The Newspaper on Hemp and Drug Policy

Summer 1999:

Front page: Washington’s I-229 Launched; Oregon Petition over 15,000 Signatures as of August 18th, Oregon has till July 2000 to get 67,000 Required for Vote; What the CTA Petition will do; Actor Woody Harrelson, judge clash in pot trial; Switzerland Leads the World Toward Regulation of Illegal Drugs;

Page 2: UK’s KENNEDY SPEAKS UP FOR DRUG LAW REVIEW; MERLE HAGGARD STILL CALLS THE TUNE; Price of medical need set at $150.00; Marijuana law is proving to be a pain;

Page 3: Stop Arresting Adult Marijuana Users! WASHINGTON CANNABIS TAX ACT-WCTA INITIATIVE PETITION FOR SUBMISSION TO THE PEOPLE; INITIATIVE 229-OFFICIAL BALLOT SUMMARY;

Page 4: WCTA-Text of proposed law; BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON;

Page 5: The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act-text of proposed law;

Page 6: Hemp for Health-Hemp seed oil may not be a miracle cure, but it sure is good for you.; SILVER BULLET OR POISON CHALICE: THE BIOWAR AGAINST DRUGS; Hemp laws are proving to be a pain too;

Page 7: Deja Vu: Washington State Liquor Control Board 65th Anniversary; Doubling of Prison Population has U.S. on Track to be Leading Jailer; THE STRAIGHT DOPE; Medical Marijuana-(Marijuana law is proving to be a pain-continued from page 2)

Page 8: Advertising Rates; Harrelson (continued from page 1

Hemp News: Vol. V, No. 4

Summer 1997: Marijuana Recriminalization Passes Legisature; Elderly Eugene Couple Arrested for Medical Hemp; Connecticut Will Extend Welfare Benefits to Marijuana Felons; California Senate Approves Medical Marijuana Research Bill; Oakland City Council Protecting Medical Marijuana Users; Federal Medical Marijuana Bill Introduced; Florida Medical Association Endorses Medical Marijuana; A Crusade for Legal Marijuana; Recriminalization of Marijuana Will Cost Oregon Dearly; Supreme Court Throws Out Candidate Drug-Testing Law; Kaiser Permanente Research Finds No Link Between Marijuana Use and Death; OCTA Petition Gathers More Signatures; How to Petition for OCTA!; Study Recommends Decriminalizing Drugs; Hemp Fibre Now Legal in Canada!; We Don't Need 10 More Prisons; Government Witness Admits Marijuana Dangers Exaggerated; U.S. Prison Population Grows; Canadian Support for Decriminalization Building; Marijuana Penalties Vary Greatly from State to State; Medical Marijuana Clubs Face Varying Enforcement; Hemp Showing Up in New Forms; Trinity County Pot Farmer "Comes Out of Closet" to Test New Law; Oregon Marijuana Arrests in 1996; Jospin Would Decriminalize Hashish; The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act;

Hemp News: Vol. V, No. 3

Spring 1997: Harrelson, Hemp Win Round in Court; OCTA Petition Gains; Woody's Movie Premiere & Hemp; Injunction Lifted on SF Club; Truth About Pot is Casualty in Drug War; Student Suspended for Peace Pipe; Hemp Advocates Face Off with Marijuana Detractors; Reefer Madness Continues, 90's Style; Hung Jury Ends Trial in Medical Marijuana Case; Israelis Seek to Avert Brain Damage with Marijuana Component; Pot Helped My Dad When He was Dying; California Prison Spending Hurts Schools and Black Students, Report Says; German State Plans to Legalize Sale of Cannabis; Rx: Marijuana; Prop. 215 Backers Fued About Next Moves; Medical Marijuana Patients Win Prop. 215 Dismissals; Multnomah County Body Count; High Bonanza is Attracting "Mom and Pop" Operations in B.C.; Reno Promises San Francisco Marijuana Club Review; Arizona Brings Revolt Against Drug War; Feds Immune to Reason on Marijuana Issue; Rider to Plead Innocent; New Marijuana Laws in 2 States Prompt Caution; Suit Seeks Bar Fed Sanctions for Prescribing Pot; Abuse Potential and Marijuana Rescheduling; If Marijuana is Medicine, Rebels Will Look Elsewhere; The California Marijuana Vote; The Pot Perplex: Mr. Soros's Agenda and the Voters' Agenda; Patients Get Pot from Uncle Sam; Pot Farming Ready to Bloom in California; The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act; War Against Me; Dutch Resist EU Intervention; How to Petition for OCTA.

