhibition |
Newsbrief: New Web Site Compiles Judicial Opposition to Drug War |
Newsbrief: Canadian Couple Appalled at Being Treated Like, Well, New Yorkers |
Newsbrief: Albuquerque Cops Block 4-20 Event by Closing Park |
Newsbrief: Colorado Drug Task Force Sued Over Methamphetamine "Decontamination" Public Stripping |
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