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Country	State/Prov	Year	Month

1996
Dec 19	, USA	Latest High School Senior Survey Data Fuels Anti-Drug Rhetoric NORML Responds To Calls To Escalate Drug War
Dec 12	San Francisco, CA USA	Dennis Peron, Others To Appear In Court Next Week
Dec 12	Washington, DC USA	(Meanwhile) Drug Czar, Secretary Of Transportation Reaffirm Federal Drug Testing Laws
Dec 9	Phoenix, AZ USA	Drug Reform Measure Signed Into Law In Arizona
Nov 19	Schleswig-Holstein, Germany	German State Plans To Sell Marijuana Over The Counter
Nov 18	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court Overturns Ohio Traffic Stop Decision
Nov 18	Washington, DC USA	(Meanwhile) Drug Czar's Office Refuses NORML Meeting
Nov 15	Washington, DC USA	Office Of National Drug Control Policy Restates Opposition To Medical Marijuana Initiatives
Nov 14	Oakland, CA USA	Buyers' Club Activists Plead 'Morally Not Guilty' At Arraignment
Nov 14	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Holds Meeting With California Law Enforcement To Discuss New State Medical Marijuana Law
Oct 17	Washington, DC USA	Drug Enforcement Administration Attacks California Medical Marijuana Measure
Oct 17	Hawaii Island, HI USA	DEA Herbicide Under Fire From Hawaii Residents Locals Complain Of Nausea, Other Ailments Due To Spraying
Oct 17	, USA	Marijuana Arrests For 1995 Most Ever
Oct 16	Austin, TX USA	Drug Tax Ruled Unconstitutional By Texas Appeals Court
Oct 10	Portland, OR USA	Oregon Cannabis Tax Act Aims For 1998 Election
Oct 10	Jersey City, NJ USA	Multiple Sclerosis Patient To Travel To Washington For Medical Marijuana Husband To Push Wheelchair For 250-Mile Walk
Oct 3	Eastlake, OH USA	Ohio High School Cracks Down On Hemp
Oct 3	San Francisco, CA USA	Political Cartoonist Supports Proposition 215, Angers State Attorney General
Sep 26	, USA	Marijuana Medicine And Hemp Exposition To Take Place This Weekend
Sep 26	Washington, DC USA	House Holds Hearing On Adolescent Drug Use
Sep 19	Boston, MA USA	Mass/Cann NORML Rally Expected To Draw More Than 50,000
Sep 19	Tacoma, WA USA	Washington State Supreme Court To Tackle Medical Marijuana Issue
Sep 19	Traverse City, MI USA	Sheriff May Have Violated Election Laws While Opposing NORML Ballot Initiative
Sep 19	, CA USA	California Polls Show Voters Strongly Favor Medical Marijuana Initiative
Sep 12	Santa Monica, CA USA	Los Angeles County AIDS Commission Rebukes U.S. Drug Czar, Endorses Proposition 215
Sep 12	St. Paul, MN USA	Case Of Medical Marijuana Activist To Be Heard September 30
Sep 12	Washington, DC USA	Libertarian Presidential Candidate Attacks Dole Proposals To Increase Drug War
Sep 5	Richmond, VA USA	Virginia County To Force Convicted Drug Offenders To Name Their Suppliers
Sep 5	Gilpin County, CO USA	Juror Held In Contempt After Refusing To Convict Drug Offender
Sep 5	Columbus, NC USA	Marijuana Activists Arrested On Trespassing Charges After Being Banned From Attending Public Rally
Sep 5	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Says He Welcomes NORML's Participation In Drug Debate
Aug 29	Delfzijl, Netherlands	Dutch Cities Get Into The Marijuana Business
Aug 29	Boston, MA USA	Governor Signs Law Reinvigorating State Medical Marijuana Research Program
Aug 25	Palos Park, Il USA	Dole Calls For Larger Military Presence In Drug War
Aug 24	San Francisco, CA USA	State Looks Into Filing Tax Violations Against Marijuana Club Proprietors
Aug 21	Washington, DC USA	Latest Edition Of Household Survey Fuels Election Year Fodder NORML Responds To Calls To Escalate The Drug War
Aug 20	Covington, KY USA	Cincinnati Buyers' Club Founder Pleads Guilty To Reduced Marijuana Charges
Aug 19	San Francisco, CA USA	(Meanwhile) San Francisco Church Sponsors Medical Marijuana Giveaway
