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Country	State/Prov	Year	Month

1997
Dec 11	Paris, France	Marijuana Users Report Few Health, Social, Or Legal Problems, Study Shows
Dec 11	Key West, FL USA	Key West Medical Marijuana Club Founder Freed After Judge Okays First Ever "Medical Necessity Distribution Defense"
Dec 11	Dallas, TX USA	AMA Okays Doctor's Right To Discuss Medical Marijuana With Patients, Urges Federal Government To Undertake Research
Dec 11	Paris, France	French Health Minister Favors Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Nov 20	Columbus, OH USA	Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Auto Search Despite Driver's Consent
Nov 20	San Mateo, CA USA	California County Okays Going Ahead With Plan To Distribute Medical Marijuana In Government-Run Facilities
Nov 20	Key West, FL USA	Key West Cannabis Buyers' Club Founder To Appear In Court - Will Present First Ever "Medical Necessity Distribution Defense"
Nov 13	Washington, DC USA	Washington D.C. Mayor Announces He Will "Probably" Support Medical Marijuana
Nov 13	San Anselmo, CA USA	California Migraine Sufferer And Caregiver Set Free Under Proposition 215
Nov 13	Ottawa, ON Canada	Fifty-One Percent Of Canadians Support Decriminalizing Marijuana Possession
Nov 13	Washington, DC USA	NIH Deals Medical Marijuana Proponents Setback - Rejects Proposed Study Examining Use Of Marijuana In Acute Migraine Treatment
Nov 6	Detroit, MI USA	Judge Denies AIDS And Cancer Patient Opportunity To Use Defense Of "Medical Necessity" Against Pot Charge
Nov 6	Olympia, WA USA	Washington State Voters Reject "Drug Medicalization and Prevention Act"
Nov 6	Washington, DC USA	Medical Marijuana Initiatives Filed For 1998 In Maine, Colorado, Elsewhere
Oct 30	Tempe, AZ USA	DEA Demands Names Of Marijuana Book Buyers
Oct 30	Detroit, MI USA	Judge Allows Best-Selling Author To Use Defense Of "Medical Necessity" Against Pot Charges
Oct 30	Olympia, WA USA	Washington State Voters To Decide On "Drug Medicalization and Prevention Act" Next Week
Oct 23	New York, NY USA	New York City Political Candidate Runs On Marijuana Reform Platform
Oct 23	Washington, DC USA	Washington D.C. Political Leaders Sign On To Medical Marijuana Petition Drive
Oct 23	Sacramento, CA USA	California County Supervisor To Meet With Attorney General Regarding Plan To Distribute Medical Marijuana In County-Run Facilities
Oct 23	Washington, DC USA	Ingestion Of Legal Hemp Seed Oil Can Cost You Your Job, Two Recent Studies Reveal
Oct 2	Portland, OR USA	Reformers Expect To Turn In Twice The Signatures Necessary To Freeze Marijuana Recriminalization In Oregon
Oct 2	Washington, DC USA	NORML Board Member, Others Testify Before Congress In Favor Of Medical Marijuana Republicans Balk, Voice Strong Opposition Toward Allowing Medical Marijuana Research
Sep 25	London, England	Paul McCartney Advocates Marijuana Decriminalization
Sep 25	New Haven, CT USA	Yale University Releases Revised Version Of Harvard Medical Professor's Book On Medical Marijuana
Sep 25	Miami, FL USA	Nation's Fourth Largest School District To Administer Random Drug Tests To Students
Sep 25	Fort Lauderdale, FL USA	Florida Voters Favor Legal Access To Medical Marijuana By Nearly 2-1 Margin
Sep 25	Washington, DC USA	Congress To Hold Hearing On Medical Marijuana NORML Board Member, Others Scheduled To Testify
Sep 11	Modovi, WI USA	Second Medical Marijuana Wheelchair Trek Begins Today In Wisconsin
Sep 11	Collegeville, PA USA	Percentage Of Workers Testing Positive For Drugs Drops Overall, Rises For Marijuana
Sep 11	Boston, MA USA	8th Annual Mass/Cann NORML Rally Expected To Draw More Than 70,000
Sep 11	New York, NY USA	Definitive Book On Marijuana Research And Public Policy Hits Stores This Month
Sep 4	Waterloo, IA USA	Use Of Medical Marijuana Not A Probation Violation, Iowa Judge Affirms
Aug 21	Jefferson City, MO USA	Prison Beating Caught On Video The Result Of War On Marijuana Smokers
Aug 21	San Rafael, CA USA	California Jury Deadlocks Over Whether Marin County Doctor Qualified Under Proposition 215
Aug 21	Rotterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands Hospital To Begin Research On Medical Marijuana And Multiple Sclerosis
Aug 14	, USA	New England Journal Of Medicine Opines For Immediate Legal Access To Medical Marijuana
Aug 14	Washington, DC USA	NIH Report Supports Marijuana's Medical Potential, Recommends Future Trials
