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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
8/26/05
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August 28, 1964: The
Beatles are introduced to marijuana.
August 28, 1995: The
World Health Organization (WHO) publishes "WHO Project on Health Implications
of Cannabis Use: A Comparative Appraisal of the Health and Psychological
Consequences of Alcohol, Cannabis, Nicotine and Opiate Use." The
original version -- not the official one -- states, "... there are good
reasons for saying that [the risks from cannabis] would be unlikely to
seriously [compare to] the public health risks of alcohol and tobacco even
if as many people used cannabis as now drink alcohol or smoke tobacco."
September 1, 2003:
In an effort to save over $30 million in general revenue in five years,
Texas implements a new law that requires mandatory community supervision
instead of incarceration for first time drug offenders adjudged guilty
of possession of less than one gram of certain controlled substances or
less than one pound of marijuana.
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-- 8/26/05
Appeal:
Drug
War
Chronicle
Still
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Editorial:
A
Tale
of
Two
Cities
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Feature:
PLUR
Meets
SWAT
as
Utah
Cops
Attack
Electronic
Dance
Party
|
Feature:
National
Methamphetamine
Conference
Convenes
Unscathed
Despite
Attack
by
Congressional
Drug
Warrior
|
Feature:
Bush
Administration
Methamphetamine
Initiative
a
Bomb
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Feature:
Western
Hemisphere
Anti-Prohibitionists
Set
to
Gather
in
Buenos
Aires
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Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Blogging:
Airport
Corruption
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Marijuana:
Lawrence,
Kansas,
Ponders
City
Marijuana
Ordinance
--
Impact
of
HEA
Cited
|
Sentencing:
Rockefeller
Drug
Law
Reform
Measure
Awaits
Gov.
Pataki's
Signature
|
Europe:
Former
British
Drug
Czar
Mo
Mowlam
Dead
at
55
--
Called
for
Legalization,
and
Will
Again
in
Forthcoming
Book
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Supreme
Court
Justice
Regrets
Vote
on
Raich
Case
|
Marijuana:
14th
Seattle
Hempfest
Draws
150,000
--
No
Arrests
|
Europe:
Scottish
National
Party
Considers
Prescription
Heroin
|
Sentencing:
Kansas
Lawmakers
Want
"Internal
Possession"
Charge
|
Web
Scan:
U-Mass/DEA
Hearings,
Seattle
Weekly
on
Hempfest,
JPI
Report
on
Marijuana
Enforcement's
Non-Impact
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