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1999 Stories by Michael Simmons

• Baca Goes Green

  published September 9, 1999

  “It makes a lot of sense,” Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca says of the medical-marijuana bill currently in the state Legislature. ... More >>

• Pot Reform Stalls in Sacramento

  published September 9, 1999

  Photo by Debra DiPaolo"I have no idea what’s going on," says a frustrated state Senator John Vasconcellos (D–Santa Clara), summing up t... More >>

• Grin 'n' Spin

  published September 2, 1999

  DURING THE EARLY STAGES OF A HALLUCINOGENIC DRUG trip, the voyager experiences giddiness and a vision of existence as a zany, absurdist cartoon.... More >>

• Task Force M

  published July 1, 1999

  Photo by Debra DiPaolo"This is my thirty-third year in law enforcement. When I first started, one seed was a felony," says Pete Herley, chief... More >>

• Pandora’s Panacea

  published April 1, 1999

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