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August 12, 1997: The
US Justice Department announces that there will be no indictments issued
in the killing of Esequiel Hernandez, Jr., an 18-year-old American citizen
killed by US Marines on an anti-drug patrol while he was herding goats
near the border town of Redford, Texas. Lt. General Carlton W. Fulford,
who conducted an internal military review of the incident, said the killing
might not have happened at all had civilian law enforcement agencies been
patrolling the border.
August 14, 2002: Twelve
hundred medical marijuana patients, many suffering from life-threatening
illnesses, lose their supply of medicine when Ontario police raid the Toronto
Compassion Centre.
August 15, 1988: In
his acceptance speech to the Republican National Convention, George Herbert
Walker Bush states, "I want a drug-free America. Tonight, I challenge
the young people of our country to shut down the drug dealers around the
world... My Administration will be telling the dealers, 'Whatever we have
to do, we'll do, but your day is over. You're history.'"
August 16, 1996: While
visiting San Francisco, US drug czar Barry McCaffrey claims to media, "There
is not a shred of scientific evidence that shows that smoked marijuana
is useful or needed. This is not science. This is not medicine.
This is a cruel hoax and sounds more like something out of a Cheech and
Chong show." Advocates later point out that there is scientific evidence
supporting medical marijuana.
August 18, 1989: Luis
Carlos Galan, a Colombian presidential candidate who spoke in favor of
extradition, is assassinated at a campaign rally near Bogota. That
evening, President Virgilio Barco Vargas issues an emergency decree reestablishing
the policy of extradition. In response, the "Extraditables" declare
all-out war against the Colombian government and begin a bombing/murder
campaign that lasts until January 1991.
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