Aug 14	London, ON Canada	Activist Loses Challenge To Have Marijuana Removed From The Canadian Criminal Code
Aug 7	Washington, DC USA	Latest Survey On Drug Use Indicates Slight Dip In Adolescent Marijuana Use
Aug 7	Mondovi, WI USA	Wheelchair Trek For Medical Marijuana Scheduled For Wisconsin Next Month
Jul 31	, USA	NORML Report Highlights Failures Of Marijuana Prohibition On 60 Year Anniversary Of The Marihuana Tax Act
Jul 17	Simpsonville, KY USA	Award Winning Teacher, Hemp Proponent Fired By Kentucky School Officials
Jul 17	Phoenix, AZ USA	Drug-Law Reform Advocates Turn In Twice The Signatures Necessary To Resurrect Proposition 200
Jul 17	Washington, DC USA	White House Says Weld Ambassadorship Will Move Forward Despite Senate Objections Over Medical Marijuana
Jul 17	Washington, DC USA	Former Presidential Candidate Funds Campaign Opposing Washington D.C. Medical Marijuana Initiative
Jul 10	Rabat, Morocco	European Union Proposes Paying Morocco Millions To Stop Growing Marijuana
Jul 10	Irvine, KY USA	State Law Must Distinguish Between Marijuana And Hemp,Kentucky Judge Affirms
Jul 10	Carson City, NV USA	Prosecutors Drop Charges In Interstate Medical Marijuana Case
Jul 10	Edinburgh, Scotland	British Medical Association Says Yes To Medical Marijuana
Jul 3	Salem, OR USA	Oregon Legislature Ends 24 Years Of Marijuana Decriminalization
Jul 3	Washington, DC USA	NORML Responds To Recent Marijuana And Brain Studies
Jun 26	Baton Rouge, LA USA	Sweeping Drug Testing Bill Passed By The Louisiana Legislature
Jun 26	Washington, DC USA	(Meanwhile) Drug Czar Announces Youth Drug Use Still On The Rise, Advocates More Funding
Jun 26	Washington, DC USA	Millions Of Taxpayer Dollars To Be Used To Fund Local Anti-Drug Groups
Jun 19	Seattle, WA USA	Drug Medicalization Initiative Pushes For Ballot In Washington
Jun 19	Salem, OR USA	Governor To Decide Fate Of Marijuana Re-Criminalization Effort In Oregon
Jun 19	Washington, DC USA	National Association Of Broadcasters Enlists In War On Marijuana
Jun 12	Ferryville, WI USA	Site Of Marijuana Festival Could Be Subject Of Forfeiture
Jun 12	Salem, OR USA	Oregon Bill To Recriminalize Marijuana Moves One Step Closer To Becoming Law
Jun 12	Washington, DC USA	House Judiciary Members Voice Support For Forfeiture Reform Bill
Jun 12	Washington, DC USA	Weld's Support For Medical Marijuana May Jeopardize Nomination
Jun 5	Hartford, CT USA	Connecticut To Emerge As One Of Few States Willing To Extend Welfare Benefits To Marijuana Felons
Jun 5	Oakland, CA USA	Oakland City Council Passes Resolution Protecting Medical Marijuana Users
Jun 5	Sacramento, CA USA	California Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Marijuana Research Bill
Jun 5	Washington, DC USA	H.B. 1782 -- The Federal Medical Marijuana Bill -- Introduced In Congress
Jun 4	Fort Lauderdale, FL USA	Florida Medical Association Endorses Medical Use of Marijuana
May 29	Washington, DC USA	Congressman Barney Frank To Introduce Federal Medical Marijuana Legislation Next Week
May 22	Sacramento, CA USA	(Meanwhile) California Medical Association Backs Medical Marijuana Research Bill
May 22	Portland, ME USA	Maine Legislature Kills Medical Marijuana Defense Bill
May 22	Milwaukee, WI USA	Milwaukee Moves To Decriminalize Marijuana
May 22	Washington, DC USA	Medical Marijuana Proponents Growing Anxious Over Delay In Release Of NIH Report
May 15	Philadelphia, PA USA	(Meanwhile) New "Study" Rejecting Medical Marijuana Not Really A Study At All
May 15	Oakland, CA USA	Regular Marijuana Users Have No Higher Rates Of Mortality, Long-Term Study Concludes
May 15	Phoenix, AZ USA	Arizona Tax Stamp Repealed By Legislators, May Be Challenged By Referendum
May 8	Washington, DC USA	NORML, Others Testify Against D.C. Effort To Re-Impose Mandatory Marijuana Penalties
May 8	Phoenix, AZ USA	Medical Marijuana Supporters Challenge Arizona Measure Restricting Physicians' Ability To Prescribe Marijuana
May 8	Portland, OR USA	Activists Charge Oregon's Largest Newspaper Sides With The DEA In Promoting Marijuana Recriminalization Bill
May 1	San Francisco, CA USA	Federal Government Must Keep Hands Off California Doctors Who Recommend Medical Marijuana
May 1	Utrecht, Netherlands	Government Report From The Netherlands Criticizes Marijuana's Label As A "Gateway" Drug
