Wednesday, February 11, 1998:
Hemp Web TV Videos Added, ABC's 'Pot Of Gold' And More (Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Posts Real-Time Movies At World Wide Web Site, Including US Government's 'Hemp For Victory')
Sniff And Grab ('Willamette Week' Article About 'Knock And Talk' Tactics Used By Portland Marijuana Task Force That Resulted In Shooting Death Of Officer During Warrantless Break-In)
Follow-Up - Costly Intentions ('Willamette Week' Says Portland Lawyer Michael S. Morey Has Filed Notice Of Intent To Sue Oregon State Department Of Corrections On Behalf Of Four Of 78 Women Transferred To Private Arizona Prison Who Say They Were Sexually Assaulted By Guards Employed By Corrections Corporation Of America)
Confront Youth Drug Problem ('Bulletin' In Bend, Oregon, Doesn't Have Any New Ideas About Scourge Of Illegal Drugs, But Says We Should Do More Anyway)
Call Yamaguchi (Group Letter To Editor Of 'San Francisco Bay Guardian' Urges Readers To Call US Attorney Michael Yamaguchi At 415-436-7200 To Protest Lawsuit Against Northern California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries - 'A Clear Danger To Those In Need')
Pot Club Trial To Remain In Oakland ('San Francisco Chronicle' Version Of Yesterday's News About Dennis Peron's Trial)
Pot Advocate Peron Faces Trial In Oakland (Three-Paragraph Version In 'San Francisco Examiner')
Street Ministry ('San Francisco Examiner' Portrays River Sims, Anglican Priest And 'Temenos Catholic Worker' Who Tends To San Francisco's Homeless, Junkies, And Sex Workers)
Board Of Elections To Give Go Ahead For ACT UP's Medical Marijuana Initiative 59 - Competing Proposal From California Will Be Rejected (News Release From ACT UP Announces Start Of Signature Gathering Today In Washington, DC)
Group Shoots At Undercover Police Officers In West Side Neighborhood ('Milwaukee Journal Sentinel' Says Two Flee, Two Busted After Group Of People Fired At Fleeing Unmarked Squad Car Carrying Two Undercover Officers In Milwaukee Neighborhood Near Marquette University Where Drugs, Crime And Chaos Are Rife)
Twenty Percent Of Adults Drink Heavily, Study Says ('Milwaukee Journal Sentinel' Says Researchers From University Of Wisconsin's Center For Addiction Research And Education Discovered Nearly 20 Percent Of Adults Living Within 100 Miles Of Madison - Including Milwaukee - Are Knocking Back So Many Drinks, Or Are Binge Drinking, They Are Considered At Risk For A Host Of Medical Problems)
Students Say Yes To Pot ('Associated Press' Says Use Of Cannabis And Support For Legalization Grows Among US College Students, Though No Real Evidence Is Cited)
FDA Clears New Drug For Migraine (Although US Government Won't Allow Testing Of One Proven Remedy For Debilitating Headaches, 'Reuters' Says Pharmaceutical Giant Glaxo-Wellcome Obtained Marketing Clearance From FDA For Amerge - $1.1 Billion Global Migraine Market Includes More Than 26 Million People In US And 585 Million People Worldwide - One In 10)
Canada To Appeal Stripping Of Snowboarder's Gold Over Drug ('Vancouver Sun' Says Canadian Olympic Officials Object To 3-2 Vote In Nagano, Japan, To Deprive Ross Rebagliati Of His Gold Medal Because He Tested Positive For Cannabis)
Golden Snowboarder Stripped Of His Medal ('Toronto Star' Version)
Up In Smoke - Canadian Snowboarder Loses Gold Medal After Positive Marijuana Test (Updated Version Of Yesterday's 'Associated Press' Account)
Snowboard Winner Stripped Of Gold (New 'Associated Press' Article In 'Los Angeles Times' Is Of The Opinion That The 'Rebagliati Revelation Threatens To Undermine Snowboarding')
Snowboarder Loses Medal After Drug Test ('USA Today' Version - Plus URLs For Online Public Opinion Polls)
Snowboarder Loses His Gold To Pot ('San Francisco Chronicle' Version)
Olympics (Commentary From List Subscribers On New Prohibition Against Pot Smokers Winning Olympic Gold Medals)
Waiting For A Decision - CBC - The National Transcripts On Ross Rebagliati (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Television Newscast From Winter Olympics In Nagano, Japan, Notes Snowboarder's Gold Medal Has Been Lost Due To Positive Urine Test For Marijuana)
Marijuana Legalization Bill Dies In Legislature - Lack Of Support - Senate Bill 6271 Is Allowed To Expire In Committee - Plus Sidebar - Medical Pot Backers Wrangle Over New Plans ('The Olympian' Gives An Update On Developments In Washington State)
Alerts - Growing Industrial Hemp ('San Francisco Bay Guardian' Publicizes California Industrial Hemp Act Of 1998 Ballot Initiative Sponsored By Californians For Industrial Renewal, CAIR)
Overdose Victim - Shared Responsibility In Latest Tragedy ('Dallas Morning News' Staff Editorial Endorses Prosecution Of Those With 17-Year-Old In Plano, Texas, On Evening Of Heroin-Related Death)
Sacred Herb's Business Licence Threatened (Police In Victoria, British Columbia, Direct City To Hold Business Licence Of Hemp Shop After Proprietor Ian Hunter Becomes First Person In Canada Convicted Of Marijuana Seed Trafficking)
Lords Cannabis Inquiry (Britain's 'Independent' Says House Of Lords Will Launch Major Investigation Into Medical, Recreational Use Of Cannabis, With Report Expected By End Of Year - Newspaper Calls It 'Biggest Step Yet In The Drive To Relax The Laws On The Drug's Use')
Lords Defy Straw Over Cannabis (Britain's 'Guardian' Says Inquiry On Cannabis By House Of Lords Will Accept Evidence From March Until July And Publish Report In October - Home Secretary Jack Straw's Opposition To Inquiry Shows Willingness Of Lords To Examine Issues Considered Too Politically Sensitive By Commons)
Crackdown Fails To Curb Morocco's Drugs Trade - Many Depend On Hashish For A Living (Britain's 'Guardian' Says Moroccan Authorities, Under Pressure From Europe, Where Three-Quarters Of Crop Ends Up, Started Crackdown On Hashish Market Six Years Ago, When 10,000 Troops Were Stationed On Northern Coast To Patrol Trafficking Routes - But Results Mixed And Government's Grip On Rebellious Berbers Is Slipping Even While There's 'A New Generation Making Themselves Rich')
DrugSense Weekly, Number 33 (Summary Of Drug Policy News For Activists - Includes Original Commentary And Articles, 'Hepatitis C - HCV - And Harm Reduction,' Part One, And, DrugSense To Sponsor E-Mail Forum For Students)
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