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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
10/28/05
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October 30, 1995: President
Bill Clinton signs legislation passed by Congress rejecting a US Sentencing
Commission move to reduce penalties for crack cocaine offenses to bring
them equal with powder cocaine.
November 1, 1968: The
UK's Advisory Committee on Drug Dependence releases the Wootton Report,
recommending that marijuana possession should not be a criminal offense.
November 1, 2002: Every
prosecutor in the United States is sent a letter from the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the National District Attorneys Association
(NDAA), urging them to make prosecution of cannabis crimes a high priority
and to fight efforts to ease drug laws.
November 2, 1951: The
Boggs Act nearly quadruples penalties for all narcotics offenses and unscientifically
lumps marijuana in with narcotic drugs. (Narcotics are by definition
a class of drugs derived from the opium poppy plant, containing opium,
or produced synthetically and to have opium-like effects. Opioid
drugs relieve pain, dull the senses and induce sleep.)
November 3, 2001: DEA
raids the Los Angeles Cannabis Resource Center, a medical marijuana distribution
facility, arresting its president, Scott Imler. City officials condemn
the raid at a press conference attended by more than 100 center members.
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Issue #409
-- 10/28/05
Feature:
Drug
War
Prisoner
Count
Over
Half
a
Million,
US
Prison
Population
at
All-Time
High
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Feature:
Looking
at
Possible
US
Life
Sentence,
Canada's
"Prince
of
Pot"
Rises
to
the
Challenge
|
Feature:
Medical
Marijuana
Supporters
Rally
in
DC,
Six
Other
Cities,
in
Effort
to
Force
HHS
to
Act
on
Rescheduling
Petitions
|
Event:
Celebrity
Perry
Fund
Reception
in
Los
Angeles,
Monday,
November
7
--
You're
Invited
|
Asia:
Singapore
to
Execute
Australian
for
Drug
Smuggling
Any
Day
Now
--
Amnesty
International
Issues
Urgent
Appeal
|
Weekly:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Creative
Writing:
Minneapolis
Fed
Sponsors
Essay
Contest
on
Drug
Economics
|
Courts:
Arkansas
Supreme
Court
Says
Get
a
Warrant!
|
Katrina
Legislation:
Bill
Introduced
to
Exempt
Hurricane
Victims
from
Laws
Barring
Federal
Assistance
for
Past
Drug
Law
Violators
|
Web
Scan:
NORML
Report,
Change
The
Climate
Animation,
USA
Today
v.
Souder,
Stamper
on
O'Reilly
Factor
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunities:
Students
for
Sensible
Drug
Policy,
Marijuana
Policy
Project
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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