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Country	State/Prov	Year	Month

2000
Dec 28	Saskatoon, SK Canada	Canadian Government Pays Saskatoon Company $5.75 Million To Grow Marijuana
Dec 28	Washington, DC USA	FCC Rules In Favor Of NORML; Networks Should Have Identified ONDCP Sponsorship
Dec 28	Auburn, CA USA	Kubby Trial Ends In Mistrial; 11 Jurors Accept Prop. 215 Defense
Dec 26	, USA	U.S. Drug War Refugee Seeks Support From Fellow Americans
Dec 21	Washington, DC USA	DEA Proposes New Regulations To Limit Hemp Industry
Dec 21	Washington, DC USA	Who, Other Than The Government, Funds America's 'War On Some Drugs?'
Dec 21	Washington, DC USA	NM Governor Gary Johnson Heads Speaker List For NORML 2001 Conference
Dec 14	Washington, DC USA	Religious Leaders Call On Clinton To Release Federal Non-Violent Drug Offenders
Dec 14	Carson City, NV USA	Nevada Judicial Commission Urges State Leaders To Reduce Marijuana Possession From A Felony To A Citation Misdemeanor
Dec 14	Calgary, AB Canada	Alberta Judge Rules Parliament Must Create Medical Marijuana Source Or Cultivation Will Be Legal In the Providence
Dec 7	Portland, OR USA	Drug Unit Fights Oregon Forfeiture Law
Dec 7	Sacramento, CA USA	CA Attorney General Rules Against Non-Consensual Student Searches
Dec 7	Los Angeles, CA USA	President Clinton States Marijuana Should Be Decriminalized
Nov 28	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Supreme Court Declares Drug Roadblocks Unconstitutional
Nov 28	San Mateo County, CA USA	San Mateo County Receives DEA Approval For HIV/AIDS Trials
Nov 28	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Supreme Court To Hear Medical Necessity Case
Nov 16	Washington, DC USA	Catholic Bishops Support Treatment In Lieu Of Prison For Drug Offenders
Nov 16	Sacramento, CA USA	California Governor Belatedly Appoints State 'Drug Czar'
Nov 16	Washington, DC USA	Criminal Defense Lawyers Demand End To Drug War
Nov 16	Toronto, ON Canada	Ontario Tories Seek Drug Testing For Welfare Recipients
Nov 9	Washington, DC USA	Medical Marijuana Initiatives Pass In Colorado and Nevada; Californians Pass Initiative To Keep Non-Violent Drug Offenders Out Of Jail
Nov 2	, AK USA	Alaska's Marijuana Legalization Highlights List Of Reform Initiatives
Nov 2	Washington, DC USA	New Study Reveals Blacks Arrested For Marijuana At More Than Twice The Rate For Whites
Oct 26	Washington, DC USA	ONDCP And Lycos Team Up For 'theantidrug.com' Campaign
Oct 26	San Andreas, CA USA	Calaveras Co., CA Establishes Amount Of Marijuana Patients Can Possess
Oct 26	Madera, CA USA	CA Law Enforcement Claims Record Marijuana Haul During 2000 Harvest
Oct 26	Portland, OR USA	Report Deems Oregon Medical Marijuana Patient Directory Successful
Oct 19	Mendocino National Forest, CA USA	Memo Instructs U.S. Forest Police In California To Target Hispanics For Marijuana Interrogations
Oct 19	Washington, DC USA	Marijuana Arrests Hit Record Levels; Over Four Million Arrested For Marijuana During The Clinton Administration
Oct 19	Washington, DC USA	McCaffrey Surrenders ONDCP Position, Effective January 6, 2001
Oct 19	Baltimore, MD USA	NIDA Monkey Study Claims Marijuana Is Addictive
Oct 12	Washington, DC USA	Department Of Transportation Calls For Drug Testing Lab Investigation
Oct 12	Cedar Rapids, IA USA	Bush, Gore Begin To Outline Anti-Drug Programs
Oct 12	Tiburon, CA USA	California Party On Saturday To Benefit NORML
Oct 12	San Francisco, CA USA	California Leads Nation In Drug Offenders In Prison
