Wednesday, April 22, 1998:
Smith's Actions Prove He Represents Mormons (Letter To Editor Of 'Statesman Journal' In Salem Says US Senator Gordon Smith Should Resign Because He's Just A Mormon Missionary, Without Explaining What If Anything The Book Of Mormon Has Against Medical Marijuana)
Haunted House - Nearly 20 Years After A Drug Bust Gone Bad, A North Portland Parcel Of Land Still Is Causing City Officials Grief ('Willamette Week' Conjures Up The Ghost Of Steven Dons With An Article About The Site Of A Previous Warrantless Break-In By Portland Drug Warriors That Resulted In A Dead Police Officer)
Jack Shacter Of The Orange County Cannabis Co-Op Out On Bail (Local Correspondent Notes Next Court Dates, Other Developments In Case Of Shacter And Marvin Chavez)
Initiative Petitioner Gets $2 Million Damages (Unfortunately, 'Associated Press' Says The Oregon Court Of Appeals Judgment Against Fred Meyer Shopping Centers Doesn't Benefit Petitioners For Any Of The Five Drug Policy Reform Initiatives Circulating)
San Francisco Marijuana Club Reopens Peacefully To Cheers ('Standard-Times' In Massachusetts Notes California Attorney General Dan Lungren Is Already Considering Action Against The New Center)
Calling Itself A Healing Center, Defiant Marijuana Club Reopens ('New York Times' Version)
San Francisco Marijuana Club Changes Name, Reopens ('Associated Press' Version In 'Orange County Register')
Lawyers Say Marijuana Club Illegal ('Los Angeles Times' Takes The Government's Side Without Even Mentioning It Will Require A Jury To Convict Anyone Of Anything)
Only The Name Has Changed At San Francisco Pot Club (Bedridden Patients Who Can No Longer Obtain Medical Marijuana Via Their Caregivers Might Disagree With 'San Francisco Chronicle,' Among Others)
The Fight Over Medical Marijuana (Columnist Peter H. King In 'The Sacramento Bee' Recaps The Case Of Myron Carlyle Mower, Convicted By Tuolumne County Superior Court Of Growing Medical Marijuana Despite Proposition 215, But Fails To Explain Why The Terminally Ill Man Wasn't Given A Jury Trial)
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Filed By Pro-Pot Advocates ('Hawaii Tribune Herald' Says A Federal Judge Ruled Roger Christie And Aaron Anderson Did Not Sufficiently Show That The Hawaii County Prosecuting Attorney's Office Had An Actual Policy Singling Them Out For Prosecution Because Of Their Outspoken Views In Favor Of Cannabis Law Reform)
Medical Marijuana Put On Ballot ('Anchorage Daily News' Notes The Alaskan State Division Of Elections Announced Tuesday That The Medical Marijuana Initiative Sponsored By Alaskans For Medical Rights Will Be On This November's Ballot)
Legalize Marijuana As Medicine (Letter To Editor Of 'Anchorage Daily News' By Kim Kentch, One Of Three Sponsors Of The Proposed Alaskan Voter Initiative)
Accused Counterfeit Drug Dealer Says Politics Prompted His Arrest (Disturbing Account From 'The Salisbury News And Advertiser' About A 21-Year-Old Black Political Candidate Locked Up In Wicomico County Jail Since February 19)
Patch That Might Keep Tabs On Drug Use Will Be Tested In Philadelphia ('Philadelphia Inquirer' Says The Federal Government Is About To Field Test A Watch-Sized Patch That Will Send A Signal If The Wearer Takes Drugs, And Will Relay To Authorities The Person's Whereabouts Within 150 Feet)
Gingrich Blasts Clinton Needle Exchange Stance ('San Francisco Examiner' Allows Congressional Republican Know-Nothings To Practice Demagoguery Without Citing The Scientific Evidence Contradicting Their Discredited Rationale)