Hemp News: Vol. V, No. 2

October through November 1996: OCTA Petition Drive; Suit Seeks Protection from Police; Police Shouldn't Enter Decriminalization Debate; Portland Cannabis Buyers Club Update; Hunger Strike in Eugene for Pot Peace!; British Farmer Tells Robbers His Hemp Won't Get Them High; Top 10 Reasons to Get Involved in the Drug Law Reform Movement; Cannabis Buyers' Club Raided in San Francisco; San Francisco Sheriff Won't Enforce Restraining Order on Marijuana Club; California Attorney General Attacks Doonesbury Comic; Getting Over Getting Stoned; Long Rivalry Links Pot Raid Figures: Veteran S.F. Cop, Career Dealer Have Locked Horns Before; Judge, Sheriff Clash in Debate on Nation's Approach to Drug Use; Drug Czar Dispenses Medical Opinions on Proposition 200 to Arizonians; Los Angeles Cannabis Buyers' Club Busted -- Third Raid Since August Sparks Outrage in Cannabis Community; California to Vote on Medical Marijuana; State Looks into Filing Tax Violations Against Marijuana Club Proprietors; Drug War Isn't About Marijuana as Medicine; Poll: Voters Back Pot Proposition by 2-to-1; Pot Politics; Currency King George Soros: Help Us!; Orange County Judge Challenges Drug War; Over 50,000 Rally for Cannabis and Freedom; Drug Czar Says He Welcomes NORML's Participation in Drug Debate; FDA Commissioner Says Prohibition Doesn't Work; America's Prison Population More Than Doubles in a Decade; Dutch Town Starts Municipal Marijuana; Holland Marijuana Shop; Hemp: Future Irish Fuel; CIA: Cocaine Importing Agency; Guatemala to Probe Allegations by DEA Agent; Contra Drug Flights; Is There Smuggling After Death?; Useless Posturing in Drug War; Dispatch from the Drug War; Has Drug Use Really Doubled?; Multnomah County Controlled Substance Body Count; Bootcamp Fails Grad; Report Slams Drug War; Prison Population Climbs to 1.6 Million nationwide, Up 13.7 Percent in Oregon; Grandmother's Marijuana; THC & Chocolate; OCTA Petitions; Swiss Canton to Legalize Marijuana; Luxembourg Becoming Unexpected Ally of Dutch Drug Policy -- Move to Free Cannabis Takes Root; Pot Intoxication Test Readied in Germany; The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act; Hemp Tests to Begin; Long Vistas of Hemp, But No High in Sight; Reasons We Think OCTA Will Be the First to Legalize!

Hemp News: Vol. V, No. 1

August through September 1996: OCTA Gets 56,000+ Signatures; Civil Rights in Portland Contingent on Drug Laws; Top 10 Reasons to Get Involved in the Drug Law Reform Movement; American Farm Bureau Pens Article in Support of Hemp; Man Sentenced to Probation After Killing Individual He Suspected Sold His Son Marijuana; Washington Activists Gear Up for November Election; Dutch Find a New Ally; Luxembourg Decriminalizes Cannabis; Pot Plan High Point of Bland Fall Ballot; Narcotics Court Judge Busted for Pot; Body Count; Detectives Rely on Ample Bag of Tricks in War on Drugs; Marc Emery of Hemp BC Arrested Selling Viable Marijuana Seeds; Political Huffing, Puffing About Drug Use Shifts Focus from Dole to White House; Anti-Drug Focus Keeps Marijuana from The Ill; Brian Taylor, Granby Hemp Co-Op, Busted for Hemp Cultivation; Modified Hemp Measure Becomes Law in Vermont; U.S. Supreme Court Allows Warrantless Searches of Automobiles; Rider Charges; Chicago Bulls Coach Attributes Team's Success to Hemp; Brewer's Pot Luck; Anything Goes When Fighting Crime; Logical Progression: Will Dole Be for Legalization of Pot?; Supreme Court Rules on Traffic Stops; The Oregon Cannabis Tax Act; Butt Man Has a Rival: Watch Out for Reefer Man; Harsh Toke; Agriculture Minister Backs Hemp Harvest; University of Mississippi Researcher Denies "10,000 Studies" Claim; Majority of Police Chiefs Admit that War on Drugs is Unsuccessful; Drug Czar Revises "Gateway" Theory; DEA Agent Specializes in Stopping Medical Marijuana Efforts; Almost One-Quarter of All Arrests Attributable to Marijuana Prohibition; What Multnomah County Voters Bought -- But Weren't Sold; Alaskans for Christian Tolerance; Woody Harrelson Speaks on Industrial Hemp Arrest; Portland Public Schools: $22,000 for DARE; Natural Born Tiller: Woody Harrelson Plants Hemp Seeds to Protest Law; Marijuana Task Force Annual Report -- A Critical Review; Gingrich Admits He Smoked Pot in College; Bill C-8 Passes Canadian Parliament; Teacher Under Fire for Woody's Hemp; McCurry Accuses Gingrich; Is The White House on Drugs?; McCurry McMarijuana; Asset Forfeiture; Prison Disturbances; California Cops Get Setback in War on Drugs; HTI Exhibits First American-Made Hemp Yarns at 1996 Yarn Fair in New York City.

Following are links to the Hemp News Archive, Volumes IV through VI. While we continue to update our pages, please refer to the Portland NORML site.

VOLUME VI: 1998 • VOLUME V: 1997 • VOLUME IV: 1996

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