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January 20, 1997: The
Lymphoma Foundation calls for rescheduling of marijuana as a medicine and
the reopening of the Investigational New Drug compassionate access program.
January 20, 2000: John
Warnecke, former friend and colleague of Al Gore at The Tennessean, contradicts
Gore's characterization of his past marijuana use as minimal.
January 21, 1943: The
New York Times reports that swing-band leader Gene Krupa pleaded innocent
to a charge that he contributed to the delinquency of a minor by asking
17-year-old John Pateakos to fetch marijuana cigarettes from his hotel
room for him.
January 21, 2003: Ed
Rosenthal's federal trial for marijuana cultivation begins. Rosenthal
was growing medically with authorization from the city of Oakland, California,
but his legal team is barred by Judge Charles Breyer from informing the
jury of this. Rosenthal is ultimately convicted but sentenced to
one day.
January 22, 1992: The
California Research Advisory Panel concludes that drug prohibition has
a more harmful effect on society and the individual than illegal drugs.
January 23, 1912: In
the Hague, twelve nations sign a treaty restricting opium and coca production.
January 23, 1996: President
Clinton nominates General Barry McCaffrey to become the nation's fourth
drug czar.
January 24, 2005: The
US Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, rules that police do not violate the
Fourth Amendment when they use drug-detecting dogs to locate illegal drugs
in the trunks of cars during a legal traffic stop.
January 25, 1993: Based
on a tip that drugs were on the premises, police smash down the door and
rush into the home of Manuel Ramirez, a retired golf course groundskeeper
living in Stockton, California. Ramirez awakes, grabs a pistol and
shoots and kills one policeman before other officers kill him. No
drugs are found.
January 26, 2000: Rockefeller
drug law prisoner Elaine Bartlett, subject of the book "Life on the Outside:
the Prison Odyssey of Elaine Bartlett," is set free after sixteen years
in Bedford Hill prison for a first time, low-level, cocaine selling offense.
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Issue #419
-- 1/20/06
Feature:
Alaska
Bill
to
Recriminalize
Marijuana
Fast-Tracked,
Passes
Senate
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Feature:
With
Conservatives
Poised
to
take
Power,
Canadian
Drug
Reform
Ponders
an
Unfriendly
Future
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Feature:
Swiss
Marijuana
Legalization
to
Go
to
Voters...
Unless
Parliament
Acts
First
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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Supreme
Court
Ruling:
Administration
Cannot
Use
Federal
Drug
Laws
to
Block
Oregon's
Assisted
Suicide
Law
--
Attempts
Increased
Pain
Levels
Among
Dying
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Medical
Marijuana:
San
Diego
Term
Limits
Initiative
Filed
in
Response
to
Supervisors'
Attacks
on
State
Medical
Marijuana
Law
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Medical
Marijuana:
New
Mexico
Governor
Puts
Compassionate
Use
Act
on
Legislative
Agenda
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Mothering:
Utah
Appeals
Court
Overturns
Child
Endangerment
Charge
in
Marijuana
Breast-Feeding
Case,
But
Upholds
Law
Itself
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Marijuana:
"Weeds"
Actress
Mary
Louise
Parker
Wins
Golden
Globe,
Says
"Legalize
It"
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Europe:
Britain
Will
Not
Reclassify
Cannabis
as
a
More
Harmful
Drug
--
Advisory
Council
Calls
Risk
of
Mental
Illness
"Very
Small"
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Latin
America:
Colombian
President
Forced
to
Probe
Paramilitary
Influence-Buying
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Week
in
History
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