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February 18, 1999: Dr. Frank
Fisher, a pain doctor from Northern California, is arrested and charged
with five counts of murder. Over the following six years, all charges and
legal proceedings against Fisher fizzle.
February 19, 2004: Veterans
and medical marijuana activists in San Francisco hold a protest/rally in
front of San Francisco's Veterans Administration Outpatient Clinic to ask
VA doctors to help provide better access to medical marijuana. Veterans
say that many VA doctors resist giving recommendations out of fear of retaliation
from the federal government, which oversees VA healthcare.
February 20, 1997: After
a two-day meeting sponsored by the National Institutes of Health, an eight-member
panel of specialists conclude that marijuana as medicine may be in order
for some patients.
February 21, 1971: The United
States joins with other countries in Vienna, Austria in signing an international
anti-drug treaty, the Convention on Psychotropic Substances.
February 22, 2000: Due to
drug-related violence, the US State Department issues a traveler's advisory
warning for Tijuana, México City, and Ciudad Juárez, calling
them "dangerous." Juárez Mayor Gustavo Elizondo sends a letter of
protest to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
February 23, 1887: The 49th
Congress of the United States enacts legislation providing a misdemeanor
fine of between $50 and $500 for any US or Chinese citizen found guilty
of violating the ban on opium.
February 24, 1999: Common
Sense for Drug Policy runs an open
letter/advertisement critical of Office of National Drug Control Policy
Director Barry McCaffrey's strategies in The New Republic, National Review,
Weekly Standard and The Nation, signed by leaders from around the country
and multiple disciplinary fields.
February 24, 2000: Members
of the Belgian Parliament propose to modify the nation's laws to partially
decriminalize possession of cannabis and its derivatives.
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Issue #375
-- 2/18/05
Souder
Circus:
Committee
Head
Attacks
Harm
Reduction
and
Its
Advocates
in
Hearing,
Hints
at
International
Funding
Crackdown
--
Reformers
Make
Strong
Showing
During
Circus-Like
Proceeding
|
Bush
Drug
Budget
Places
Drug
Czar
in
Hot
Seat
Before
Congress
|
Illinois
Medical
Marijuana
Bill
Stymied
by
Drug
Czar
Appearance
--
for
Now
|
Baseball
on
Drugs:
Battered
by
Scandal,
the
Major
Leagues
Embrace
Drug
Testing
|
Blogging:
Reuters
Piece
Questions
Validity
of
Mexican
Drug
War
but
Fails
to
Point
out
the
Logical
Conclusion
of
Legalization
|
Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cop
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
Bush
Administration
Appeals
Ruling
Allowing
Religious
Ayahuasca
Use
|
Newsbrief:
California
Medical
Marijuana
Patients
Sue
Schwarzenegger,
Highway
Patrol
Over
Pot
Seizures
|
Newsbrief:
Medical
Marijuana
Bills
DOA
in
Iowa,
South
Dakota
--
Iowa
Supreme
Court
Adds
Insult
to
Injury
|
Newsbrief:
Illinois
Bill
Would
Require
Drug
Tests
for
Teen
Drivers,
Touted
as
Anti-Methamphetamine
Measure
|
Newsbrief:
DEA
Head
Urges
Fatwas
Against
Drugs
in
Pakistan
|
Newsbrief:
New
Research
Suggests
Student
Drug
Use
Surveys
Miss
the
Mark
|
Newsbrief:
Heartland
Hysteria
--
Bag
of
Dirt
Gets
First
Grader
Punished
as
Doper
|
This
Week
in
History
|
SSDP
Seeking
Contacts
in
Maine
for
March
Campaign
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The
Reformer's
Calendar
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