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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
7/22/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/396/thisweek2.shtml
July 23, 1985: Tulio
Manuel Castro Gil, judge of the Superior Court of Bogota, Colombia, is
assassinated as he climbs into a taxi, following his indictment of Pablo
Escobar for the murder of Lara Bonilla.
July 24, 1967: The
Beatles pay for a full page advertisement in the newspaper, reading, "The
law against marijuana is immoral in principle and unworkable in practice."
The ad calls for the legalization of marijuana possession, release of all
prisoners on marijuana possession charges and government research into
medical uses.
July 26, 2001: The
British newsmagazine The Economist devotes an entire issue to drug policy,
endorsing decriminalization and harm reduction.
July 28, 2003: James
Geddes, originally sentenced to 150 years for possession of a small amount
of marijuana and paraphernalia and for growing five marijuana plants, is
released
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Issue #396
-- 7/22/05
Feature:
Congressman
Sensenbrenner
Making
Name
as
Drug
War
Extremist
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Steve
McWilliams
Remembered
at
Tuesday
Vigils
|
DRCNet
Interview:
Cher
Ford-McCullough
and
Jean
Marlowe
of
the
Women's
Organization
for
National
Prohibition
Reform
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
"An
Analytic
Assessment
of
US
Drug
Policy,"
by
David
Boyum
and
Peter
Reuter
|
Medical
Marijuana:
California
Reinstates
ID
Card
Program
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Nearly
a
Thousand
Rally
in
Santa
Cruz
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
New
Zealand:
In
Pragmatic
Retreat,
Nandor
Tanczos
Introduces
Marijuana
Decriminalization
Bill
|
Europe:
Magic
Mushrooms
Now
Illegal
in
Great
Britain
|
Asia:
Philippines
Man
Gets
15
Years
for
Two
Joints
|
Coerced
Treatment:
Pennsylvania
Legal
Challenge
Threatens
Drug
Courts,
Judge
Complains
|
Web
Scan:
NOW
Resolution,
American
Chronicle,
NYT
Editorial
on
Richard
Paey,
NORML
Report,
APHA/DPA
Oregon
Amicus
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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