Aug 19	Zurich, Switzerland	Swiss State To Legalize Marijuana
Aug 18	Washington, DC USA	America's Prison Population More Than Doubles In A Decade
Aug 16	Traverse City, MI USA	NORML Chapter Files Complaint After Voters Strike Down Ballot Proposal To Decriminalize Marijuana
Aug 16	San Francisco, CA USA	Board Strikes Down Proposal To Declare Medical Marijuana 'Emergency' For San Francisco's Sick
Aug 15	, Scotland	Scottish Senior Judge Says Cannabis Decriminalization Should Be Considered
Aug 15	Copperhill, TN USA	Small Town Mayor Indicted On Marijuana Charges After Allegedly Growing Marijuana For "Educational" Purposes
Aug 14	Key West, FL USA	Law Enforcement Bust Cannabis Buyers' Club In Key West, Florida Founder, One Other Arrested On Felony Marijuana Charges
Aug 9	Sacramento, CA USA	(Meanwhile) Judge Orders Changes in "Misleading" Ballot Argument Against Proposition 215
Aug 8	San Francisco, CA USA	Two State Medical Associations Endorse Proposition 215
Aug 7	San Francisco, CA USA	Study To Determine Whether Marijuana Helps Individuals Suffering From AIDS Wasting Syndrome Rejected By National Institutes of Health
Aug 7	Traverse City, MI USA	Michigan City Residents Vote "No" To Local Measure To Decriminalize Marijuana
Aug 1	Washington, DC USA	Update: Welfare Reform Bill Amendment Altered To Deny Federal Benefits To Those Convicted On Felony Drug Charges Only
Jul 25	New York, NY USA	Anti-Drug Ad Called Homophobic By Gay Watchdog Group
Jul 25	Olympia, WA USA	Thousands Expected To Gather On Washington State Capitol In Support Of Marijuana Legalization
Jul 22	Sacramento, CA USA	Conservative California Readership Strongly Supports Medical Marijuana Initiative
Jul 22	Washington, DC USA	Welfare Reform Bill Amended To Deny Convicted Drug Users Federal Benefits
Jul 18	Arlington, VA USA	USA Today Endorses Access To Medical Marijuana
Jul 18	Cleveland, OH USA	NORML Chapter Places Advertising Billboards On Buses
Jul 18	Hartsville, TN USA	Man Sentenced To Probation After Killing Individual He Suspected Sold His Son Marijuana
Jul 18	New York, NY USA	PBS Special To Focus On Human Rights Violations And The Drug War
Jul 18	Sacramento, CA USA	Law That Allows Citizens To Sue Drug Dealers For Damages Moves Forward In California
Jul 11	Seattle, WA USA	Washington Activists Gear Up For November Election
Jul 11	Washington, DC USA	High Court Strikes Down Pennsylvania Rulings Requiring 'Exigent Circumstances' To Justify Warrantless Searches Of Automobiles
Jul 11	Simpsonville, KY USA	Update: Teacher Under Fire For Hemp Presentation
Jun 24	Washington, DC USA	Federal Government Unveils New Plan To Target Drug Use Among Adolescents
Jun 24	Ottawa, ON Canada	Canadian Marijuana Reform Debate Yields Few Results
Jun 24	Washington, DC USA	American Medical Association Shelves Report Drafted By NORML Board Member 'Harm Reduction' Placed On Back Burner For Now
Jun 24	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court Upholds Civil Forfeiture In Drug Cases
Jun 24	Tallahassee, FL USA	Florida To Adopt Standards Regarding Hair Testing
Jun 20	Reading, MA USA	DEA Agent Specializes In Stopping Medical Marijuana Efforts
Jun 20	San Francisco, CA USA	California High Court Rules That Judges Are Not Mandated To Impose 'Three Strikes' Law
Jun 19	Vancouver, BC Canada	Canadians Nationwide Set To Celebrate Cannabis Day On July 1
Jun 17	Washington, DC USA	Legal Medical Marijuana Patients, Proponents Speak Before American Nurses Association
Jun 16	Dennis, MA USA	Conference Gathers Experts To Explore Marijuana's Medicinal Value
Jun 13	Chicago, IL USA	Chicago Bulls Coach Attributes Team's Success To Hemp
Jun 12	Victoria, Australia	Victorian Politicians Reject Marijuana Decriminalization
