1997

• January
• New England Journal of Medicine endorses medical marijuana
• March
• ATF raids religious community, finds nothing
• April
• Supreme Court delays Waco appeals
• May
• June
• Oklahoma City bombing trial results in conviction of McVeigh
• Court rejects motion to remove judge in Waco case
• U.S. Supreme Court declares Internet censorship unconstitutional
• September
• Judge re-imposes sentences in Waco cases