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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
6/10/05
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June 11, 2001: The
US Supreme Court rules that the use by the police of a thermal imaging
device to detect patterns of heat coming from a private home is a search
that requires a warrant.
June 13, 1994 -- The RAND
Corporation releases a study finding that drug treatment is seven times
more cost effective than law enforcement for reducing cocaine use.
June 14, 2000: Bestselling
author, cancer and AIDS patient, and high profile medical marijuana activist
Peter McWilliams is found dead in his home in Los Angeles, California.
Barred by a federal court order from using marijuana to counteract the
extreme nausea caused by his AIDS drugs, McWilliams choked to death on
his own vomit, slumped on his bathroom floor. His federal prosecutors
said they were "saddened by his death."
June 15, 1998: Random
House publishes Mike Gray's "Drug Crazy: How We Got Into This Mess and
How We Can Get Out."
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Issue #390
-- 6/10/05
Editorial:
Learn
to
See
Hope
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Feature:
Raich
Case
Ruling
--
Feds
Can
Enforce
Marijuana
Laws
Against
Patients,
but
State
Laws
Remain
in
Effect
|
DRCNet
Interview:
Supreme
Court
Plaintiff
Angel
McLary
Raich
|
Feature:
In
the
Wake
of
Raich
--
Officials
in
Three
Medical
Marijuana
States
Overreact
|
Feature:
Raich
Ramifications
--
The
Good,
the
Bad,
and
the
Ugly
|
Medical
Marijuana:
One
Day
After
Raich,
Rhode
Island
Senate
Passes
Medical
Marijuana
Bill
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Marijuana:
Retailers
Say
Legalize
It
in
Online
Poll
|
Europe:
Dutch
Medical
Marijuana
Program
Ailing
in
Face
of
Widespread
Availability
for
All
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Tells
Ottawa
to
Legalize
It
|
Asia:
Indonesian
Protestors
Call
for
Corby's
Execution
While
Australians
Call
for
Bali
Boycott
|
Asia:
In
Major
Shift,
China
to
Promote
Needle
Exchange
|
Media
Scan:
Pain
Man,
Connecticut
Cocaine
Sentencing,
Uncontrolled
Substances
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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