NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
July 1994
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INTERNATIONAL
German High Court Legalizes Use and Possession of Small Amounts of Cannabis
Many Events Straining Relations Between U.S. and Columbia
Brief Void From Demise of Pablo Escobar and Medellin Cartel Being Filled by Cali Cartel
United States Surveillance Efforts Tracking Drug Flights in the Andes to Resume
Haitian Military Implicated in Drug Trade
FBI Expands Its Role in International Crime Fighting
Head of Interpol Calls for Decriminalization
New Liquor Laws in Delhi Restrict Alcohol Consumption
PENDING IN CONGRESS
Drug Treatment
Crime Bill
WHITE HOUSE REJECTS STUDY FINDINGS
White House Rejects RAND Study on Drug Treatment
THE DRUG "CZAR" CRITIQUES LEGALIZATION
Dr. Lee P. Brown, Clinton's Drug "Czar," Identifies Eight Myths About Drugs in the Arguments of the Drug Legalizers
DRUG POLICY FOUNDATION -- BIG CHANGES
Major Staff and Board Expansion; Major New Funding for Leading Organization for Drug Policy Reform; New Position of Director of Government Affairs Open; DPF to Start Giving Out Grants in Drug Policy
NADELMANN STARTS DRUG POLICY RESEARCH GROUP
Ethan Nadelmann Leaves Princeton, Starts The Lindesmith Center, a Research Center for Drug-Related Issues in New York City
DRUG TESTING
Drug and Alcohol Testing To Be Expanded for Transportation Workers
Drug Testing of High School Athletes
SPEAKING OUT ON DECRIMINALIZATION
ABA President Elect Supports Decriminalizing Drugs
Advice From Dear Abby
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
Studies Find That Addicts Will Use Needle Exchange Programs
FDA STUDYING NICOTINE
FDA Moving to Declare Nicotine a Drug
DRUG GANG ACTIVITY
Drug Gang Operated Highly Sophisticated Scheme to Charge Street Dealers Rent and to Control Their Drug Dealing Activities
CHICAGO EFFORT TO DECRIMINALIZE MARIJUANA
Alderman Proposes Ending Jail Sentence for Possession
TOAD PROHIBITION
Secretions From Colorado Toad Contain Powerful Psychedelic Compound
NATIONAL DRUG STRATEGY NETWORK MEETING
Meetings of the National Drug Strategy Network Resume in Washington
BOOK REVIEW
Shadows of Hope
, by Sam Smith