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August 6, 1990: Robert
C. Bonner is sworn in as administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration
(DEA). Bonner had been a federal judge in Los Angeles. Before
he became a judge, Bonner served as a US attorney from 1984 to 1989.
August 6, 2004: The
Ninth Circuit orders the release, pending appeal, of Bryan Epis, who had
been convicted of conspiracy to grow 1,000 marijuana plants in a federal
trial in which the jury was not allowed to hear that he was a medical marijuana
activist.
August 7, 1997: The
New England Journal of Medicine opines, "Virtually no one thinks it is
reasonable to initiate criminal prosecution of patients with cancer or
AIDS who use marijuana on the advice of their physicians to help them through
conventional medical treatment for their disease."
August 8, 1988: The
domestic marijuana seizure record is set (still in effect today) -- 389,113
pounds in Miami, Florida.
August 8, 2001: During
his third term in Congress, Asa Hutchinson is appointed by President Bush
as Director of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).
August 9, 1990: Two
hundred National Guardsmen and Bureau of Land Management rangers conduct
a marijuana raid dubbed Operation Green Sweep on a federal conservation
area in California known as King Ridge. Local residents file a $100
million lawsuit, claiming that Federal agents illegally invaded their property,
wrongfully arrested them, and harassed them with their low-flying helicopters
and loaded guns.
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Issue #398
-- 8/5/05
Feature:
Marc
Emery
Busted
--
Canada's
Leading
Marijuana
Activist
Facing
Life
in
American
Prison
Over
Seed
Sales
|
Feature:
The
Methamphetamine
Epidemic
--
Less
Than
Meets
the
Eye
|
Feature:
Prison
Protest
Aiming
for
DC
in
Eight
Days
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Patriot
Act:
House
Reauthorization
Includes
New
"Narcoterrorism"
Offense
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Patriot
Act:
Sold
as
Fighting
Terrorists,
Act
is
Used
in
Marijuana-Smuggling
Investigation
|
Search
and
Seizure:
New
Jersey
Police
Looking
for
Marijuana
Growers
Must
Have
Warrant
to
See
Utility
Records,
Appeals
Court
Holds
|
Treatment:
Congress
Lifts
30-Patient
Limit
for
Buprenorphine
Treatment
|
Marijuana:
Denver
SAFER
Initiative
Headed
for
November
Ballot
|
New
Zealand:
Parliament
Reclassifies
Speed
and
Ecstasy,
Stiffer
Penalties
Coming
|
Treatment:
New
Web
Site
Provides
Resources
on
Opiate
Agonist
Therapy
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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Job
Opportunity:
Prevention
Point
Pittsburgh
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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