Apr 24	Washington, DC USA	American Incarceration Rates Still Highest In World... And Rising
Apr 24	San Jose, CA USA	(Meanwhile) San Jose City Council Opts To Regulate Medical Marijuana Clubs
Apr 24	San Francisco, CA USA	Federal Government Raids California Medical Marijuana Club. NORML Calls DEA Action "Federal Piracy"
Apr 16	Washington, DC USA	High Court Strikes Down Law Mandating Drug Testing Of Political Candidates
Apr 15	Phoenix, AZ USA	State Legislature Puts The Breaks On Voter-Approved Medical Marijuana Provision
Apr 11	San Francisco, CA USA	Doctors Free To Recommend Medical Use Of Marijuana, Federal Judge Rules
Apr 9	Richmond, VA USA	Virginia Legislature Likely To Study Industrial Hemp Other Bills Still Alive, Gaining Momentum In States
Apr 3	Boston, MA USA	American Medical Association Demands Clinical Trials To Determine Marijuana's Medical Effectiveness
Apr 3	Los Angeles, CA USA	Heavy Long-Term Marijuana Use Does Not Impair Lung Function, Says New Study
Apr 3	Bismarck, ND USA	North Dakota To Conduct Year-Long Study On Industrial Hemp
Apr 1	Frederick, MD USA	Maryland Brewing Company Gets OK To Distribute Hemp Beer In 23 States
Mar 27	Little Rock, AR USA	Hearing Held In Case Of Arkansas Couple Extradited To America To Face Marijuana Cultivation Charges
Mar 27	Oklahoma City, OK USA	Oklahoma Legislature Ready To Approve Aerial Spraying Of Controversial Anti-Marijuana Herbicide
Mar 25	Kealakekua, HI USA	Hawaii Court Case To Argue For Religious Use Of Marijuana
Mar 20	Denver, CO USA	Colorado Hemp Bill Struck Down By Appropriations Committee
Mar 20	Hartford, CT USA	Connecticut Lawmakers Discuss Medical Marijuana Legislation
Mar 20	Sydney, Australia	Long-Term Marijuana Users Suffer Few Health Problems, Australian Study Indicates
Mar 18	San Francisco, CA USA	AMA Revises Medical Marijuana Guidelines For Doctors
Mar 6	Washington, DC USA	Medical Marijuana Bills Heard Before Maine, Missouri Legislatures
Feb 27	Washington, DC USA	California Congressional Delegation Urged To Support Prop. 215 And Stave Off Federal Assault On Physicians And Their Medical Patients
Feb 23	San Francisco, CA USA	Health Organizations Support Medical Marijuana Lawsuit
Feb 20	Bethesda, MD USA	Doctors, Researchers Call For Clinical Trials On Medical Marijuana At National Conference; NORML Voices Concern Over Methodology Of Future Studies
Feb 19	Key West, FL USA	Charges Dismissed Against Key West Cannabis Buyers' Club
Feb 18	Washington, DC USA	Latest National Poll Shows Strong Support For Medical Marijuana
Feb 17	Richmond, VA USA	Virginia Votes To Maintain Marijuana Prescription Law
Feb 13	Washington, DC USA	(Meanwhile) Senators Introduce Anti-Medical Marijuana Bill In Congress
Feb 13	Washington, DC USA	NORML, Others Respond To Upcoming NIDA Conference On Medical Marijuana
Feb 11	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Rejects Offer To Settle Medical Marijuana Lawsuit
Feb 6	Washington, DC USA	Record Number Of State Legislatures To Decide On Industrial Hemp In 1997
Feb 6	Washington, DC USA	Second Federal Lawsuit Challenging Administration's Prohibition Of Medical Marijuana Filed In U.S. District Court
Feb 6	Concord, NH USA	NORML Testifies In Support Of Marijuana Decriminalization Bill In New Hampshire
Feb 5	Sacramento, CA USA	State Senator Proposes Cultivating Marijuana For Medical Research
Jan 30	Boston, MA USA	New England Journal Of Medicine Argues For Medical Marijuana Proposed NORML Bill Echoes Medical Journal's Sentiments
Jan 30	Washington, DC USA	Medical Marijuana Legislation Hot Topic For State Legislators
Jan 30	Boston, MA USA	Federal Study Concludes That Marijuana's Main Active Ingredient Does Not Cause Cancer
Jan 22	Boston, MA USA	Massachusetts Introduces Regulations To Legalize Medical Marijuana
Jan 17	Tulsa, OK USA	Oklahoma Man Sentenced to 93 Years For Cultivating Marijuana
Jan 16	Montpelier, VT USA	Vermont Study Demonstrates Strong Support For Domestic Hemp Production
Jan 16	Concord, NH USA	New Hampshire Legislator Introduces Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
Jan 9	Washington, DC USA	ONDCP To Fund Review Of Scientific Evidence On Medical Marijuana. NORML Expects Institute Of Medicine To Reaffirm Marijuana's Therapeutic Value
Jan 2	Washington, DC USA	Clinton Plan Attacks Medical Marijuana Initiatives, Targets Doctors

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