Clean Needles May Be Bad Medicine (Op-Ed In 'Wall Street Journal' By Beltway Statistician Says The Science Justifying Needle Exchanges Isn't Conclusive)
Needle Exchange - AIDS Prevention Efforts Should Include Syringe Programs (Staff Editorial In 'Dallas Morning News' Says The Clinton Administration Has Sacrificed Public Health On The Altar Of Political Expedience)
Sticking It To Needles (Staff Editorial In 'USA Today' Gives The Craven Cop-Out Of The Week Award To The Clinton Administration For Its Decision To Continue Denying Federal Funds To Needle Exchange Programs Even Though It Believes Such Programs Slow The Spread Of HIV Without Encouraging Drug Abuse)
DrugSense Focus Alert Number 60 - Needle Exchange (DrugSense Asks You To Write A Letter To The Media On Behalf Of Needle Exchange Programs)
Toker To Appeal Roach Ruling ('Vancouver Province' Notes Randy Caine Will Appeal His Nearly-Successful Constitutional Challenge To Canadian Cannabis Prohibition)
Defiant Cop Says Call Off War On Drugs ('Vancouver Province' Says Outspoken Vancouver, British Columbia Police Constable Gil Puder Has Defied Efforts By Police Chief Bruce Chambers To Muzzle Him From Speaking Freely On Drug Decriminalization - The 16-Year Police Veteran Faces Disciplinary Action After He Presented A Paper On Drug Policy Reform At A Vancouver Conference Yesterday)
Decriminalize Street Drugs, Speakers Urge ('Vancouver Sun' Article About The Fraser Institute Forum On Tuesday, Sensible Solutions To The Urban Drug Problem, Says Vancouver Police Constable Gil Puder Was Joined By 'Many Other Speakers' Who Agreed That 'Decriminalizing Street Drugs Is The Only Way To Address Drug Epidemics')
Police Officer Slams The War On Drugs (Toronto 'Globe And Mail' Version)
Cannabis Is Safe (Letter To Editor Of 'The Record' In Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Notes That While More Than 100,000 People Are Killed Annually By Prescription Drugs, Cannabis Has Never Produced A Single Documented Death In Over 5,000 Years Of Use)
US Teaches Peru To Plug River Of Drugs ('Washington Post' Article In 'Seattle Times' Says 30 Members Of Special Forces From The Army, Navy And Marines Sent To Train And Equip A Specialized Peruvian Counterdrug Unit That Will Operate On Water And Land To Cut Off The Increasing Flow Of Cocaine)
Don't Punish Cannabis Users, Says British Medical Association (Britain's 'Independent' Says The BMA Yesterday Threw Its Weight Behind Members Of Parliament Who Have Been Campaigning For Medical Marijuana Reform By Urging The Home Secretary Not To Punish Sick People For Taking The Drug Illegally)
Drug Link To Crime Revealed In Tests (Britain's 'Independent' Uncritically Publicizes Illusory Correlation In Home Office Statistics On Prisoners Who Test Positive For Illegal Drugs)
What About Addicts' Families? (First Of Two Letters To The Editor Of Britain's 'Evening News' Worries Drug Policy Reform Would Leave Families Of Drug Abusers Helpless - But Fails To Acknowledge That's The Situation Now With Prohibition)
Eastern Europe New AIDS Region, Report Says ('Associated Press' Article In 'Seattle Times' Notes A United Nations Study Released Today Says HIV Infection Rates Have Increased At Least Sixfold Since 1994, A Contagion Rate Driven By A Sharp Rise In The Use Of Injected Drugs)
DrugSense Weekly, Number 43 (Summary Of Drug Policy News For Activists, Including Original And Excellent Commentary Such As The Feature Article About HHS Secretary Donna Shalala's Announcement On Needle Exchange Policy, By Mathilde Krim, Chairman Of The Board Of The American Foundation For AIDS Research - AmFAR)
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