Oct 5	Oak Bluff, MA USA	VoteHemp.com Releases Hemp Friendly Voter Guide
Oct 5	Berne, Switzerland	Swiss To Decriminalize Marijuana Possession
Oct 5	Ottawa, ON Canada	Canadian Government Will Legalize Medical Use
Oct 5	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Marijuana Use Drops Among Dutch Youth
Sep 28	Georgetown, MA USA	Public Policy Question Supporting Marijuana Decriminalization To Appear On Essex County, MA Ballot
Sep 28	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court To Decide On Thermal Imaging Devices
Sep 28	Augusta, ME USA	Maine Medical Marijuana Task Force Recommends State Distribution Center
Sep 21	Tiburon, CA USA	California Party To Benefit NORML
Sep 21	Columbus, OH USA	Ohio Supreme Court Says Marijuana's Aroma Gives Police Justification To Conduct Warrantless Automobile Searches
Sep 21	Houston, TX USA	Journey For Justice In Texas
Sep 21	Boston, MA USA	Libertarian Presidential Candidate Calls For Marijuana Legalization; Would Pardon Non-Violent Drug Offenders
Sep 14	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Wants to 'Check' Chess Players For Drug Use
Sep 14	Boston, MA USA	Marijuana 'Freedom Rally' Set For Saturday In Boston
Sep 14	Santa Fe, NM USA	Green Party Candidate Nader Supports Marijuana Legalization
Sep 14	San Francisco, CA USA	Federal Court Rules Doctors Cannot Be Penalized Over Marijuana Recommendations
Sep 7	Hilo, HI USA	Hawaii County Returns DEA Marijuana Eradication Grant Of $265,000
Sep 7	San Diego, CA USA	State Funded Cannabis Research Center Established At UC-San Diego
Sep 7	Washington, DC USA	SAMHSA Introduces Protocols For Marijuana Treatment Programs
Aug 31	Beatyville, KY USA	Woody Harrelson Acquitted Of Marijuana Possession Charges
Aug 31	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Supreme Court Halts Marijuana Distribution By Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative
Aug 31	Washington, DC USA	Annual Report Shows 2.3 Million Tried Marijuana For First Time In 1998
Aug 31	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Lied To Congress, Secretly Taped Phone Calls
Aug 24	Newark, NJ USA	Three New Jersey Students File Suit Against Random Drug Testing
Aug 24	Easton, MD USA	Maryland School District Repeals Student Drug Testing Policy
Aug 24	Indianapolis, IN USA	Indiana Court Of Appeals Rules Random Student Drug Tests Are Unconstitutional
Aug 17	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Amsterdam Internet Site Promises 30-Minute Marijuana Deliveries
Aug 17	Seattle, WA USA	Seattle Hempfest 2000 Set For This Weekend
Aug 17	Ann Arbor, MI USA	Ann Arbor Libertarians Attempt To Get Medical Marijuana Initiative Placed On City Ballot
Aug 17	Oakland, CA USA	Appeals Court Denies Government's Request For Emergency Order Halting Oakland Cannabis Buyers' Cooperative From Distributing Marijuana; Federal Government Immediately Appeals To U.S. Supreme Court
Aug 10	Auburn, CA USA	Trial For Former Gubernatorial Candidate To Resume Next Week
Aug 10	Washington, DC USA	NORML Foundation Receives $1 Million Matching Grant
Aug 10	Los Angeles, CA USA	Drug War Failure Takes Center Stage At Los Angeles Shadow Convention
Aug 3	San Francisco, CA USA	9th Circuit Says Immigrants Cannot Be Deported For Expunged Drug Offenses
Aug 3	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Justice Department Petitions Supreme Court To Overturn OCBC Ruling
Aug 3	Toronto, ON Canada	Ontario High Court Calls Canadian Marijuana Law Unconstitutional, Gives Parliament A Year To Change Law Or Marijuana Will Be Legal
