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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
12/23/05
https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle-old/416/thisweek2.shtml
December
24, 1912: Merck patents MDMA. Its psychoactive effects remain
unknown for more than 60 years, but the drug then become popularized under
the slang term "ecstasy."
December
28, 1992: ABC Television airs a major special on the drug war in
Bolivia which, according to the Bush Administration, is our "best hope"
for winning the drug war in South America. ABC concludes decisively
that there was no hope and that the war on drug production has already
been lost.
December
29, 1988: Judge Mark Polen, in State v. Mussika, comments, "There
is a pressing need for a more compassionate, humane law which clearly discriminates
between the criminal conduct of those who socially abuse chemicals and
the legitimate medical needs of seriously ill patients..."
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Issue #416
-- 12/23/05
New
DRCNet
Book
Offer:
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Race,
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Feature:
Feds
Target
San
Francisco
Medical
Marijuana
Dispensary
--
DEA
Agents
Face
Angry
Protestors
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Feature:
Congress
Scales
Back
HEA
Drug
Provision
--
Will
Now
Apply
Only
to
Students
Busted
While
in
College
|
Feature:
Bolivians
Elect
Evo
Morales
President
--
Indigenous
Leftist
Coca-Grower
Leader
Wins
Sweeping
Victory
|
Appeal:
David
Borden
Makes
a
Case
to
Support
DRCNet
for
2006
|
Methamphetamine:
Patriot
Act
Extension
Deal
Puts
Souder-Sensenbrenner
Meth
Bill
on
Hold
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Prescription
Drugs:
Alabama
to
Join
Growing
List
of
States
Tracking
Prescriptions
|
Latin
America:
Peruvian
Coca
Leader
Nancy
Obregon
Arrested
|
Heroin:
British
Study
Finds
a
Different
Sort
of
User
|
Europe:
Hungarian
Paramedics
Agree
to
Keep
Police
Away
from
Drug
Emergencies
|
Caribbean:
New
Bermuda
Drug
Chief
Hints
at
Marijuana
Law
Review
|
Latin
America:
Dying
Brazilian
Woman
Freed
After
International
Appeal
|
Web
Scan:
Reason/Cato
9th
Circuit
Raich
Brief,
CounterPunch
on
Bryan
Epis,
Drug
Truth
Network
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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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