NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
September-October 1998
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Election '98
TREATMENT
"Drug Czar" McCaffrey Proposes Expansion of Methadone Programs for Heroin Addicts
Mayor Giuliani Calls for End of Methadone Treatment in New York
Drug Treatment Less Expensive amd More Effective Than Incarceration, But Not for Adolescents, Says CSAT Report
Anti-Epilepsy Drug to Be Tested for Reducing Cocaine Addiction
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Grand Jury Clears Police Officers Who Shot Houston Man in the Back 9 Times in Drug Raid; Officers Fired
Hernandez Family Accepts "Humanitarian" Payment for Son's Shooting Death by Anti-Drug Marine Patrol; Defense Department Probe of Killing Criticizes Training and Supervision of Patrol
Family of Chad MacDonald, Murdered Teen Informant, Sues Police; California Passes Law Limiting Use of Juvenile Informants
Black Man Jailed in Oklahoma 25 Days for Legal Herb
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Federal Judge Shuts Down Oakland Cannabis Clubs
Congress Passes Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution
ALCOHOL
Binge Drinking Persists on College Campuses But Alcohol Abstinence Increasing, Says Harvard Study; Congress Waives Privacy in Alcohol and Drug Cases
Attitudes About Alcohol's Effects on Sexually Risky Behavior Effect Such Behavior, Says New Study
GUEST COLUMN
by Eric E. Sterling
Racially Disproportionate Outcomes in Processing Drug Cases
DRUG USE TRENDS
1997 Household Survey Shows Increase in Youth Tobacco and Marijuana Use
Fundraising Parties for AIDS Service Organizations Criticized by Gay Newspaper for "Endorsing" Drug Use Asscociated With Risky Sexual Behavior
PRISONS
Record 1.7 Million Persons Incarcerated in America
CALIFORNIA: Students Protest State Spending More Money on Prisons Than on Schools
DRUG TESTING
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Indiana School District Drug Test Students Involved in Extracurricular Activities
Louisiana Officials to Be Drug Tested Under New Law
TOBACCO
California's Anti-Smoking Campaign Stalled Since Funding Cuts, Study Says
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Measure to Reduce Drug Smuggling Into U.S. by 80% in Three Years Passes Congress
"Drug Czar" McCaffrey Proposes "Border Czar;" Reno Appoints DOJ Border Chief
INTERNATIONAL
Switzerland Expands Heroin Maintenance Program
18-Person Massacre in Mexico Linked to Drug Trade