Date: Wed, 22 Mar 1995 22:35:53 -0800 From: [b--rd--n] at [netcom.com] (David Borden) Subject: Newsbriefs ****************************************************************************** Drug Reform Coordination Network (DRCNet) Rapid Response Team ****************************************************************************** NewsBriefs--The Most Complete Source for Current Events About Drug Policy NewsBriefs is used by hundreds of government officials, journalists, scholars, writers, and citizen-activists. Belonging to the National Drug Strategy Network will give you access to the most valuable monthly source of information about drug issues. Each issue of NewsBriefs digests current events about every aspect of the drug issue: research, treatment, prevention, interdiction, law enforcement, violence, AIDS, corrections, politics, the military, and international developments (see table of contents below). 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The Network staff will send you a packet of information about the Network and The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation, as well as a sample issue of NewsBriefs. _________________________________________________________ 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 CONTRIBUTORS Foundation for Drug Policy Awareness / Drug Reform Coordination Network P.O. 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