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Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
5/5/06
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May 5, 2001: The United
States is voted off the United Nations Narcotics Control Board, the 13-member
commission that monitors compliance with UN drug conventions on substance
abuse and illegal trafficking.
May 6, 2001: Sydney,
Australia opens its first legal heroin injection room in the Kings Cross
Neighborhood, operated by the Uniting Church.
May 8, 2002: The Black
Ministers Council of New Jersey announces a campaign to inform minority
drivers that they have a right to refuse to submit to automobile consent
searches, which have been the focus of the fight over racial profiling.
The ministers said at a State House news conference that they would begin
their "Just Say No" campaign the following week, in the form of messages
to minority churches and the news media.
May 9, 2001: The Bush
Administration announces its intent to nominate Rep. Asa Hutchinson, Republican
of Arkansas, to the position of Administrator of the Drug Enforcement Administration,
replacing Acting Administrator Donnie Marshall.
May 9, 2001: At a hearing,
Attorney General John Ashcroft testifies that the Justice Department has
no higher priority than preventing terrorism. But a day later the
department issues budgetary guidance for FY2003 to make reducing the trafficking
of illegal drugs one of the two top priorities.
May 10, 2001: President
Bush nominates John P. Walters as America's new Drug Czar.
May 11, 2000: The Arellano-Felix
brothers are charged with 10 counts of drug trafficking, conspiracy, money
laundering and aiding and abetting violent crimes. The US State Department
offers a $2 million reward for information leading to their arrest and
conviction.
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Issue #434
-- 5/5/06
Editorial:
Oh,
Mexico
(Oh,
the
Embarrassment)
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Feature:
Mexico
Moves
to
Decriminalize
Drug
Possession
--
No,
Wait,
Nevermind
|
Feature:
Harm
Reductionists
Gather
in
Vancouver
|
Feature:
Building
an
International
Drug
Users'
Movement
--
Activists
Form
Coalition,
Issue
Declaration
|
Offer:
Important
New
Legalization
Video
Available
|
Feedback:
Do
You
Read
Drug
War
Chronicle?
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
The
Movement:
Annual
DEA
Event
Generates
Counter-Conference
Next
Week
in
Montreal
|
Celebrity
Bust:
Token
Arrest
as
Radio
Talker
Rush
Limbaugh
Cuts
a
Deal
on
Pain
Pill
Charges
|
The
Government:
Drug
Czar
Under
Attack
From
Right,
Left
|
Marijuana:
University
of
Colorado
Posts
Pics
of
Students
at
Pot
Rally,
Offers
Reward
for
Naming
Them
|
Military
Matters:
Angry
West
Point
Cadets
"Riot"
After
Drug
Search
|
Europe:
Scottish
First
Minister
Slams
Police
for
Drug
Legalization
Suggestion
|
Europe:
Germany
Plans
to
Provide
Free
Heroin
to
Long-Term
Addicts
|
CounterPunch
on
Suppression
of
Marijuana
Research,
Gay
City
News
on
FDA
and
Medical
Marijuana
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Job
Opportunity:
Program
Manager,
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation,
Washington,
DC
|
Summer
Internship:
Americans
for
Safe
Access,
Oakland,
CA
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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