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Week
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7/21/06
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July 21, 2004: The
Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Prof. Lyle
Craker and Valerie Corral file lawsuits against the DEA, HHS, NIH, and
NIDA for obstructing medical marijuana research.
July 23, 1985: Bogota,
Colombia's Superior Court Judge Tulio Manuel Castro Gil, who had indicted
Pablo Escobar for the murder of Lara Bonilla, is assassinated as he climbs
into a taxi. Throughout 1985 judicial harassment and intimidation
become commonplace in Colombia.
July 24, 1967: The
Beatles pay for a full page advertisement in the newspaper. It reads,
"The law against marijuana is immoral in principle and unworkable in practice."
The ad calls for the legalization of marijuana possession, release of all
prisoners on pot possession charges and government research into medical
uses. It is signed by 65 people including all four Beatles, their
manager Brian Epstein, author Graham Greene, psychologist R.D. Laing, 15
doctors and two members of Parliament.
July 26, 2001: The
highly-regarded British business magazine The Economist devotes an entire
issue to drug policy, endorsing decriminalization and harm reduction.
July 26, 2003: The
Honolulu Advertiser reports that a Hilo woman who smokes marijuana to treat
her glaucoma received a check for $2,000 from her homeowner insurance company
for the loss of four marijuana plants stolen from her yard. Under
a state law passed in 2000, patients with permits who are under a doctor's
care may possess up to 3 ounces of marijuana and grow up to seven plants
at a time for medical purposes.
July 27, 2002: The
Associated Press reports that a regional director of Mexico's main intelligence
agency was slain in the border city of Tijuana, the 11th person killed
over the last week in what authorities said was an escalating drug war.
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Issue #445
-- 7/21/06
Editorial:
Do
We
Really
Want
to
Help
Kids
Find
the
Drug
Dealers?
|
Feature:
Vancouver
Fights
to
Save
Its
Pioneering
Safe
Injection
Site
|
Feature:
What
Would
Jesus
Do?
Religious
Communities
as
Drug
Reform
Allies
|
Law
Enforcement:
This
Week's
Corrupt
Cops
Stories
|
Sentencing:
Bill
to
Study
Habitual
Drug
Offender
Registry
Introduced
in
Maine
|
Europe:
Britain
Goes
After
Medical
Marijuana
Suppliers
|
Australia:
Victoria
Greens
Call
For
Prescription
Heroin,
Safe
Injection
Sites
|
Middle
East:
War
Driving
Iraqis
to
Drugs
|
Canada:
Vancouver
Police
to
Stop
Arresting
Peaceable
Drug
Users,
According
to
New
Draft
Policy
|
Canada:
Nelson,
British
Columbia,
Head
Shop
Busted
for
Marijuana
Sales
|
Harm
Reduction:
Needle
Access
Bills
to
Become
Law
in
Delaware,
Massachusetts
|
Web
Scan:
Cato
on
Paramilitary
Police
Raids,
John
Fugelsang
on
Drug
War
for
Daily
Kos,
Australia
Institute
Drug
Prohibition
Report
|
Weekly:
This
Week
in
History
|
Jobs
and
Internships:
Marijuana
Policy
Project
and
Criminal
Justice
Policy
Foundation
|
Weekly:
The
Reformer's
Calendar
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