Wednesday, August 12, 1998:
Dope With Dignity ('Willamette Week' Dismisses The Campaign For The Oregon Medical Marijuana Act With An Article That Purports To Focus On The Initiative's Chief Petitioner, Dr. Rick Bayer, But Gives More Space To Opponents, Fails To Interview Any Patients Who Would Benefit, And Contains So Much Editorializing and Bias And Makes So Many Factual Errors That It's More Useful In Illustrating How Badly Journalism Is Practiced In Oregon)
Women To Be Sent To Men's Prison In Pendleton (An 'Associated Press' Article About A Remote Prison In Eastern Oregon Notes The Department Of Corrections Has Rented Out-Of-State Beds For Women Inmates For Two Years, Where They Are Also Far Away From Families And Kids)
City Of Oakland Designates The Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative Agents Of The City (Text Of The Official Letter Signed By City Manager Robert C. Bobb, Made Official By The Signature Of Jeff Jones Of The Oakland CBC)
Customs - Four Arrested While Unloading Marijuana At La Jolla ('The Sacramento Bee' Says The Mexican Nationals Caught Wednesday While Unloading 400 Pounds Of Marijuana From Two Boats At The Base Of The La Jolla Cliffs, Just North Of San Diego, Face Up To 20 Years Each In Prison)
Incarceration Is Not Answer (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Times Press Recorder' In Arroyo Grande, California, By A Prison Psychologist, Explains The Importance Of The Investigation Now Under Way In The State Legislature Regarding Brutality By Guards At Corcoran State Prison)
Smoking Hot In Fullerton (A Letter To The Editor Of 'The Orange County Register' Protests The Fullerton, California, City Policy That Prohibits Employing Tobacco Consumers - Denying Jobs To Over 20 Percent Of The Eligible Work Force, City Officials Have Abused Their Positions By Promoting Their Personal Prejudices)
Pot Advocate Gets Jail Term ('The Arizona Republic' Says Peter Wilson, The Former Chairman Of AZ4NORML, The Arizona Chapter Of NORML, Was Sentenced To Four Months In Jail Instead Of The 30 Days Recommended By The Prosecutor - Plus Five Years' Probation)
Richard Bilby, Lauded As 'A Judge's Judge,' Dies At 67 (An Obituary In 'The Arizona Daily Star' Says The Federal Jurist Was A Republican, Yet He Suggested Lawmakers Legalize Marijuana On An Experimental Basis Because Of The Failed Federal Drug War)
Court Ruling Forces Rethinking Of Testimony Deals ('The Associated Press' Discusses The Recent Ruling By A Three-Judge Panel From The Denver-Based 10th US Circuit Court Of Appeals That Prosecutors Dangling A 'Get Out Of Jail Early' Card Before Defendants In Order To Get Them To Testify Against Others Is The Equivalent Of Offering Someone Cold Cash - And A Federal Bribery Law Makes It A Crime For Anyone To Offer 'Anything Of Value' In Return For Testimony)
Hemp Activist Appeals Charge Of Contempt While On A Jury ('The Washington Times' Describes Laura Kriho's Appearance Tuesday Before The Colorado Court Of Appeals)
US Agrees To Pay Family In Teen's Border Killing ('The Dallas Morning News' Says The Federal Government Has Agreed To Pay More Than $1 Million To Settle The Claims Of The Redford, Texas, Family Of 18-Year-Old Esequiel Hernandez Jr., Who Was Killed Last Year By A Camouflaged US Marine Who Was On A Patrol Enforcing Civilian Prohibition Laws)
US To Pay $1.9 Million In Slaying At Border (The Scripps Howard News Service Version In 'The Orange County Register')
US To Pay $1.9 Million In Antidrug Patrol Shooting ('The Associated Press' Version In 'The Los Angeles Times')
Springfield Needle Exchange Foes Move To Force November Referendum ('The Standard-Times' In New Bedford, Massachusetts, Says Opponents Of Springfield's Recently Approved Needle Exchange Program Have Submitted More Than 10,000 Signatures To Force A Vote On The Issue)
Electric Kool-Aid Viagra ('New York Times' Columnist Frank Rich Says A Drug Culture Is A Drug Culture Is A Drug Culture, Whether The Illicitly Obtained Gateway High Of Choice Is Marijuana Or Any Legal, Heavily Promoted Medicine That's Perceived As Lifestyle Enhancing)
Anti-Drug Campaign Does Not Address The Root Causes Of Teen-Age Abuse (An op-ed in 'The Orange County Register' from a college sophomore and former intern at the Cato Institute says the government's new $2 billion advertising campaign for the war on some drugs won't stop any significant number of children from using illegal drugs. The root of the problem is moral and spiritual.)
Listening In ('The Village Voice' Describes ECHELON, The Wiretapping And Eavesdropping Technology Spawned By The National Security Agency, Or NSA, Also Used By The DEA And FBI For Surveillance Of Drug Dealers)
Canada Considers Prescribing Heroin To Prevent Deaths (An 'Associated Press' Story In 'The San Francisco Chronicle' About Officials In Vancouver, British Columbia, Who Want To Institute A Heroin Maintenance Program After A 40 Percent Increase In Heroin-Related Deaths)
NDP MP Is Backing Free-Heroin Proposal ('The Province' In Vancouver, British Columbia, Says New Democratic Party Member Of Parliament Libby Davies, Sick Of Seeing Heroin Addicts Dying In The Streets Of Her Vancouver East Constituency, Has Launched A Political Initiative Calling For Free Heroin To Be Made Available To Addicts In Prescription Drug Trials)
Mobile Needle Exchange ('The Express' In Nelson, British Columbia, Publicizes The Launching Of A Mobile Service Throughout The West Kootenay-Boundary On August 17 By The ANKORS Needle Exchange Program)
Mobile Needle Exchange Hits West Kootenay Highways ('The Nelson Daily News' Version)
Select Committee On Health (A New Zealand Correspondent Describes Today's Parliamentary Hearing On Cannabis And Mental Health, Featuring Representatives Of SF, The Schizophrenia Fellowship, A Support And Advocacy Group For People With Schizophrenia And Their Families, And The Senior Clinician For WADS, The Wellington Alcohol And Drug Service)
Support Grows For 'Injecting Clinic' Plans ('The Canberra Times' Says A Proposal For Canberra To Become The First Place In Australia To Build Safe Injecting Clinics For Addicted Heroin Users Has The Support Of Federal Health Minister Michael Wooldridge And The Guarded Backing Of The Australian Capital Territory Labor Party)
Garden 'Weed' Not All It Seems ('The Evening News' In Norwich, England, Recounts The Horticultural Education Of A Buxton Woman Who Let A Foot-Tall Weed In Her Garden Grow Into A Seven-Foot Beauty Before Learning It Was Cannabis - When Approached, Police Advised Her Just To Throw It On The Compost Heap)
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