Jun 12	U. of Mississippi, MS USA	University Of Mississippi Denies Assertion Of California Narcotics Officers Researcher Calls Claim Of Over 10,000 Studies Documenting The Harmful Effects Of Marijuana Groundless
Jun 12	St. Paul, MN USA	Medical Marijuana User, Activist To Be Arraigned On Felony Marijuana Charge
Jun 11	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court Rules On Traffic Stops
Jun 11	Tulsa, OK USA	Environmentalists Voice Concern Over State's Decision To Spray Marijuana With Pesticides
Jun 6	Lexington, KY USA	"Cheers" Star Plants Hemp In Kentucky ... And Pays The Price Harrelson Hopes To Challenge Federal Law By Act Of Civil Disobedience
Jun 6	Washington, DC USA	Majority Of Police Chiefs Admit That War On Drugs Is Unsuccessful
Jun 6	Copperhill, TN USA	Small Town Mayor Claims She Was Unaware That Growing Marijuana Was Illegal
Jun 6	Sacramento, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot
Jun 6	Toulomne County, CA USA	Charges Dropped Against California Medical Marijuana User
May 23	South Australia, Australia	South Australia's Director Of Public Prosecutions Recommends The State Grow Cannabis
May 23	Montpelier, VT USA	Modified Hemp Measure Becomes Law In Vermont
May 23	Washington, DC USA	Federal Representative Continues Probe Into Potential Misuse Of Federal Power At Anti-NORML Demonstration
May 16	Springfield, IL USA	Dealers Caught Close To Churches To Face Stiffer Penalties
May 16	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Critical Of Amount Of Money Spent Fighting Drugs: Calls Record Setting FY 1997 Budget Lean
May 16	San Francisco, CA USA	Railroad Accident Data Shows Few Benefits From Random Drug Testing
May 16	Portland, OR USA	Oregon Marijuana Initiative Approaches Required Number Of Signatures To Be Placed On Ballot
May 16	Santa Monica, CA USA	California Secretary Of State Issues Raw Count For Medical Marijuana Petition
May 16	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaii State Legislature Passes Hemp Resolution
May 9	Washington, DC USA	Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Attracts Additional Sponsors
May 9	Waterville, ME USA	Federal Judge Speaks Out Against Drug War Endorses Program To Stop Arresting Marijuana Consumers
May 9	Navajo Nation, AZ USA	Navajo Hemp Crop Under Fire From Feds
May 2	Covington, KY USA	Update: Cincinnati Buyers Club Founder Pleads Not Guilty To Felony Pot Charges
May 2	Traverse City, MI USA	NORML Chapter's Marijuana Measure To Be Placed On City Ballot
May 2	Toledo, OH USA	Update: Judge Suspends Sentence Against Quadriplegic Who Used Marijuana As Medicine
May 2	Cora Gables, FL USA	White House Unveils New Drug Strategy
May 1	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Admits Most People Who Experiment With Drugs "Walk Away" Without Problems
Apr 25	Washington, DC USA	$250 Million Appropriation Request From New Drug Czar Stresses Source Reduction, Interdiction
Apr 25	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont Senate Approves Hemp Legislation: However, State Still A Long Ways Away From Cultivation
Apr 25	Covington, KY USA	Cincinnati Buyers Club Founder To Face Felony Drug Charges
Apr 25	Denver, CO USA	Woody Harrelson Withholds Taxes To Protest Industrial Hemp Prohibition
Apr 25	Santa Monica, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads For California Ballot
Apr 18	Sacramento, CA USA	Assemblyman Vasconcellos Introduces Medical Marijuana Bill For Second Year In A Row
Apr 18	Sacramento, CA USA	California Assembly Committee Votes For Tougher Pot Penalties
Apr 18	Covington, KY USA	Cincinnati Buyers Club Founder To Face Grand Jury
Apr 18	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Civil Forfeiture
Apr 18	Santa Monica, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Initiative Enters Final Week Activists Expect To Have Necessary Number Of Signatures
