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NORML's 1998 Weekly Media Releases

July 9, 1998

• Marijuana Appears To Protect Against Brain Injuries, Federal Researchers Find
• Hemp Could Be Lucrative Cash Crop For State, University Of Kentucky Report Says
• Medical Marijuana Proposals Await November Ballots In Several States

July 3, 1998

• House Approves Spending Program To Encourage Drug Testing For Small Businesses
• Medical Marijuana Distribution Bill Defeated In State Assembly
• Hemp Organization Issues Report To Counter White House Misinformation Campaign

June 25, 1998

• California Legislature To Debate Measure Providing Medical Marijuana Distribution By Local Communities
• Judge Sets Bail At $10,000 For Retired Professor Who Smoked Marijuana

June 18, 1998

• Canadian Government Health Agency Calls For Decriminalizing Marijuana
• French Government Report Says Marijuana Poses Less Dangers Than Alcohol
• Military Judge To Rule On Third Hemp Seed Oil Case In Seven Months

June 11, 1998

• Senate Okays Massive Anti-Drug Package In Tobacco Bill
• New Hampshire Judge Dismisses Farmers Request To Grow Hemp
• Washington State Democrats Back Medical Marijuana Initiative

June 4, 1998

• Federal Court Halts School Board Policy Mandating Urine Tests For Teachers
• California Legislators Urge President To Allow State Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
• Michigan City May Lose Millions In State Funds For Lenient Marijuana Law
• Early Studies Show Marijuana Derivative Prevents Brain Injuries

May 28, 1998

• CMA Backs Removal Of Marijuana From Schedule I Prohibitive Status
• NORML, Others Testify Against DEA Marijuana Eradication Program At Washington, D.C. Hearing
• S.F. Officials Explore Distributing Medical Marijuana In Wake Of Cannabis Healing Center's Closure
• International Drug Reform Coalition Declares "Global Days Against The Drug War"

May 21, 1998

• House Amendment To Higher Education Bill Bars Marijuana Smokers From Receiving Student Aid
• Medical Marijuana Distribution Summit To Take Place Next Week
• California County Allocates Funding For Medical Marijuana Study

May 15, 1998

• Kentucky Farmers File First Ever Federal Lawsuit To End Hemp Prohibition
• Judge Orders Closure Of Six California Medical Marijuana Providers: Intent of Prop. 215 In No Way Challenged By Ruling

May 7, 1998

• Federal Marijuana Eradication Program Seizes Nothing But Ditchweed, State Auditor's Report Says
• ABA Association Opposes House Resolution Attacking Medical Marijuana
• No Link Between Decriminalization and Increased Marijuana Use, Australia Report Finds
• Jury Overturns Court Martial After Hearing Marine Consumed Legal Hemp Oil

April 30, 1998

• Colorado Legislature Okays Resolution Rejecting Efforts to Legalize Medical Marijuana
• Former Marijuana Smokers Denied Entrance to the U.S., Canadian Paper Reports
• Judge Rules Cannabis Healing Center Can Stay Open
• Minnesota Governor Vetoes Hemp Research Bill

April 23, 1998

• Alaskan Voters Will Decide On Legalizing Medical Marijuana In November
• DEA Marijuana Eradication Program Under Review: Department Of Justice Requests Public Comments
• British Nurses To Vote On Medical Marijuana Issue At Annual Conference
• San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensary Reopens As "Healing Center"

April 16, 1998

• New Zealand Report Urges Government To Legalize Marijuana, Exposes U.S. Role In Maintaining Worldwide Prohibition
• San Francisco Medical Marijuana Dispensary Ordered Closed By Judge
• Iowa Legislature Okays Bill Enhancing Marijuana Penalties, Granting Police Power To Drug Test Drivers
• Oklahoma Rally To Be Held Monday To Address Plight Of Medical Marijuana Patients

April 9, 1998

• Senator Wants To Extend Marijuana Prohibition To Include Medical Research
• Use Of Thermal Imaging Without A Warrant Unconstitutional, Ninth Circuit Rules
• Hawaii Health Committee Urges Federal Government To Expedite Medical Marijuana Research

April 2, 1998

• Need State Assistance In Florida? Better Pass a Drug Test: Florida House Approves Measure To Drug Test Welfare Recipients
• British Protest To Legalize Marijuana Draws 10,000
• California State Senate Committee Quashes Effort To Restrict Prop. 215
• Oklahoma Legislature Poised To Authorize National Guard To Engage In State Marijuana Enforcement

