NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS March 1996
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• DRUG CZAR
  • General Barry R. McCaffrey Sworn in as New Drug Czar
     
• IN THE COURTS
  • Judge Cites Police Abuse and Corruption, Throws Out Seized Drug Evidence and Confession, Incites Controversy About the Exclusionary Rule
  • 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Religion May Be Defense to Marijuana Possession
  • 11th Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Georgia Law Mandating Drug Tests for Political Candidates
  • Man Asserts Prozac® Defense at Bombing Trial
     
• MARIJUANA
  • Researchers Find Cognitive Impairment in Heavy Marijuana Users
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • Colombia Update: Prison Guards Arrested, U.S. Certification Questionable, Samper Asks Colombian Congress for Investigation, Key Witness Murdered
     
• UPDATE
  • More Drug Convictions Will Be Reversed in Philadelphia
     
• TOBACCO
  • HHS Releases Regulations on Youth Tobacco Sales
  • Smoking Fetish Films Gain Popularity
     
• PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
  • DEA Warns of Ritalin® Abuse; Drug Manufacturer's Contributions to Advocacy Group Investigated
     
• DRUG POLICY STUDIES
  • Conservative National Review Endorses Drug Policy Reform, Legalization; New York Magazine Features Harm Reduction Cover Story
  • Villanova Law Review Publishes Forum on Sentencing and the "War on Drugs"
     
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • Police Install Surveillance Cameras in Baltimore
  • FBI Calls Drug "Detection" Device "A Fraud"
     
• HARM REDUCTION
  • Whitman Rejects Panel's Suggestions About Needle Exchange