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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)

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; .

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.

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!

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.