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This
Week
in
History
9/10/04
September 13, 1984:
US State Department officials conclude, after more than a decade of crop
substitution programs for Third World growers of marijuana, coca or opium
poppies, that the tactic cannot work without eradication of the plants
and criminal enforcement. Poor results are reported from eradication
programs in Burma, Pakistan, Mexico, and Peru.
September 14, 1995:
The Reagan-appointed, conservative libertarian described by American Lawyer
magazine as "the most brilliant judge in the country," Richard Posner,
Chief Judge of the US Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, is quoted
in USA Today:
"I am skeptical that a society
that is so tolerant of alcohol and cigarettes should come down so hard
on marijuana use and send people to prison for life without parole... We
should not repeal all the drug laws overnight, but we should begin with
marijuana and see whether the sky falls."
September 15, 1994:
The Boston Globe printed the results of a reader call-in survey that asked,
"Do you favor legalizing marijuana for medical use?" An astonishing
97 percent of the callers said "yes."
September 16, 1934:
The New York Times reported (if you can call it that), "users of marijuana
become stimulated as they inhale the drug and are likely to do anything.
Most crimes of violence in this section, especially in country districts
are laid to users of that drug."
September 17, 1998:
Ninety-three members of Congress vote for medical marijuana.
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Issue #353, 9/10/04
They're Back! Two DEA Raids on California Medical Marijuana Operations in Two Weeks |
Push for Medical Marijuana Legislation Underway in New Jersey |
CRCM Makes Final Court Bid to Get Marijuana Regulation Initiative on Nevada Ballot |
DRCNet Book Review: "My Cocaine Museum," by Michael Taussig (2004, University of Chicago Press, 360 pp., $22.50 HB) |
Action Alert: Judiciary Committee Taking Up HEA Drug Provision |
Newsbrief: Pittsburgh Gives Preliminary Okay to Continuing Needle Exchange Program |
Newsbrief: German Drug Deaths Down, Government Cites Harm Reduction Policies |
Newsbrief: Initiative Fails to Make Ballot in Arkansas, Another Gets Kicked Off Ballot in Tallahassee |
Newsbrief: MPP Sues Minneapolis over Medical Marijuana Ballot Access |
Newsbrief: Denver Post Says Legalize It |
Newsbrief: Canada's National Post Says Legalize It |
Newsbrief: US and Philippines in Joint "Narcoterrorism" Exercises |
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