NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 1996
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DRUG TESTING
Clinton Issues Directive On Drug Testing Federal Arrestees
DRUG CZAR
Clinton Names General McCaffrey as "Drug Czar" Nominee
ON CAPITOL HILL
Congressional Republican Drug Policy Task Force Formed; Senate Committee Holds Hearings on Drug Policy
IN THE COURTS
Supreme Court to Hear Double Jeopardy Forfeiture Cases
Supreme Court Upholds "Total Weight" Scheme for LSD Sentencing, Rules Sentencing Commission Amendments Should Not Apply to Mandatory Minimums
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Double Jeopardy in Conspiracy Cases
Sentencing Commission Seeks Public Comment on Cocaine Sentencing; Will Not Propose Amendments in Current Cycle
Undercover Agents' Urging of Defendants to Cook Powder into Crack Cocaine Is Not Sentence Entrapment; Crack Cocaine Mandatory Minimum Is Not Cruel or Unusual Punishment, DC Circuit Court of Appeals Rules
Utah Supreme Court Rules That Using Gun and Choke Hold to Force Defendant to Spit Out Drugs is Unacceptable
TREATMENT
Cocaine Immunization Successfully Tested in Rats
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Drug "Detection" Device Marketed to Schools; Secret Technology Creates Skepticism
TOBACCO
FTC Announces Changes in Cigarette Tar Rating System
Canadian Tobacco Companies Self-Impose Advertising Regulations
PUBLIC OPINION
Americans See Drugs As Nation's #2 Problem, New Gallup Poll Finds
INTERNATIONAL
Suspected Mexican Cartel Leader Arrested, Extradited to the U.S.
One Cali Drug Cartel Leader Escapes Prison, Second Negotiating His Surrender; Colombian President Faces Mounting Accusations of Taking Cartel Money, Resignation Pressure Growing
Burma's Khun Sa Reportedly Surrenders, U.S. Offers Reward
DRUG POLICY STUDIES
Hawaii Professors Advocate Regulation and Taxation of Drugs Instead of Prohibition
Two Drug Law Reform Advocates Respond to CASA White Paper
STATE LAWS
California Passes "Loitering" Law to Crack Down on Drug Activity
UPDATE
Naval Academy Student Pleads Guilty to LSD Distribution