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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
1/27/06
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January 27, 1995: The
international hashish seizure record is set -- 290,400 pounds, in Khyber
Agency, Pakistan.
January 28, 1972: The
Nixon Administration creates the Office of Drug Abuse Law Enforcement (ODALE)
to establish joint federal/local task forces to fight the drug trade at
the street level. Myles Ambrose is appointed director.
January 28, 1982: President
Ronald Reagan creates a cabinet-level task force, the Vice-President's
Task Force on South Florida. Headed by George Bush, it combines agents
from the DEA, Customs, ATF, IRS, Army, and Navy to mobilize against drug
traffickers.
January 28, 1997: Mence
Powell is arrested for dealing marijuana out of the drive-thru window at
a McDonald's in Monroe, Connecticut.
January 30, 1997: New
England Journal of Medicine editor Dr. Jerome Kassirer opines in favor
of doctors being allowed to prescribe marijuana for medical purposes, calling
the threat of government sanctions "misguided, heavy-handed and inhumane."
February 1, 1909: The
International Opium Commission convenes in Shanghai. Heading the
US delegation are Dr. Hamilton Wright and Episcopal Bishop Henry Brent,
who both try to convince the international delegation of the immoral and
evil effects of opium.
February 2, 2004: A
congressional budget rider known as the "Istook Amendment," after its sponsor,
US Rep. James Istook (R-OK), takes effect. The law penalizes any
transit system that accepts advertising "promot[ing] the legalization or
medical use" of illegal drugs such as marijuana by cutting off all federal
financial assistance, which often amounts to millions of dollars.
Four months later US District Court Judge Paul Friedman rules that Istook's
law violates the First Amendment by infringing on free speech rights, and
is thus unconstitutional.
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Issue #420
-- 1/27/06
Feature:
San
Diego
Politicos
and
Activists
Face
Off
Over
Medical
Marijuana
|
Feature:
Study
Claiming
Methamphetamine
is
Overrunning
Hospital
Emergency
Rooms
Fails
to
Withstand
Scrutiny
|
Feature:
Medical
Marijuana
Refugee
Steve
Kubby
Expelled
From
Canada,
Faces
Life
Threatening
Jail
Sentence
in
California
|
Feature:
On
the
Occasion
of
our
420th
Issue,
We
Look
at
4:20
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Europe:
Ireland
to
Start
"Cautioning"
Marijuana
Users
--
No,
Wait
a
Minute,
We
Changed
Our
Mind
|
Europe:
British
to
Review
Drug
Classification
Scheme
|
South
Asia:
Indian
Farmers,
Maoists
Team
Up
in
Opium
Trade
|
Australia:
Green
Party
Takes
a
Step
Back
on
Drug
Policy
|
Electoral
Politics:
Nationally
Known
Drug
Reformer
Seeks
Green
Party
Gubernatorial
Nomination
in
Connecticut
|
Medical
Marijuana:
New
Mexico
Bill
Wins
Senate
Committee
Approval
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunities,
MPP
in
DC
and
Nevada
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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