NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 1995
SENTENCING
U.S. Sentencing Commission Recommends Equalizing Crack-Powder Cocaine Guidelines and Statutes
Iowa Governor Vetoes Legislation to End Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Nonviolent Drug Offenders
DRUG TESTING
Supreme Court Set To Rule on High School Drug Testing Case
DOT Will Ask Congress To Repeal Pre-Employment Testing Law
Workplace Drug Test Positives Falling
Home Drug Testing Kit Introduced
ABA Book Outlines State Regulations for Workplace Testing
CAPITOL HILL
Nancy Reagan and Former Drug Czar William Bennett Warn of Loss of Ground in the War on Drugs
PUBLIC OPINION
Poll Finds Public Gives Low Grades to War on Drugs
LAW ENFORCEMENT
FBI Adds International Drug Dealer to "Most-Wanted" List
DEA Ordered to Pay $1 Million for Botched Sting
Police Chiefs See Drug Abuse as Cause of Violent Crime, New Survey Shows
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Federal Execution Delayed for Convicted Marijuana Trafficker
Washington Post
Examines Structure of Cali Cartel
Update: Dog Surgically Implanted With Cocaine Will Work for Customs
INTERNATIONAL
Colombian Guerrillas Attack Drug-Eradicating Helicopters
United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs Advocates Stepping Up Demand Reduction Measures
Hempispheric Conference Finds Prevention Best Way to Fight Drug Abuse
Washington Post
Examines Links Among Mexican Government, Economy and Drug Traffickers; Alleges U.S. Aware of Traffickers' Influence
Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez Suggests Solutions to Colombian Drug Problems
MARIJUANA
Defense Attorney Acquitted of Conspiracy Charges
COURTS
Defendant Must Know Weight of Drugs to Be Convicted on Criminal Sale Charges, New York Court of Appeals Rules
Court Rules Police Promise of Immunity in Exchange for Information Is Worthless
MEDIA
ABC News Special Looks for "Solutions" to the War on Drugs, Finds Controversy
New Yorker
Article Traces History of and New Challenges Facing Alcoholics Anonymous
AIDS/NEEDLE EXCHANGE
Needle Exchange Volunteers File Suit Against Alameda County
DRUG POLICY
American Medical Association To Study Harm Reduction Measures
National Institute of Justice Releases Research Plans
ALCOHOL
National Academy of Sciences Unit Suggests Harsh New Drunk Driving Laws
Alcohol Ads Hit the Internet
MADD's New Code for Alcohol Advertising
FORFEITURE
Supreme Court to Hear Another Forfeiture Case Next Fall
RELIGION AND DRUG USE
Peyote Shortage Strikes Native American Church
TOBACCO
New Lawsuit Tests Tobacco Industry Strategy
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Grinspoon To Revise
Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine
DRUG USE AND DRUG ABUSE
Partnership for a Drug-Free America Targets Inhalant Use
TREATMENT
Clinical Trials of New Treatment for Heroin Addiction Completed
GUEST COLUMN
Drug Arrests: Are Blacks Being Targeted? by Dr. Dawn Day