NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 1996
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UPDATE
Medical Marijuana Measures Pass November 5th Ballots in California and Arizona, Legal Distribution Systems Debated
CIA Says It Has No Record of Links to Drug Dealers; Crack Dealer Rick Ross Gets Life Sentence; CIA Director Faces Angry Crowd at Los Angeles Meeting
School Board Upholds Girl's Suspension for Advil®
IN THE COURTS
Consensual Drug Searches During Traffic Stops Upheld by Supreme Court
Colorado Contempt Case Highlights Attack on "Jury Nullification" Power
Libel Suit by L.A. Deputy Criticized in Fatal Donald Scott Drug Raid Denied by California Appeals Court
Ninth Circuit to Decide if Drug Deportation Law Retroactive
SENTENCING
Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Should Be Reduced, According to Study in JAMA
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Kansas City Police Department Has Kept Drug Seizure Money Owed to School Districts
Maryland State Police Still Targeting Black Motorists, According to ACLU
Fewer Federal Drug Prosecutions, More Convictions Under Clinton Administration
ALCOHOL
Liquor Industry Ends Its Ban on TV and Radio Advertising
DRUG USE TRENDS
Alcohol and Drug Behavior Among Welfare Recipients
DRUG DISTRIBUTION
Drug Dealers Use U.S. Postal Service as Courier
TOBACCO LITIGATION UPDATE
MINNESOTA
: Brown & Williamson Memo Admits "Smoking Is Addictive"
UTAH
: Fifteenth State to Sue Tobacco Companies
TEXAS
: Trial Date Set for September 1997
NEW YORK CITY
: Sues Three Big Tobacco Firms Headquartered There
DRUG NEWS SOUNDBITES