Jul 27	Santa Fe, NM USA	New Mexico Legislators Urged To Update Medical Marijuana Law
Jul 27	Auckland, New Zealand	New Zealand Moving Towards A Legal Hemp Industry
Jul 27	Washington, DC USA	Committee Removes Constitutionally Questionable Provisions of 'Anti-Meth' Bill
Jul 20	San Francisco, CA USA	Research Demonstrates Marijuana Is Safe For HIV Patients
Jul 20	Oakland, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Clubs In California Can Legally Distribute To Some Patients
Jul 20	San Francisco, CA USA	San Francisco Issues Medical Marijuana ID Cards
Jul 13	Washington, DC USA	DC City Council Toughens Marijuana Distribution Law
Jul 13	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar Seeks Deal With Hollywood To Include Anti-Drug Messages In Films
Jul 13	Lisbon, Portugal	Portuguese Parliament Decriminalizes Marijuana
Jul 13	Washington, DC USA	Colleges Given OK to Contact Parents Of Students Caught With Marijuana
Jul 6	Anaheim, CA USA	Libertarian Presidential Candidate Pledges To Pardon All Non-Violent Drug Offender
Jul 6	Jerusalem, Israel	Naturally Occurring Cannabinoids Trigger Feeding In New Born Mice
Jul 6	Edinburgh, Scotland	Scottish Parliament Considers 'Dutch Coffee House' Legalization
Jul 6	Washington, DC USA	Indiana Congressman Introduces Legislation To Override State Medical Marijuana Laws
Jun 29	Seattle, WA USA	Oregon and Washington Add Ailments To Approved List For Medical Marijuana
Jun 29	Washington, DC USA	Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Louisiana Drug Testing Law Is Unconstitutional
Jun 29	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Dutch Parliament Approves Resolution To Allow Regulated Marijuana Cultivation
Jun 29	Washington, DC USA	House Committee To Hold July 11 Hearing On ONDCP Payola Scandal; Salon.com Writer Who Broke The Story Will Face-Off Against Drug Czar
Jun 22	Washington, DC USA	ONDCP Denies NORML Freedom Of Information Act Request
Jun 22	Washington, DC USA	ONDCP Websites Secretly Track Visitors
Jun 22	Washington, DC USA	Report Declares ONDCP 'A Troubled Bureaucracy;' Says McCaffrey Is 'Difficult To Work For'
Jun 15	Phoenix, AZ USA	Arizona Voter Initiative Would Decriminalize Marijuana, Reform Asset Forfeiture and Strengthen The Medical Marijuana Law
Jun 15	Honolulu, HI USA	Governor Signs Hawaii's Medical Marijuana Bill Into Law
Jun 15	Spokane, WA USA	Washington State Democrats Add Marijuana Legalization To Platform
Jun 15	Los Angeles, CA USA	Medical Marijuana Advocate, Libertarian Author Peter McWilliams Dies
Jun 8	Vancouver, BC Canada	Canadian Court Upholds Marijuana Law; Dissenting Justice Finds Jail Sentences Violate Canadian Charter Of Rights
Jun 8	Seattle, WA USA	Washington Voter Initiative Would Decriminalize Marijuana
Jun 8	Washington, DC USA	Anti-Ecstasy Bill Would Make It Illegal To Distribute Marijuana Information
Jun 1	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Customs Urges Congress To Allow Searches Of Out-Of-Country Mail
Jun 1	Washington, DC USA	House Committee Approves Amendments To Higher Education Act
Jun 1	Fairfield, WI USA	Dueling Court Orders Shut Down Annual Weedstock Festival
May 25	San Francisco, CA USA	San Francisco To Implement Medical Marijuana ID Cards To Protect Patients
May 25	Annapolis, MD USA	Maryland Governor Signs Industrial Hemp Bill; Study Can Begin In July
May 25	Baltimore, MD USA	Researcher Finds No Link Between Marijuana And Head, Neck or Lung Cancer
