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April 8, 1989: Miguel
Angel Felix Gallardo is arrested in Mexico. Guillermo Gonzalez Calderoni
leads a team of Federal agents who arrest the drug lord in a residential
suburb of Guadalajara. Gallardo is imprisoned on charges relating
to the kidnapping and murder of Enrique Camarena. His nephews, the
Arellano-Felix brothers inherit part of his drug-trafficking empire.
April 9, 2002: NORML
launches a $500,000 campaign featuring bus shelter signs and telephone
booth posters carrying a quote from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg,
who when asked whether he had ever tried marijuana said, "You bet I did.
And I enjoyed it." NORML used Bloomberg as the centerpiece of its
campaign to urge the city to stop arresting and jailing people for smoking
marijuana. "Millions of people smoke marijuana today. They
come from all walks of life, and that includes your own mayor," said NORML
Executive Director Keith Stroup.
April 10, 2003: In
the wake of the federal conviction of medical marijuana grower Ed Rosenthal,
US Rep. Sam Farr (D-CA) and 27 other members of Congress introduce H.R.
1717 (the "Truth in Trials Act").
April 11, 1997: Graham
Boyd, an ACLU attorney representing a group of plaintiffs including eleven
prominent cancer and AIDS physicians in San Francisco presents to a federal
judge the following statement: "The federal government has issued
broad threats against physicians who might recommend marijuana to some
of their seriously ill patients. These threats have gagged physicians
and have impeded the responsible practice of medicine. We assert
that doctors have the right to discuss medical marijuana with patients,
and we are seeking clear guidelines for physicians who wish to do so."
April 13, 1995: The
US Sentencing Commission votes to equalize penalties for crack and cocaine
powder quantities for trafficking and possession offenses, a proposal that
would have become law on November 1 if Congress took no action. Attorney
General Janet Reno urges Congress to reject it the next day.
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Issue #430
-- 4/7/06
Editorial:
Stopping
Bongs,
Not
Bombs
(Evidently)
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Feature:
Measure
to
Make
Drug
Czar
Research
"Frankenstein
Fungus"
to
Destroy
Drug
Crops
Heads
to
the
Senate
|
Feature:
Pittsburgh
Needle
Exchange
Under
Attack,
But
May
Come
Out
Ahead
|
Feature:
As
the
Well
Runs
Dry,
Texas
Drug
Task
Forces
Ride
Off
Into
the
Sunset
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Offer:
Important
New
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Video
Available
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Feedback:
Do
You
Read
Drug
War
Chronicle?
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Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
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Law
Enforcement:
NYPD
Shuts
Down
Chelsea
Clubs
Over
Drug
Violations
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Search
and
Seizure:
Cops,
School
District
to
Pay
Students
$1.2
Million
in
Goose
Creek
Raid
Settlement
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Paraphernalia:
ICE
Raids
South
Florida
Head
Shops
|
Pain
Medicine:
Ohio
Doctor
Freed
on
Bail
During
Appeal
of
Drug
Trafficking
Conviction
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Pregnancy
I:
Cocaine
Use
is
Not
Child
Abuse,
New
Mexico
Appeals
Court
Says
|
Pregnancy
II:
Expectant
Mothers
Who
Expose
Fetuses
to
Drugs
Can't
Be
Convicted
as
Drug
Dealers
Under
Fetal
Rights
Law,
Texas
Appeals
Court
Rules
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Medical
Marijuana:
Reagan
Aide
Lyn
Nofziger
Dead
at
81
--
Supported
Patients'
Rights
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Europe:
Italy
Sets
Quantity
Guidelines
for
Tough
New
Drug
Law
|
Latin
America:
Pro-Coca
Upstart
Poised
to
Win
First
Round
of
Peruvian
Presidential
Election
|
Web
Scan:
WOLA
at
House
Andes
Hearings,
Mycoherbicides
Again,
Broken
Windows
Debunked,
CBC
on
Coca
and
Peru's
Election,
Denver
Post,
Meth
Legalization
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This
Week
in
History
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Job
Opportunities:
System
Administrator
and
Grassroots
Organizer
at
MPP
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The
Reformer's
Calendar
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