Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 22:35:53 -0800
From: [b--rd--n] at [netcom.com] (David Borden)
Subject: Newsbriefs
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
JANUARY 1995
DRUG USE AND DRUG ABUSE
Monitoring the Future, DAWN Surveys Show Increasing
Drug and Alcohol Use
Number of Arrestees Testing Positive for Drugs Rising in Most Areas
One in Six Workers Involved in Fatal Accident Tests Positive for
Alcohol or Drugs
Overdose Raises Questions About Stress and Drug Abuse in Hospitals
Passing Illegal Drugs from Mother to Baby Through Umbilical Cord
is Not Child Endangerment in Nevada
TREATMENT: HHS Study Finds SSI Payments Not Helping Drug
Addicts and Alcoholics
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
Study Finds HIV Prevention Programs for IV Drug Users Must Be
Tailored to Local Needs
Study Finds Effectiveness of Needle Exchange Increases With
Rapidity of Needle Turn-In
NAS Needle Exchange Study Announced
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Dog Who Carried Drugs in Belly May Work for Customs
Court Rules Sharing Drugs is Distribution
ALCOHOL
College Student Binge Drinking Causes Problems Throughout School
Relation Among Alcohol, Stress, and Depression Studied
Drowsiness as Big a Problem as Drunkenness in Causing
Highway Accidents
MADD Takes on Alcohol Ads
Alaska Town Bans Alcohol
PRISONS: Survey Finds Wardens Want More Prevention
Programs and Alternatives
SENTENCING
Another Federal Judge Refuses to Hear Drug Cases
D.C. Circuit Court Upholds Disparate Cocaine Sentencing Scheme
Court Upholds Sentence Based on the Total Drug Amount Carried
By Group
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS: New York Legislature Considers Prescription
Drug Pricing System
ATHLETIC DRUG TESTING: Supreme Court Strikes Down Ruling for Olympic
Gold Medalist
LAW ENFORCEMENT
California Man Gets $2.75 Million in Compensation for
Botched DEA Raid
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Heat Emission Case
Consent to Search Does Not Include Prying Back of Panel,
Oregon Court Rules
FORFEITURE
Third Circuit Upholds Innocent Owner Defense
Double Jeopardy Implications for Forfeiture Cases
Georgia Supreme Court Examines Question of Excessiveness in
Forfeiture Cases
New York Times Magazine Author Critiques Law Enforcement
Forfeiture Practices
MEDICAL MARIJUANA: Marylander Argues Medical Marijuana Defense,
Public Opinion Supports Medical Use
MARIJUANA
"Our Church" Leader Convicted
Cannabis Action Network Tour Schedule
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. Will Resume Information Sharing With Colombia and Peru
DEA Says Cali Cartel Now "The New Kingpins of Cocaine"
Colombia's Military Leaders Fired
ON CAPITOL HILL
Republicans Blast Clinton Drug Control Policy
TOBACCO
Congress Investigates Tobacco Industry Data on Indoor Air Quality
Number of Adult Smokers Unchanged, CDC Reports
Older Women Smokers Weaker, Moderate Drinkers Stronger,
Study Finds
Michigan Cigarette Tax
PUBLIC FIGURES AND DRUGS
Prominent Maryland Lobbyist Convicted of Marijuana Possession
Oklahoma Police Chief Charged
NETWORK NEWS: Network Member Ellen Martina Luff Dies
GUEST COLUMN: "Community Policing: An Alternative Drug Control
Strategy?" by Barry Goetz, Ph.D
CALENDAR
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