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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
12/16/05
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December 16, 1991:
The US Supreme Court allows an appeals court ruling to stand that opened
the door to across-the-board drug testing of federal employees.
December 17, 1914:
Congress passes the Harrison Narcotics Act, initiating federal prohibition
of cocaine and opiates.
December 17, 1986:
Guillermo Cano Isaza, editor-in-chief of El Espectador (Colombia) is assassinated
while driving home from work. Cano frequently wrote in favor of stiffer
penalties for drug traffickers. His murder leads to a national outrage
comparable to the assassination of Lara Bonilla, and a subsequent government
crackdown on traffickers.
December 18, 2002:
108 members of the European Parliament endorse a letter calling on the
United Nations and its member states to establish a "system for the legal
control and regulation of the production, sale and consumption of substances
which are currently illegal.
December 19, 2003:
Albert A. Gore III, 21, is arrested for marijuana possession after being
stopped for driving a vehicle without its headlights on.
December 20, 1989:
The US invades Panama with 24,000 soldiers in Operation Just Cause in order
to overthrow dictator Manuel Noriega for drug trafficking, money laundering,
and selling information to Cuba.
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Issue #415
-- 12/16/05
Appeal:
David
Borden
Makes
a
Case
to
Support
DRCNet
for
2006
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Feature:
DEA,
Local
Police
Join
Forces
to
Raid
13
San
Diego
Medical
Marijuana
Dispensaries
|
Feature:
Jurors
Acquit
California
Narc
Who
Killed
Rudy
Cardenas
in
Mistaken
Chase
|
Feature:
Coca
Leader
Evo
Morales
Poised
to
Win
Bolivia
Presidential
Vote
Sunday
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DRCNet
Book
Review:
"Bud,
Inc.:
Inside
Canada's
Marijuana
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by
Ian
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(2005,
Random
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Alert:
Protest
DEA's
December
Outrage
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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Sentencing:
Report
on
2004
New
York
Drug
Law
Reform
Finds
Less
than
Meets
the
Eye,
Much
More
to
Do
|
Industrial
Hemp:
South
Dakota
Indians
Go
to
Federal
Court
in
Effort
to
Grow
Crop
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Sheriff
Can't
Revoke
Pistol
Permit
Just
Because
of
Medical
Use,
Oregon
Court
Rules
|
Marijuana:
Governor
to
Try
Again
to
End
Legal
Marijuana
in
Alaska
|
Medical
Marijuana:
Bills
Active
in
Several
States
|
Latin
America:
GAO
Report
Challenges
US
Statistics
on
Cocaine
Seizures
|
Web
Scan:
Seattle
Times,
Village
Voice,
San
Diego
Raids
and
LEAP
in
Princeton
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Openings:
Listings
at
the
Marijuana
Policy
Project
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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