Word: legalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...another matter, somewhat related to this legalization drive in behalf of marijuana's medical applications, also occupies Humes's mind these days. He is wanted in New Jersey on four felony counts, including possession of a dangerous substance (marijuana), assault and battery on a police officer while armed, and two counts of resisting arrest. The arrest warrants on these charges were issued four years ago, arising out of two 1973 incidents in Princeton. Humes left New Jersey before the case was ever brought to trial, and after three years elapsed he was convinced that he should expect no further action...
...would like to challenge the Harvard Medical School to convene a medical jury to undertake an investigation of this detox process case," Humes says, adding that the medical and legal professions in the U.S. find themselves in the midst of a 40-year-old "blunder" on the issue of recognizing cannabis as a legitimate medicine. Buttressing his contentions, Humes cites the 1893 Indian Hemp Commission Report published in Victorian Britain, that attests to the usefulness of cannabis in treating ailments ranging from menstrual cramps to migraine headaches...
...degree, and documentation on the ultimate success of his treated patients is lacking. Humes has not operated one of his "crash pad clinics" for the detoxification of addicts for over a year, choosing in recent months to concentrate on the anxiety afflictions of elderly Cambridge residents. And his current legal difficulties do not promise to improve his methods' chances for acceptance...
...neighbors, Meyer believed the valley was exempt from the 1902 law because local farmers had built their own 50-mile Alamo Canal to irrigate their fields in 1901, a year before the Government offered to help out. When a federal court disagreed last August-after an eleven-year legal battle -Meyer launched a personal lobbying campaign. Contending that he was acting as a private citizen, he urged members of Congress and White House aides to exempt the Imperial Valley from the big sell-off Last week President Carter ordered Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland to rein in his deputy fast...
...comes from a very "Harvard" family, and grew up in Newton; all her life, she says her parents and younger sister expected her to go to Harvard and on to some professional career--lawyer, most likely. While that is still possible (Alexandra says she is very interested in legal aspects of government), it appears increasingly less likely that she will be able to give up her career in show...