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This
Week
in
History
3/11/05
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March 11, 1966: Timothy
Leary is sentenced in Texas to 30 years for trying to cross into Mexico
with a very small amount of marijuana.
March 12, 1998: Canada
legalizes hemp production, setting a limit of 0.3% THC content that may
be present in the plants and requiring all seeds be certified for THC content.
March 12, 1998: The
mayors of San Francisco, Oakland, Santa Cruz and West Hollywood write letters
to President Clinton asking him to keep the Cannabis Buyers Clubs open.
March 13, 1997: The
US House of Representatives votes 251-175 to overturn Mexico's certification
as partners in the drug war in good standing
March 16, 2000: An
unarmed black security guard, Patrick Dorismond, is shot dead by undercover
New York City police officers conducting a marijuana "buy-and-bust."
March 17, 1999: A report
by the Institute of Medicine for the Office of National Drug Control Policy
states that, "there is no conclusive evidence that the drug effects of
marijuana are causally linked to the subsequent abuse of other illicit
drugs" and that "scientific data indicate the potential therapeutic values
of cannabinoid drugs for pain relief, control of nausea and vomiting, and
appetite stimulation."
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Issue #378
-- 3/11/05
Busy
Week:
Campaign
for
Repeal
of
HEA
Drug
Provision
on
the
RISE
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UN
Forum
Highlights
Divides
Over
Harm
Reduction
--
US
Powerful
But
Isolated
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Police
and
Needle
Exchanges:
The
Philadelphia
Story
and
Beyond
|
Howard
Rides
Again:
Former
Texas
Lawman
Riding
Cross
Country
on
Horseback
to
Explain
Why
Cops
Say
Legalize
Drugs
|
DRCNet
Interviews
Drug
Policy
Alliance
Executive
Director
Ethan
Nadelmann
on
Reaching
Out
to
the
Right
|
Coasters
to
Stop
the
Drug
War
|
Newsbrief:
Federal
Prosecutors
Ask
Life
Sentence
for
Dr.
Hurwitz
|
Newsbrief:
Mountie
Murders
Shift
Canada
Marijuana
Debate
Rightward
Even
Though
Grow-Up
Link
Tenuous
|
Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
In
Colorado
First,
Denver
Police
Return
Marijuana
to
Patient
|
Newsbrief:
Peruvian
First
Lady
Defends
Coca
|
Newsbrief:
Local
Authorities
Trying
to
Ban
Million
Marijuana
March
in
London
Neighborhood
|
Newsbrief:
Dutch
Coffee
Shops
Facing
Pressure,
Greater
Controls
|
Events
and
Conferences
Coming
Up
for
Drug
Reformers
--
Come
Out
and
Be
a
Part
of
It
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This
Week
in
History
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The
Reformer's
Calendar
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