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This
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History
4/8/05
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April 8, 1989: Miguel
Angel Felix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico. Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni
leads a team of Federal agents who arrest the drug lord in a residential
suburb of Guadalajara. Gallardo is imprisoned on charges relating
to Enrique Camarena's kidnapping and murder. His nephews, the Arellano-Felix
brothers, inherit part of his drug-trafficking empire.
April 9, 2002: NORML
launches a $500,000 campaign featuring bus shelter signs and telephone
booth posters carrying a quote from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
who when asked whether he had ever tried marijuana said, "You bet I did.
And I enjoyed it."
April 10, 2003: In
the wake of the federal conviction of medical marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal,
US Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and 27 other members of Congress introduced H.R.
1717, the "Truth in Trials" Act.
April 11, 1997: Graham
Boyd, an ACLU attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven
prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco, presents to a federal
judge the following statement: "The federal government has issued
broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some
of their seriously ill patients. These threats have gagged physicians
and have impeded the responsible practice of medicine. We assert
that doctors have the right to discuss medical marijuana with patients,
and we are seeking clear guidelines for physicians who wish to do so."
April 13, 1995: The
US Sentencing Commission votes to equalize penalties for crack and cocaine
powder quantities for trafficking and possession offenses, a proposal that
would have become law on November 1 if Congress took no action. On
April 14, Attorney General Janet Reno urges Congress to reject it.
April 14, 1989: A congressional
subcommittee on Narcotics, Law Enforcement, and Foreign Policy, chaired
by Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), finds that US efforts to combat drug trafficking
were undermined by the Reagan administration's fear of jeopardizing its
objectives in the Nicaraguan civil war. The report concludes that
the administration ignored evidence of drug trafficking by the Contras
and continued to provide them with aid.
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Issue #381
-- 4/8/05
Medical
Marijuana
Bills
Moving
in
the
States
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Hemp
Legislation
on
the
Move
in
the
States
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NORML
2005:
Activists
Meet
and
Plot
in
America's
Marijuana
Mecca
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Pushing
the
Envelope
in
Oaksterdam
|
How
Did
Your
US
Representative
Vote
on
Medical
Marijuana
Last
Year?
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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
|
Newsbrief:
With
Prohibition
Failing,
China
Calls
for
"Peoples'
War"
on
Drugs
|
Newsbrief:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Newsbrief:
Supreme
Court
Lets
Stand
Ruling
Allowing
Drug
Dog
Searches
Outside
People's
Homes
|
Newsbrief:
State
Courts
in
Indiana,
Oregon
Restrict
Police
Garbage
Searches
|
Newsbrief:
Iowa
League
of
Women
Voters
Criticizes
Drug
Policy,
Calls
for
Sentencing
Reform
|
Newsbrief:
NORML
Issues
Sobering
Report
on
Prohibitionist
"Drugged
Driving"
Offensive
|
Media
Scan:
American
Enterprise
Institute
on
US
Drug
Policy,
New
York
Times
on
Hurwitz
Case,
Christopher
Hallam
on
Afghanistan,
NYPD
Narcotics
Against
Legalization
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Week
in
History
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