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| Postings For August 31, 1999. |
Prescriptions For Anti-Depressants Increase 17
Percent In One Year,
But What Works Better and Faster?
The Context For Medical Marijuana. – An Article and A Letter |
The Jailing of MS Patient Krieger Pending
Trial Is A Test Of Canada’s Conscience.
– Between Rock and A Hard Place |
Kentucky Supreme Court To Hear Oral Arguments
In Woody Harrelson’s 4 Hemp Seed Crime Wave On October 14 |
To Those Who Would Be Free - Where Are You? By Kay
Lee |
| Postings For August 30, 1999. |
New Swiss Commission Explores the Options on
Cannabis.
Legalization Looks Possible,
But A Ban On High THC "Hemp" Is Considered |
Big Berlin Rally For Legalized Marijuana
A Good Story From A Surprising Source. No, Not The Washington Post |
Scottish Parliament May Debate Marijuana
Legalization |
| Postings For August 27, 1999. |
"Binge drinking on campus becoming a
concern even greater than illegal drug use,"
Says Penn State President.
Even Greater Than Evil Spells? |
Pro-Sleazy Journalism Newspaper Runs Two
Misleading Articles
On NORML's "Pro-Pot" Billboards Being "Too Close" To Schools |
Dudley DoNark Gets Robbed Of Marijuana |
One Writer Knows The Real Reason That UK
Politicians Are Afraid Of A Royal Commission:
It Will Say The Same Thing As The Indian Hemp Commission Report Under Queen
Victoria. |
| Postings For August 26, 1999. |
New Addition To Frequently Asked Questions:
Is Marijuana Addictive?
Perhaps Less So Than The Internet.
Analysis By Richard Cowan |
If
Carl Sagan Hadn’t Used Marijuana,
Then He Might Have Been Smart Enough To Be The Editor Of The Santa Barbara News-Press |
"Not long ago I lived in an
apartment where the DEA and the State police both operated crack houses" . |
Marijuana
Legalization Effort Grows In Pacific Northwest -- NORML Weekly Press Release |
| Postings For August 25, 1999. |
NORML Director David Boaz Praises New Mexico
Governor -- 2 Articles |
Dutch National Cannabis
Agency To Be Launched
To Regulate Cannabis Production for Medical And Scientific Purposes |
Norway Refuses To Extradite Hash Smuggler To
DEAland.
Says Prisons Here Are Inhumane. Yes, But Many Of Our Best People Are There. |
Jamaica Attempts To Escape DEAland Pressure To
Maintain Marijuana Prohibition |
| Postings For August 24, 1999. |
Disney Sponsored Prohibitionist Propaganda Site
Tells Kids That Marijuana Causes Heart Problems;
The War On Children Escalates |
Drug Czar Brags About
The Entertainment Industry and The Media Prostituting Themselves
For Prohibitionist Propaganda -- 2 Items |
The Ad Council Brags About Its Own Prostitution, But Business Is
Business! |
The Appalling Idiots Who Govern Us
From Politically Incorrect |
| Postings For August 23, 1999. |
Joe Hart Was Twice A Hero |
Health Canada To Spend Five Years and Millions
Playing the Research Game Trying Avoid Medical Marijuana |
The American Academy of Pediatrics To
Embrace "Potent Pot" Line:
Party Line Takes Precedence Over Caring For Children.
Medical and Journalistic Malpractice |
| At Dinner With Carl
Sagan the Only Drug Was Wine, But That Is Not News. |
Postings For August 20,
1999. |
"The marijuana revolution will never
succeed
as long as the vast majority of pot smokers refuse to go public.
Allen St. Pierre executive director of NORML likens the effort to our forefathers fighting
for independence by sending King George letters from 'anonymous in Philadelphia.'"
Great Column! |
Kay Lee Continues Her Journey For Justice At
Florida Prison
– What One Person Can Do |
A Reader Asks His Congressman About Will
Foster
Who Will Be In Prison Four Times Longer Than Rapists
The Local Media Doesn’t Care -- What One Person Can Do |
"A representative for the Campaign
Against Marijuana Planting contended Friday
that for every argument made in favor of hemp legalization, there is one against."
