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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
3/3/06
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March 3, 1905: The
first Congressional anti-drug law is passed when the US colonial government
prohibits opium in the Philippines.
March 4, 1992: George
Bush's White House has bureaucrats terminate the federal government's Compassionate
Investigational New Drug (IND) medical marijuana program, barring even
approved patients from receiving marijuana and allowing only a small handful
already receiving to continue.
March 6, 1907: Gov.
James Gillett signs the Poison Act Amendments, launching California's war
on drugs.
March 8, 1973: The
US Coast Guard conducts its first Coast Guard-controlled seizure when the
USCGC Dauntless boards a 38-foot sports fisherman boat, the Big L, and
arrests its master and crew with more than a ton of marijuana on board.
March 9, 1982: The
largest cocaine seizure ever to date raises US awareness of the Medellin
cartel. The seizure of 3,906 pounds of cocaine, valued at over $100
million wholesale, from a Miami International Airport hanger tells US law
enforcement that Colombian traffickers must be working together because
no single trafficker could be behind a shipment that large.
March 9, 2001: William
J. Allegro, 32, of Bradley Beach, New Jersey is sentenced to 50 years
in prison for growing marijuana in his home. "The court imposed this
sentence because the court felt obligated to do so under the law," says
Judge Paul F. Chaiet, a former prosecutor. "Mandatory sentencing
provisions can create difficult results. In the court's view, this
is one of those times where the ultimate results are difficult to accept."
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Issue #425
-- 3/3/06
Editorial:
A
Basic
Question
of
Fairness
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Feature:
Canada
Cannabis
Seed
Crackdown?
|
Feature:
In
Annual
Ritual,
Bush
Administration
Seeks
More
Aid
for
Colombia
Drug
War
|
Celebrity
Mouth:
Fox
Bloviator
Attacks
TV
News
Legend
Walter
Cronkite
over
Drug
War
|
Feature:
The
Push
is
On
Again
in
Nevada
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Marijuana:
Two
Steps
Forward,
One
Step
Back
as
Lawrence,
Kansas,
Adjusts
Its
Marijuana
Laws
|
Marijuana:
University
of
Texas,
Florida
State
Students
Pass
SAFER-Style
Resolutions
|
High
Schools:
South
Dakota
Legislature
Overrides
Veto
to
Lessen
Student
Drug
Penalties
|
Drug-Free
Zones:
California
Homeless
Legislation
Would
Bar
Certain
Drug
Offenders
from
LA's
Skid
Row
|
Europe:
Scottish
Tories
Tip-Toe
Toward
Libertarian
Line
on
Drug
Policy
|
South
Asia:
In
Katmandu,
Hindu
Holy
Men
Smoke
Marijuana
in
Annual
Shiva
Festival
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
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Job
Opportunity:
Religious
Outreach
Coordinator,
Interfaith
Drug
Policy
Initiative
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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