August, 2006
Issue Number 1.
The premier issue of the Bulletin features a poignant tribute to Bob Randall, the first patient to receive legal cannabis from the United States in modern times, by Alice O’Leary, co-founder of the groundbreaking Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics (ACT). This inspiring story should be of interest to every medical cannabis patient in the United States. BCR is also proud to publish an excerpt from the new book by Arnold Trebach, founder of the Drug Policy Foundation, Fatal Distraction, the War on Drugs in the Age of Islamic Terrorism. Additional features include a detailed analysis of the Roll Call vote in the House of Representatives on the Hinchey-Rohrabacher medical cannabis amendment, including detailed maps of voting by Congressional Districts. This issue also includes the BCR Guide to State Legislative and Congressional Districts and Maps, a comprehensive source on local districting information for voters, students, and political organizers.
December, 2006
Issue Number 2.
Special Report: Marijuana Production in the United States (2006)
March, 2007
Issue Number 3.
Read about political strategies for the end of prohibition in the latest issue of the Bulletin of Cannabis Reform. Topics include Cannabis Policy Reform in the United States, Lesson Learned from Proposition 2 in Alaska, and Medical Cannabis and the Public Policy Process. Also,this issue contains reports on three interesting legal cases involving cannabis reform. Read about the legal argument in favor of the sacramental use of cannabis, success in persuading an administrative law judge to endorse efforts to secure a legal source for cannabis for medical research, and attempts to get the federal government to recognize the accepted medical use of cannabis based on the Data Quality Act. A landmark 1986 column by Arnold Trebach provides an important historical perspective on the fight for medical cannabis, and additional history about hemp cultivation in the United States following World War II is the subject of the final article in the third issue of the Bulletin of Cannabis Reform.