May 25	Lansing, MI USA	Michigan Lawmaker Proposes A Public Drug Offender Directory
May 18	Oklahoma City, OK USA	Gov. Keating Denies Foster's Parole, Frees Two Violent Offenders
May 18	San Francisco, CA USA	Patients Entitled To Raise Medical Use As Fundamental Right
May 18	Cudahy, CA USA	Gore Changes His Stance On Medical Marijuana Again, and Again
May 11	Ottawa, ON Canada	Health Canada Is Accepting Bids For Marijuana Supplier
May 11	Hilo, HI USA	Green Harvest Eradication Program Denied Funding In Hawaii
May 11	San Francisco, CA USA	Court Of Appeals Rules That Marijuana Does Not Have A Distinct Sound
May 4	New York, NY USA	Activists and Smokers Come Out For Millennium Marijuana March This Saturday
May 4	Los Angeles, CA USA	'Spitfire' Concert In Los Angeles To Raise Money For Imprisoned Medical Marijuana Patient
May 4	New York, NY USA	New York 'Grass' Premier To Benefit NORML
May 4	Washington, DC USA	Reno Orders End To Hemp Seed Embargo McCaffrey Hopes To Amend Controlled Substances Act To Outlaw Hemp
Apr 27	Sacramento, CA USA	CA Governor Pushes Assembly To Introduce Law Revoking Licenses For Drug Convictions
Apr 27	Washington, DC USA	Patients and Activists Rally In Washington, DC For Millennium Medical Marijuana March
Apr 27	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaiian Legislature Passes Medical Marijuana Bill Governor Cayetano Will Sign The Bill Into Law
Apr 20	Ottawa, ON Canada	Canadian Police Release Marijuana Figures For 1999, Seizures Decline
Apr 20	Sacramento, CA USA	California Initiative Would Eliminate Incarceration For Drug Possession Offenses
Apr 20	Washington, DC USA	FCC Sends Formal Inquiries To Five Television Networks Allegedly Involved In ONDCP Payola Scandal
Apr 13	Albuquerque, NM USA	Gov. Gary Johnson Cuts Budget Provision That Would Limit Marijuana Talk
Apr 13	Washington, DC USA	New Regional NORML Affiliates Established In Five States
Apr 13	Washington, DC USA	NORML's Complaint Against ONDCP Is Under Review By FCC
Apr 13	Hermosa, SD USA	South Dakota NORML Offers $1,000 Scholarship
Apr 6	Washington, DC USA	Willie Nelson Records NORML Public Service Announcement
Apr 6	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Teenager Sentenced To Life In Prison For Marijuana Possession In Malaysia
Apr 6	London, England	Britain's Drug Authority OKs Full-Scale Patient Cannabis Trials
Apr 6	Annapolis, MD USA	Maryland House and Senate Pass Industrial Hemp Bill
Mar 30	London, England	Blair Agrees To Allow For Medical Marijuana -- If Human Trials Are Successful; British Police Foundation Recommends 'Depenalizing' Possession of Marijuana
Mar 30	Santa Cruz, CA USA	Santa Cruz City Council Strengthens Medical Marijuana Laws
Mar 30	Amherst, MA USA	Amherst Voters Approve Referendum To "Deprioritize" Marijuana
Mar 23	Starke, FL USA	Medical Marijuana Patients Begin 'Journey For Justice'
Mar 23	Ukiah, CA USA	Decriminalization Initiative In Mendocino County Likely To Appear On Ballot
Mar 23	Frankfort, KY USA	Woody Harrelson To Face Marijuana Possession Charges In Kentucky
Mar 23	Washington, DC USA	Drug Conviction Question Left Blank On 13 Percent Of Student Aid Forms
Mar 16	Washington, DC USA	NORML Builds Case Against ONDCP For Violating Anti-Payola Laws
Mar 16	Frankfort, KY USA	Industrial Hemp Study Approved By Kentucky House
Mar 16	Washington, DC USA	Federal Drug Sentences Decline
Mar 9	Frankfort, KY USA	Industrial Hemp Legislation Introduced In Kentucky
