Wednesday, June 24, 1998:
Crime And Justice - Taken To Task ('Willamette Week' Notes An Oregon Appeals Court's Decision In State V. Powelson That The Portland Marijuana Task Force Broke The Law During A 'Knock And Talk' By Using Undue Coercion Against A Suspected Marijuana Cultivator In Order To Obtain 'Consent' For A Warrantless Search)
Oakland Policy Permits 1 1/2 Pounds Of Marijuana ('The Oakland Tribune' Says The Oakland, California, Public Safety Committee Has Approved And Sent To The City Council A Plan, Based On Ongoing US Food And Drug Administration Tests, Which Would Implement Proposition 215 Locally And Allow Patients With A Doctor's Recommendation For Medical Marijuana To Cultivate Up To 144 Plants)
Important - Limits For Growers (A Bay Area Activist Urges Medical Marijuana Backers To Attend The Oakland City Council Meeting July 7 To Support The Proposed Implementation Ordinance)
Eviction Drug Ruse Shot Down By Judge ('The Oakland Tribune' Says US District Judge Charles R. Breyer Has Banned The Oakland Housing Authority From Evicting Tenants For Illegal Drug Activity Happening Outside Their Homes, Ruling In Favor Of The First Challenge To The 'One Strike, You're Out' Policy Established By The Clinton Administration Two Years Ago)
Well-Funded Cabal Opposes Initiatives That Would Provide Drugs To The Dying (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Rocky Mountain News' In Denver Adds Details To The Newspaper's Story About What Happened To Colorado's 1979 Medical Marijuana Law, Showing The Main Impediment To Medical Marijuana Is 'A Well-Funded Cabal Of District Attorneys And Cops, Which Lives Off Busting Marijuana Smokers')
1,000 More Face Out-Of-State Prison ('The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel' Says Wisconsin Prisons Are Filled To More Than 30 Percent Over Capacity, So Lawmakers Tuesday Authorized Sending 1,000 More Convicts Elsewhere, Raising The Out-Of-State Total To 3,200)
No Surprise DARE's Falling Out Of Favor (Staff Editorial In 'The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel' Responds To The Recent Call To Stop Funding DARE In The Shorewood, Wisconsin, School District)
Marijuana Farm Found At Fraternity ('Reuters' Says A Summer Resident At Beta Theta Pi Fraternity At Rutgers University In New Jersey Got Popped With 30 Plants Discovered In The Attic By Firefighters During A Routine Check After A Small Fire Friday)
Amish Drug Bust ('The Associated Press' Says Two Amish Men Were Indicted Tuesday On Charges Of Buying Cocaine From The Pagans Motorcycle Gang And Distributing It At Youth Hoedowns Between 1993 And 1997 In Lancaster County, Pennsylvania)
Two Amish Men Accused Of Cocaine Deals With Motorcycle Gang ('Washington Post' Version)
Two Dead As Drug Bust Goes Bad ('Reuters' Says A Group Of Undercover Police In Homestead, Florida, Were Trying To Sell Cocaine To Several Suspected Dealers At A Busy Apartment Complex When The Alleged Dealers Tried To Rip Them Off, Leading To A Gun Battle In Which Five People Were Shot, Including Two Dead Suspects, One Wounded Cop Plus Collateral Casualties)
Prohibition Is Immoral (Letters To The Editor Of 'The Wall Street Journal' From Milton Friedman And Six Others Who Responded To The Newspaper's '500 Drug Geniuses' Diatribe)
House Approves Measure To Aid Drug-Free Business (An 'Associated Press' Item In The Everett, Washington, 'Herald' Says The US House Of Representatives Voted 402 To 9 Tuesday In Favor Of Republican-Sponsored Legislation That Would Help Small Businesses Pay For Drug Testing Their Employees)
DrugSense Weekly, Number 52 (Summary Of Drug Policy News For Activists)
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