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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
12/2/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/413/thisweek2.shtml
December 2, 1993: Notorious
drug lord Pablo Escobar is hunted down and killed by Colombian police making
use of US technology. At his funeral days later, tens of thousands
of Medellin residents come out to mourn him.
December 3, 1998: Colombian
police seize about seven tons of cocaine in Cartagena, Colombia, destined
for the US via Cuba.
December 5, 1933: Passage
of the 21st Amendment to the US Constitution repeals federal prohibition
of alcohol.
December 6, 2000: Belgium's
parliament decriminalizes possession, consumption and trade in up to five
grams of marijuana or hashish.
December 7, 1993: During
a speech at the National Press Club, US Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders
says, "I do feel that we would markedly reduce our crime rate if drugs
were legalized, but I don't know all the ramifications of this... I do
feel that we need to do some studies. In some of the countries that
have legalized drugs, they certainly have shown that there has been a reduction
in their crime rate and that there has been no increase in the drug use
rate."
December 7, 2001: John
P. Walters is sworn in as head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
December 8, 1929: Col.
Levi G. Nutt, head of the Narcotics Division of the U.S. Treasury Department,
declares, "I'd rather see my children up against a wall and see them shot
down before my eyes than to know that any one of them was going to be a
drug slave."
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Issue #413
-- 12/2/05
Update
and
Appeal:
DRCNet
in
2006
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Editorial:
Now
You
Can
Ask
Me
Why
|
Offer
and
Appeal:
The
Great
Drug
War,
by
Arnold
Trebach
|
Feature:
Plaintiffs
Wanted
--
ACLU
to
File
Lawsuit
Challenging
Federal
Ban
on
Financial
Aid
for
College
Student
Drug
Offenders
|
Feature:
Conference
to
Plot
Drug
War
Exit
Strategy
Gets
Underway
in
Seattle
|
Feature:
Los
Angeles
Event
Raises
Funds
for
HEA
Victims
|
DRCNet
Book
Review:
"Tulia:
Race,
Cocaine,
and
Corruption
in
a
Small
Texas
Town,"
by
Nate
Blakeslee
(2005,
Public
Affairs
Press,
450
pp.,
$26.95
HB)
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Law
Enforcement:
California
Drug
Task
Force
Must
Hold
Public
Meetings,
Court
Rules
|
Asia:
Singapore
Executes
Australian
for
Drug
Smuggling
|
Marijuana:
Marijuana
Crop
Worth
$1.5
Billion
in
One
California
County
Alone,
Paper
Estimates
|
Silliness:
Two
Florida
Grade
School
Girls
Arrested
for
Fake
Marijuana
Prank
|
Europe:
England
to
Drug
Test
Arrested
Burglars
and
Muggers
|
Latin
America:
Mexico
Allows
State,
Local
Cops
to
Join
Drug
War
|
Web
Scan:
New
"Change
The
Climate"
Animation
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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