Can They Really Count That High? |
Postings For August 19,
1999. |
"I just returned from a few days in
Switzerland,
and I have seen the best-case future for cannabis."
By Richard Rose – Special To MarijuanaNews |
Canadian Farmers Expect Bumper Hemp Crop:
"It seems to like the drought,
because it is coming along very well compared with other crops."
DEAland Farmers Left Out. |
A
Parent Asks,
"Why do institutions that are supposed to be helping kids in trouble feel it
necessary to lie to them?" |
ACLU
Sues OK School District Over Student Drug Testing -- NORML Weekly Press Release |
Postings For August 18,
1999. |
Judge Rules Against Defense On All Major
Motions In McCormick/McWilliams Case;
Ruling On Medical Necessity Defense Scheduled For October.
Selective Prosecution and Unequal Injustice.
Special To MarijuanaNews |
The Emperor Of Hemp
Video Gets Steppenwolf Stopped At the Canadian Border.
It Is Legal To Grow Hemp There, But Customs Thinks It Is Suspicious To Be In Favor Of It.
We Really Couldn’t Make This Up! |
New Survey And Shalala Says, "It looks like
we have turned the corner."
Maybe Because We Have Been Around This Block Before?
The Emphasis Is On Marijuana But Alcohol Remains The Big Problem |
UK Conservatives May Support "Instant
Fines" For Marijuana Possession |
Postings For August 17,
1999. |
NORML Launches Bay Area Ad Campaign
And Gets Great Free Publicity In Silicon Valley |
LA Times Editorial Supports Restrictions On
Prop 215, But Says,
"Washington's all out ban on the medical use of marijuana is needlessly
stringent." |
Two UK Editorials Oppose A Royal Commission
For Opposite Reasons;
One Is "Psychotic." |
Marijuana Prisoner Moved Back To
"Safer" Prison;
Officials Claim That They Had To Move Him To Another Prison To Check The Computer! |
Postings For August 16,
1999. |
Leader
of UK’s Third Largest Party Calls For Royal Commission On "Drugs" Policy,
Especially Marijuana, Gets Strong Support From Bishop Of Edinburgh.
Government Continues To Fear Truth and Freedom -- 4 Articles |
Someone Floats A Rumor That DEAland Wants To
Blacklist Canada;
Washington Denies Everything, But Canadian Prohibitionists Seem To Cheer,
Sort Of… 3 Articles |
Jeb Bush Is About to Find Out the Hard Way
That He Has Met His Match In Kay Lee,
As She Protests Abuse of Federal Marijuana Prisoner In State Prison. |
California Democratic Assemblywoman Proposing Resolution To Legalize
Hemp.
Says DEA Will Issue Permits, But Will They? |
Postings For August 13,
1999. |
Family Values Placer County Style:
Kubby Trial Delayed By Pregnancy Complications,
So Sheriff and DA Move To Seize The Kubby’s Property Before Trial. |
Kaiser Permanente Issues Embarrassingly Stupid
Press Release
On Marijuana And Teens With STDs |
The Associated Press Uses The Term
"Marijuana Prohibition"
In Article About New Mexico Governor! |
| Postings For August 12, 1999. |
Montana
NORML Files Suit On Killer Fungus Research;
Drug-testing Patch Provides Questionable Results -- NORML Weekly Press Release |
Kubby Trial Delayed Until February |
Madison Mayor Says Marijuana Possession
Charges Should Be Handled Through City Ordinance;
DA Attempts To Intimidate Local Media |
Connecticut NORML Activist Is Hailed In His
Hometown |
Hawaiian Activists Filing Impeachment Papers
On Mayor
For "authorizing and funding marijuana eradication program without any program
review." |
| Postings For August 9, 1999. |
Trial For McCormick and McWilliams Set For
November 16;
Ruling on Defense Motions Expected On October 12.
"Who will speak for the United States?" |
Even The Ottawa Citizen Can Fall For
Prohibitionist Propaganda,
But This Is A Good Overview Of The Canadian Border Situation.
