Bipolar disorder, which used to be called manic depressive illness or manic depression, is a mental disorder characterized by wide mood swings from high (manic) to low (depressed). Periods of high or irritable mood are called manic episodes.
James Byrd, Jr. was not engaged in a federally-protected activity when he was lynched and killed. The Matthew Shepard Act expanded the 1969 Federal Hate Crime Law to cover these and other types of brutal murders.
Marijuana Law Reform Timeline. NORMLâs and Marijuana Law Reform Timeline in America. April 29, 1911. Commonwealth of Massachusetts becomes first state to ban cannabis in the United States of America. August 2, 1937. President Franklin Roosevelt signed federal legislation that banned cannabis use, production and sales; including for industrial hemp.