Apr 18	Denver, CO USA	DEAth In Colorado -- Hemp Cultivation Killed By House Agriculture Committee
Apr 4	Jefferson City, MO USA	Missouri Hemp Bill Heard Before Senate Agriculture Committee
Apr 4	Denver, CO USA	Colorado Senate Gives Green Light To Domestic Hemp Cultivation
Apr 4	, USA	USA WEEKEND QuickPoll Indicates Majority Of Americans Favor Marijuana Decriminalization
Apr 4	New York, NY USA	District Attorney To Take No Further Action In Medical Marijuana Distribution Case
Apr 4	San Francisco, CA USA	California Reports Record Numbers Of Marijuana Prisoners
Apr 4	Phoenix, AZ USA	Tax Stamp Legislation Under Fire In Arizona
Apr 4	Chicago, IL USA	Teacher To Sue After Losing His Job Over 20 Year Old Pot Charge
Apr 4	Denver, CO USA	Health Committee's Recommendations To Decriminalize Marijuana Scrapped After Political Backlash
Apr 4	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont Hemp Bill Meets Unexpected Opposition In Senate
Apr 4	Baltimore, MD USA	Prosecutors Seek To Seize Frequent-Flier Miles Of Man Convicted Of Marijuana Trafficking
Mar 28	Sacramento, CA USA	Rally For Medical Marijuana To Be Held This Saturday
Mar 28	Tacoma, WA USA	Washington State Medical Marijuana User Found Guilty Of Drug Possession And Manufacture Charges
Mar 28	Denver, CO USA	Domestic Hemp Cultivation Bill Heads To Colorado Senate
Mar 28	Olympia, WA USA	Funding For Study On Medical Marijuana Allocated In Washington State Budget
Mar 28	Washington, DC USA	Federal Medical Marijuana Attracts Bi-Partisan Support First Two Republicans Sign On To Bill
Mar 21	Oregon, OH USA	Medical Marijuana User, Quadriplegic Found Guilty Of Trafficking Charges
Mar 21	Sunny View, NC USA	Vocal Medical Marijuana Activist, User Busted Following Television Appearance
Mar 21	Navajo Nation, AZ USA	Industrial Hemp Planted On American Indian Soil
Mar 21	Crewe, VA USA	DC NORML, Virginia Activists Thwart Prohibitionist Movement In Virginia
Mar 21	Sunny View, NC USA	Update: Charges Dismissed Against North Carolina Medical Marijuana User
Mar 21	New York, NY USA	Court TV To Televise Medical Marijuana Trial
Mar 14	Phoenix, AZ USA	Bill To Eliminate Arizona Tax Stamp Legislation Pulled For Time Being
Mar 14	Olympia, WA USA	Washington State Activists File 1996 Hemp Initiative
Mar 14	San Francisco, CA USA	Twice As Many Defendants Imprisoned For Marijuana Possession Under Tough "Three Strikes" Law Than For Violent Crimes, Study Indicates
Mar 14	Oakland, CA USA	Oakland City Council Issues Resolution Supporting Medical Marijuana
Mar 7	Washington, DC USA	New Drug Czar Sworn In; Clinton Proposes Massive Expansion Of White House Anti-Drug Efforts
Mar 7	Washington, DC USA	NORML Testifies Before Congress
Feb 29	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont House Of Representatives Approves Hemp Cultivation Legislation
Feb 29	, IL USA	Illinois Supreme Court Finds Cannabis Tax Stamps Unconstitutional
Feb 29	Santa Monica, CA USA	California Medical Marijuana Initiative Heads Toward November State Ballot
Feb 29	Washington, DC USA	NORML Issues Principles Of Responsible Cannabis Use
Feb 29	Covington, KY USA	Cincinnati Buyers Club Founder Takes Offensive Following Police Raid
Feb 29	Chandler Heights, AZ USA	Hemp To Be Planted On American Indian Soil
Feb 22	Jefferson City, MO USA	Missouri Medical Marijuana Bill Unanimously Passes Senate Public Health Committee
Feb 22	Covington, KY USA	Law Enforcement Raids Cincinnati Buyers Club
Feb 22	Minneapolis, MN USA	Hemp Businessman Sentenced To More Than 8 Years In Prison
Feb 22	, USA	America Online Poll Reports That 91 Percent Of Americans Favor Marijuana Decriminalization
Feb 22	Norman, OK USA	Public Hemp Display Under Attack From Local Residents
