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October 7, 1989: Former US Secretary of State George P. Shultz tells an alumni gathering at Stanford Business School, "It seems to me we're not really going to get anywhere until we can take the criminality out of the drug business and the incentives for criminality out of it. Frankly, the only way I can think of to accomplish this is to make it possible for addicts to buy drugs at some regulated place at a price that approximates their cost... We need at least to consider and examine forms of controlled legalization of drugs... No politician wants to say what I have just said, not for a minute."

October 7, 2003: Comedian Tommy Chong begins a nine-month federal prison sentence for operating a glass blowing shop that sold pipes to marijuana smokers.

October 8, 1932: The Uniform State Narcotics Act is passed, endorsed by the Federal Bureau of Narcotics as an alternative to Federal laws; by 1937 every state prohibits marijuana use.

October 10, 2002: Drug Czar John Walters travels to Las Vegas, Nevada and begins two days of making appearances around the state illegally lobbying against Question 9, a proposal to amend the state constitution by making the possession of three ounces or less of marijuana legal for adults.

October 12, 1984: The Comprehensive Crime Control Act becomes law, establishing federal "mandatory minimum" sentencing guidelines allowing judges no discretion in handing down prison terms. Over the next two years drug sentences increase by 71% nationwide.

October 13, 1999: In a series of raids named "Operation Millennium," law enforcement in Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador arrest 31 persons for drug trafficking, including Colombian cartel leader Fabio Ochoa. Ochoa is indicted in a Ft. Lauderdale court for importing cocaine into the US, which requests his extradition in December 1999.

October 13, 1999: Governor of New Mexico Gary Johnson is quoted by the Boston Globe: "Make drugs a controlled substance like alcohol. Legalize it, control it, regulate it, tax it. If you legalize it, we might actually have a healthier society."

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Feature: Prohibition and Terror -- The Afghan Connection | Feature: Afghan Opium Farmers Caught in the Squeeze | Feature: Afghan Opium Conundrum -- What to do with Warlords, Politicians Involved in the Drug Trade? | Feature: Questions and Answers, Give and Take -- Afghans Take on the Senlis Council and Its Licensing Proposal | Editorial: The Consequences of Prohibition (was "What is It About Opium?") | Weekly: This Week's Corrupt Cops Stories | Latin America: Bolivian Coca Leader and Presidential Contender Evo Morales Visits European Parliament as Elections Thrown Into Doubt | Latin America: US Fumigation Plane Shot Down in Colombia | Web Scan: New CJPF Newsletter, Meth Conference Audio & Powerpoint Online, Meth Commentary from Cascade | Weekly: This Week in History | Partnering: DRCNet Seeking Fellowship Application Collaborators | Contest: New DRCNet T-Shirt Designs | Weekly: The Reformer's Calendar


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