March 26, 1998

• Judge Stays Federal Request To Shut Down California Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
• Coalition Heads To Washington To Petition DEA To Lift Hemp Ban
• Oklahoma Senate Committee To Decide Today Whether To Move On Bill Authorizing National Guard To Engage In State Marijuana Enforcement
• Congress To Recess Without Voting On Resolution Opposing Medical Marijuana

March 19, 1998

• "Who's Afraid of Hemp?" Drug Testing Industry Running Scared Calls On Congress To Prohibit Legal Hemp Products
• Local Pressure In Support Of California CBCs Mounts As Federal Hearing To Close Clubs Approaches
• Journal of the American Medical Association Reports That Majority Of Americans Favor Legal Access To Medical Marijuana

March 12, 1998

• "War On Drugs" Can't Succeed, Australian Drug Policy Head Admits: Okays Chief Police Commissioner's Plan To "Caution" Rather Than Arrest Marijuana Users
• CNN Internet Poll Shows 96 Percent Of Respondents Support Use Of Marijuana For Medicinal Purposes
• Judge Dismisses Felony Charge Over Possession Of Legal Hemp Seeds
• Empower America Conference Attacks Medical Marijuana

March 5, 1998

• House Republicans Continue Assault On States' Rights, Medical Marijuana Research: House Judiciary Okays Resolution Calling Marijuana a "Dangerous And Addictive Drug"
• Canadian Farmers Will Grow Commercial Hemp Plots For First Time In 50 Years, Health Minister Vows At Agriculture Conference
• Nearly Half Of All Americans Say That Marijuana Is "Hot" In Annual Poll

February 26, 1998

• House Republicans Declare: Damn The Science, Full Speed Ahead! Approve Resolution Opposing Any Use Of Marijuana As A Medicine
• California State Senator Introduces Legislation To Limit Patients Protected By Proposition 215
• Jury Reverses Court Martial After Hearing Evidence Of Legal Products Testing Positive For Marijuana

February 19, 1998

• Leading Research Magazine Claims WHO Suppressed Report Showing Marijuana To Be Safer Than Legal Intoxicants
• Medical Marijuana Activists To Open Medical Marijuana Dispensaries Across Eastern Canada
• Criminalization Of Marijuana Coincides With Explosion In Use, Federal Data, American Journal of Public Health Indicates

February 12, 1998

• Canadian AIDS Patient Files Civil Suit Demanding Federal Government Supply Medical Marijuana
• Growing Number Of College Students Say They Support Legalizing Marijuana
• Circuit Court Judge Agrees To Retry Seven Year Old Marijuana Seed Case
• Arbitration Court Rules Snowboarder May Keep Gold Medal Despite Positive Drug Test

February 5, 1998

• Republican Coalition Proposes Life Without Parole For Kansas Marijuana Growers
• Local Officials Pledge Support For Medical Cannabis Dispensaries Named In Federal Lawsuit
• Hawaii Supreme Court Strikes Down Marijuana Challenge
• School Anti-Drug Programs Preaching "Zero Tolerance" Receive Failing Grade From National Research Journal

January 29, 1998

• Medical Marijuana, Hemp Legislation Pending In Several States

January 22, 1998

• 17 Year-Old First Time Offender Faces 10 Years For Role In $20 Marijuana Sale
• AIDS Treatment Publication Defends Medical Marijuana
• American Farm Bureau Reverses Position On Industrial Hemp
• Former U.S. Attorney General, New York Times Columnist, Others To Speak Out On The Drug War

January 15, 1998

• U.S. Files Civil Suits To Shut Down California Cannabis Buyers' Clubs
• State Senator Calls For Summit On "Responsible Medical Marijuana Distribution"
• HHS To Conduct Binding Review Of Marijuana's Prohibitive Status

January 9, 1998

• "Smoke A Joint, Lose A Limb?": Pending Mississippi Bill Threatens Dismemberment For Convicted Drug Violators
• CASA Prison Study Reaffirms That Marijuana Plays No Role In Violent Crime
• ACLU Argues For Change In Ballot Title For Upcoming Marijuana Measure
• House Speaker Calls For Increased "War On Drugs"
• Former NORML Head Launches On-Line Magazine

January 2, 1998

• Canadian Federal Health Agency Says It's Ready To Approve Limited Use Of Medical Marijuana: Proposal May License Toronto University To Grow The Drug For "Emergency" Purposes
• France Approves Experimental Use Of Medical Marijuana, Anticipates Eliminating Criminal Penalties For Recreational Use
• Ontario Farmers Anticipate Planting Commercial Hemp Plots This Spring
• DEA Temporarily Ceases Threats To Subpeona Names Of Marijuana Book Buyers