Feb 22	Nacogdoches County, TX USA	Man Held In Texas Jail Begins Hunger Strike To Protest Incarceration For Marijuana Possession
Feb 22	Fairfax, CA USA	Marin County Police Chief Supports Medical Marijuana Initiative
Feb 22	Wellington, New Zealand	Marijuana Reformers Demonstrate In New Zealand
Feb 15	Montpelier, VT USA	Hemp Legislation Gathers Steam With Vermont Legislators
Feb 15	San Francisco, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Sentence Reduction Bill Introduced in California
Feb 15	Bryan, OH USA	Update: Judge Drops Charges Against Medical Marijuana User Todd McCormick
Feb 15	Honolulu, HI USA	Wait Till Next Year: Hawaii House Agriculture Committee Postpones Voting On Hemp Cultivation Bill Until 1997
Feb 8	San Francisco, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Patients To Rally On State Capitol Steps
Feb 8	Des Moines, IA USA	Iowa Supreme Court "Just Says No" To Controversial License Suspension Law
Feb 8	San Francisco, CA USA	Circuit Court Ruling Allows For Religious Defense In Marijuana Cases
Feb 8	Denver, CO USA	Actor Woody Harrelson Endorses Industrial Hemp; Hearings For Colorado Cultivation Bill Begin Today
Feb 1	Ft. Lauderdale, FL USA	Pot Charges Against Legal Marijuana User Dismissed
Feb 1	Olympia, WA USA	Washington State Senators Introduce Legislation To Allow Research Of Medical Marijuana
Feb 1	New York City, NY USA	Trial Date Set In Johann Moore Case
Feb 1	Annapolis, MD USA	?
Feb 1	Atlanta, GA USA	CNN Marijuana Special Slated To Air On February 11
Feb 1	Washington, DC USA	NORML Targets Republican Task Force: Urges Panel To Lift Ban On Medical Cannabis, Reconsider Decriminalization Of Marijuana
Feb 1	Washington, DC USA	Washington Human Rights Group Criticizes Incoming Drug Czar
Jan 25	, USA	USA Today Sunday Supplement To Feature Story On Marijuana
Jan 25	Lakewood, OH USA	NORML Chapter Debuts Hemp Store: Grand Opening To Take Place This Week
Jan 25	, USA	National Review Advocates Legalizing Drugs
Jan 25	Washington, DC USA	NORML Deputy Director To Publicly Debate Lee Brown, Finally!
Jan 25	Oregon, OH USA	Defense Fund Established To Aid Man Charged With Marijuana Trafficking
Jan 25	Tempe, AZ USA	Activists Intending To Sell Marijuana At The Super Bowl Gain National Exposure
Jan 25	Atlanta, GA USA	Circuit Judge's Dissent In Urinalysis Case Could Spur Supreme Court Review
Jan 18	San Francisco, CA USA	San Francisco D.A. Refuses To Charge Drug Offenses Under The Three Strikes Law
Jan 18	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Supreme Court To Review Double Jeopardy Case
Jan 18	Washington, DC USA	Exiting Drug Czar Takes "Pot" Shot At New Hemp Shoe
Jan 18	Washington, DC USA	Clinton Administration Close To Naming New Drug Czar
Jan 18	Norman, OK USA	NORML Chapter To Run Month Long Hemp Exhibit
Jan 18	Fort Myers, FL USA	Florida Schools To Consider Drug Testing Students
Jan 11	Reno, NV USA	American Farm Bureau Supports Industrial Hemp Research
Jan 11	Washington, DC USA	Bipartisan Committee Set To Analyze Violent Crime In America; Issues First Report
Jan 11	, USA	College Freshman Survey Shows Renewed Support For Marijuana Legalization
Jan 11	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Representative Criticizes Hempilation Protest Rally
Jan 11	Vancouver, BC Canada	Canadian Hemp Activist, Businessman Busted By Vancouver Police
Jan 4	Hilo, HI USA	Marijuana Activists Sue Prosecutors: Hemp Proponents Claim Unlawful, Selective Prosecution In Hemp Seed Case
Jan 4	, USA	Despite "Colorful" Side Effects, FDA Panel Gives Thumbs Up To New Anti-Glaucoma Drug
Jan 4	Indianapolis, IN USA	Indiana Supreme Court Rules On Constitutionality Of Illegal Drug Excise Tax
Jan 4	, USA	NORML Establishes Amicus Curiae Committee
Jan 4	Toronto, ON Canada	Canada Set To Lessen Pot Penalties

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