Look Out For The New Cameras! |
| Postings For August 6, 1999. |
Smith Sentenced to 27 Months In Federal Prison
For 87 Medical Marijuana Plants:
Judge Cites Smith’s "Disdain For Federal Law" – What Is The Definition
Of A "Political Prisoner?"
"Every day I’m in prison will be seen by me as another day in service of my
nation."
"I forgive you for what you’re about to do to me." |
Smoke-A-Joint-And-Lose-Your-Student-Loan:
Will This Move the Campuses?
An Excellent Overview |
Justice Delayed Is Sometimes A Deliberate
Injustice -- Kubby Update |
Alexander Cockburn Tries to Stir Leftwing
Opposition
To Damage Done By DEAland Narco-Imperialism |
| Postings For August 5, 1999. |
Australian Study Shows Marijuana Laws Not A
Deterrent To Use,
But They Often Wreck Lives:
"The health risks of cannabis use were often debated in the media
but little was said about the social harms associated with a conviction." -- 2
Articles |
Madison Capital Times Reacts To
Isthmus Story On Marijuana Prosecutions:
DA Is On The Spot.
"Tax dollars and lives are being wasted on a fool’s mission that
sensible Madisonians thought they had ended more than two decades ago." |
Kubby
Case Begins in California; Interpretation of Prop 215 At Issue -- NORML Weekly PR |
MassCANN NORML Gets Good Coverage In the
Prohibitionist Boston Herald.
Planning Initiatives. |
| Postings For August 4, 1999. |
New Orleans Police Say That It Wasn’t The
Benadryl, Or The Heart Condition,
Or The Kidney Failure, Or The Dehydration, Or The "Extremely Low Blood
Pressure."
No, It Was The Marijuana That Caused The Bus Accident!
But That Contradicts The FDA -- See The Punchline At The End |
Marinol Was The First Schedule 2 Drug To Be
"Down-Scheduled,"
Boasts Roxanne On Its New Marinol.com Web Site.
Doesn’t That Mean That It Should Never Have Been Schedule 2 Anyway? |
Senator
Hatch’s Hometown Paper Blasts His "Meth Plan" As "beneath his
Senatorial dignity."
Prohibitionist Nonsense No Longer Gets A Free Ride |
The Boston Globe Wins The Reefer Madness
Award.
Halfway Through The Story They Admit That There Is No "Hard Data" For Their
Premise. |
| Postings For August 3, 1999. |
In Bolivia, DEAland Narco-Imperialism Pays The
Salaries
Of Those Who Violate The Rights Of The Poorest Of The Poor.
Of Course, We Do The Same Thing Here…. |
Canada May Begin Testing Medical Marijuana On
AIDS Patients By The End Of The Year,
But They Are NOT Waiting On The Government. |
Chris Conrad And Mikki Norris Honored As "Local Heroes"
By The San Francisco Bay Guardian For Their Work As Anti-Drug War Activists. |
| Postings For August 2, 1999. |
Marijuananews
Special Bulletin:
The Hatch-Feinstein Methamphetamine Anti-Proliferation Act of
1999
Will Censor The Internet, Make It A Federal Crime To Teach Farmers To Grow Hemp,
Or To Tell Medical Marijuana Patients How To Use or Grow Marijuana,
Or Even To Link To A Site Selling Pipes!
Analysis By Richard Cowan |
Was The Decision To Prosecute B. E. Smith Made
At The White House?
The Key Question About The Selective Prosecution Of Medical Marijuana Activists.
Analysis -- By Richard Cowan |
Drug Czar’s Statement On California SB
848 Is Finally Online –
Maybe They Just Sobered Up After The Alcohol Lobby’s Parties. |
Founder of NORML Says The North American Industrial Hemp Council
Is Expelling Members Who Favor Marijuana Reform
– While Seeking Support of Anti-Prohibitionists |
Letter To The Irish Independent Cites An Umimpeachable Source
(Obviously Not Clinton)
-- 2 Letters |
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