Mar 9	Honolulu, HI USA	Hawaii House and Senate Pass Separate Medical Marijuana Bills
Mar 9	Washington, DC USA	NORML Launches Radio Ad Campaign In New Mexico
Mar 9	London, England	Researchers Link Marijuana And The Suppression Of Multiple Sclerosis
Mar 2	Santa Rosa, CA USA	Judge Orders Narcotics Officers To Replace Patient's Marijuana
Mar 2	Annapolis, MD USA	Industrial Hemp Bill Introduced In Maryland House Of Delegates
Mar 2	Springfield, IL USA	Illinois Senate Approves Industrial Hemp Study; Bill Now In House Despite Attacks From Federal Drug Czar
Mar 2	Madrid, Spain	Study Indicates THC May Eradicate Brain Tumors
Feb 24	, USA	Marijuana Legalization Initiative To Appear On Alaska Ballot
Feb 24	Atlanta, GA USA	Paraplegic Handed Seven Year Sentence For Selling Marijuana -Second Such Incident In Two Weeks-
Feb 24	Ukiah, CA USA	Former Congressmen Arrested By Wal-Mart Manager For Protesting The Store Where A Decriminalization Petitioner Was Arrested Days Before
Feb 24	Tualatin Valley, OR USA	Water Agency In Oregon To Allow Use Of Medical Marijuana For Registered Patients
Feb 17	Pierre, SD USA	Hemp Bills In South Dakota and New Hampshire Fall Short; SD Bill Dies In Agriculture Committee, House Presented With Resolution
Feb 17	Concord, NH USA	NH Bill Sent For Further Study, Will Likely Not Return This Year
Feb 17	Kingman, AZ USA	Woman With No Arms Or Legs Sentenced To Year In Prison; Parole Violated After Officers Find Less Than Four Ounces Of Marijuana
Feb 17	San Francisco, CA USA	Public Housing Tenants Must Remain Drug-Free Or Face Eviction
Feb 10	Cincinnati, OH USA	Hamilton County Court Reduces Fine For Small Marijuana Possession
Feb 10	Des Moines, IA USA	Iowa Legislator Introduces Medical Marijuana Bill In State Senate
Feb 10	Vancouver, BC Canada	BC Supreme Court Orders Boje Surrendered For Extradition Boje To Face March Hearing With Justice Minister For An Appeal
Jan 27	Washington, DC USA	Hemp Industry Questioned In Government Report USDA States U.S. Can Grow Entire Supply On 2,000 Acres
Jan 27	Kingston, Jamaica	Two-Thirds Of Jamaica's Population Support Marijuana Decriminalization
Jan 27	Cincinnati, OH USA	Federal Court Strikes Down Trespassing Law As Unconstitutional For Citizens Arrested On Drug Charges
Jan 26	Washington, DC USA	Anti-Prohibition Leaders Meet In Washington For NORML 2000 Conference
Jan 25	, USA	Medical Marijuana Bill To Be Introduced In Maryland Assembly This Week
Jan 20	London, England	Decriminalization Efforts Gain Strength In England - 80 Percent Support No Jail Time For Marijuana Possession
Jan 20	Washington, DC USA	Drug Czar's Media Anti-Drug Campaign Under Fire - Additional Advertising Revenue Offered To Networks Who Promote Anti-Drug Message In Programming
Jan 20	Ravenna, OH USA	Northcoast NORML Receives Mayor's Reluctant Approval For Store
Jan 13	Sacramento, CA USA	CA Anti-Marijuana Legislation Killed In Committee
Jan 13	Ottawa, ON Canada	Hepatitis C Patient Can Now Legally Smoke Marijuana Following Two Day Protest
Jan 13	Washington, DC USA	U.S. Drug Czar Commands Customs To Seize All Hemp Seed Imports That Contain Any THC -U.S. Government Protecting Business Interests Of The Drug Testing Industry-
Jan 6	Erie County, PA USA	Infrared Thermal Imaging Deemed Unconstitutional Search By PA State Supreme Court
Jan 6	Oklahoma City, OK USA	OK Governor Calls For Harsher Penalties, Random Student Drug Testing
Jan 6	Concord, NH USA	Industrial Hemp Given Initial Approval By NH House

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