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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
10/14/05
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October 14, 1970: President
Nixon spearheads the Controlled Substances Act (CSA), legislation establishing
today's "schedules" as a means of classifying drugs strictly by their medical
value and potential for abuse.
October 14, 2003: Supreme
Court justices reject the Clinton administration's request, continued by
the Bush administration, to consider whether the federal government can
punish doctors for recommending or even discussing the use of marijuana
for their patients. The decision by the High Court clears the way
for state laws allowing ill patients to smoke marijuana if a doctor recommends
it.
October 15, 1986: Assistant
Attorney General Mark Richard testifies before the Kerry Committee that
he had attended a meeting with 20 to 25 officials and that the DEA did
not want to provide any of the information the committee had requested
on the Contra involvement in drug trafficking.
October 17, 2002: Florida
Governor Jeb Bush's daughter is sentenced to 10 days in jail and led away
in handcuffs after being accused of having crack cocaine in her shoe while
in drug rehab. In a statement, the governor says he realizes his
daughter must face the consequences of her actions.
October 19, 1999: Taking
a states' rights approach to medical marijuana, candidate George W. Bush
says, "I believe each state can choose that decision as they so choose."
As president, Bush escalates prosecutions of medical marijuana providers
by the US Dept of Justice.
October 20, 2004: A
groundbreaking coalition of black professional organizations comes together
to form the National African American Drug Policy Coalition (NAADPC).
The NAADPC urgently seeks alternatives to misguided drug policies that
have led to mass incarceration.
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Issue #407
-- 10/14/05
Editorial:
Why
I'm
Still
an
Optimist
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Feature:
Former
Lawman's
Coast
to
Coast
Horse
Ride
to
Legalize
Drugs
Concludes
at
Statue
of
Liberty
|
Feature:
Loretta
Nall
Enters
Alabama
Governor's
Race
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
"Busted:
Drug
War
Survival
Skills
From
the
Buy
to
the
Bust
to
Begging
for
Mercy"
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Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Central
Asia:
Afghan
President
Publicly
Links
Drug
Trafficking,
Terrorism
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Canadians
Deport
Activist/Patient
Steve
Tuck,
Now
Imprisoned
Without
Medical
Care
by
US
Authorities
|
Marijuana:
Pot
an
Issue
in
Cincinnati
Mayoral
Race
|
Employment:
FBI
May
Revise
Hiring
Rules
for
Former
Marijuana
and
Other
Drug
Users
|
Middle
East:
US
Invasion,
Continuing
Insurgency
Lead
to
Increasing
Drug
Use
in
Iraq
|
Europe:
Study
Calls
Into
Question
France's
Obsession
with
"Drugged
Driving"
|
Europe:
Most
Marijuana
in
United
Kingdom
Now
Home-Grown
By
Socially
Conscious
Users
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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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This issue -- single-file printer version
Drug War Chronicle -- main page
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