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This
Week
in
History
6/18/04
June 18, 1986: Boston
Celtics draft choice Len Bias, a student at the University of Maryland,
dies from heart failure from cocaine poisoning, leading to a media frenzy
and enactment without hearings of the infamous federal mandatory minimum
sentences.
June 19, 1812: The
United States goes to war with Great Britain after being cut off from 80%
of its Russian hemp supply. Napoleon invades Russia to sever Britain's
illegal trade in Russian hemp.
June 19, 1991: In a
secret vote, the Colombian Assembly votes 51-13 to amend the nation's Constitution
effective July 5 to ban extradition. Infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar
immediately surrenders to Colombian police.
June 20, 1995: Former
CBS news anchorman Walter Cronkite called the drug war a failure on a Discovery
Channel installment of The Cronkite Report, saying, "We cannot go into
tomorrow with the same formulas that are failing today."
June 24, 1982: In remarks
about Executive Order 12368 made from the White House's Rose Garden, President
Ronald Reagan says, "We're taking down the surrender flag that has flown
over so many drug efforts. We're running up a battle flag."
June 25, 1923: In a
speech in Denver, Senator Morris Shepard, a principal architect of Alcohol
Prohibition, says, "There is as much chance of repealing the Eighteenth
Amendment as there is for a hummingbird to fly to the planet Mars with
the Washington Monument tied to its tail."
June 25, 1987: The
Supreme Court of Colombia annuls the nation's extradition treaty with the
US.
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Issue #342, 6/18/04
Editorial: Which Cops Would You Pick for Your Town? |
Major Religious Denominations Increase Pressure on Congress for Medical Marijuana |
Atlantic City Challenges Attorney General, Passes Needle Exchange Ordinance |
Swiss Parliament Rejects Marijuana Legalization |
All That Is Solid Melts Into Air: Oaksterdam Disappearing... for Now |
Newsbrief: Federal Judge Whitman Knapp Dead at 95 -- Exposed Police Corruption, Opposed Drug War Excess |
Newsbrief: Canadian Marijuana Party in Unique Campaign Finance Scheme |
Newsbrief: Philippine Travel Advisory |
Newsbrief: Coca Tea Drinker Fired After Drug Test Wins Job Back |
Newsbrief: ACLU Sues Detroit Over School Drug Raids |
Newsbrief: Portugal Uses Reefer to Calm Soccer Hooligans |
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