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This
Week
in
History
3/25/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/380/thisweek2.shtml
March 25, 1994: Rev.
Accelynne Williams, a 75-year-old Methodist minister, dies of a heart attack
during a no-knock raid by a Boston police SWAT team on the wrong apartment.
March 25, 2002: The
Maryland House of Delegates overwhelmingly approves H.B. 1222, the Darrell
Putman Compassionate Use Act, removing criminal penalties for medical use
of marijuana.
March 26, 2002: The
US Supreme Court rules unanimously that public housing tenants can be evicted
for any illegal drug activity by household members or guests, even if it
occurred without their knowledge.
March 27, 2001: Patricio
Martinez Garcia, governor of the Mexican state of Chihuahua, tells the
newspaper El Universal that he would support legalization of certain drugs
to dilute the power of criminal groups that benefit from the black market.
March 28, 2002: Federal
Judge Emmet G. Sullivan finds the Barr Amendment unconstitutional, allowing
advocates to petition to put medical marijuana on the District of Columbia
ballot. Another court later overturns the decision.
March 28, 2003: The
Hemp Industries Association, several hemp food and cosmetic manufacturers
and the Organic Consumers Association petition the federal Ninth Circuit
Court to once again prevent the DEA from ending the legal sale of hemp
seed and oil products in the US.
March 29, 2000: CNN
reports that a multination drug sweep known as Operation Conquistador has
netted 2,331 arrests, 4,966 kilograms of cocaine, 55.6 kilograms of heroin,
and 362.5 metric tons of marijuana. The 17-day operation took place
in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, Montserrat, Dominica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Antigua, Anguilla, St.
Martin, British Virgin Islands, Barbuda, Grenada, Barbados, St. Vincent
and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Aruba, Curacao, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican
Republic, and Puerto Rico.
March 30, 1961: The
UN Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is convened in New York City, the
first of the three most important UN Drug Conventions requiring states
to adopt penal measures against drugs in their domestic law.
March 30, 1992: Presidential
candidate Bill Clinton says, "When I was in England I experimented with
marijuana a time or two, and I didn't like it. I didn't inhale."
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Issue #380
-- 3/25/05
Editorial:
Rise
or
Fall
|
Reefer
Reversal?
British
Government
to
Reconsider
Cannabis
Reclassification
|
Medical
Marijuana
Bills
Fail
in
Illinois,
New
Mexico
|
Special
to
DRCNet:
Steroids,
Sluggers,
and
the
War
on
Drugs
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
Sports,
Sex,
Eternal
Youth:
A
Cultural
History
of
Testosterone
|
DRCNet
Letter
to
Judge
Wexler
on
Upcoming
Hurwitz
Sentencing
Hearing
|
Please
Help
Students
Losing
Financial
Aid
for
College
Because
of
Drug
Convictions
Get
Their
Aid
Back
--
Alerts
Online
for
the
House,
Senate,
and
Arizona
and
Rhode
Island
Legislatures
|
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
on
the
Air
|
Events
and
Conferences
Coming
Up
for
Drug
Reformers
--
Come
Out
and
Be
a
Part
of
It
|
Newsbrief:
DC
Judge
Cleared
in
Jail
Death
of
Paralyzed
Marijuana
User
|
Newsbrief:
Michigan
Nightclub
Rave
Raid
Nets
118,
Many
Charged
Only
with
Frequenting
a
"Drug
House"
|
Newsbrief:
From
Exile,
Kubby
Challenges
Search
Warrant
in
Case
That
Caused
Him
to
Flee
United
States
|
Newsbrief:
Britain's
Top
TV
Cop
Says
Legalize
Heroin
|
Newsbrief:
Marijuana
Crops
Defended
in
Fiji
Senate
Hearing
|
Newsbrief:
Afghan
Anti-Opium
Drive
Causes
Prices
to
Rise,
Makes
New
Planting
More
Attractive,
UN
Head
Annan
Says
|
Newsbrief:
At
US
Behest,
Pakistan
Clerics
Vow
Jihad
Against
Drugs
|
Media
Scan:
Becker-Posner
Blog,
Neal
Peirce,
URI
on
HEA,
Tulia,
Loretta
Nall,
Baker
Institute
on
Needle
Exchange,
New
Jersey
Network
on
Medical
Marijuana,
Whosarat.com
|
This
Week
in
History
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The
Reformer's
Calendar
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