NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS May-June 1997
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• SEARCH & SEIZURE
  • High Court Rejects Automatic No-Knock Drug Exception to Search Warrant Knock and Announce Rule
     
• DRUG TESTING
  • Drug Testing Political Candidates Violates Fourth Amendment, Supreme Court Rules
     
• DRUG POLICY STUDIES
  • U.S. Anti-Drug Efforts Failing, Says GAO Report
  • Decriminalize Marijuana Use, Says Church of Scotland Report
     
• SENTENCING
  • Sentencing Commission Proposes Reduction In Disparity In Powder and Crack Cocaine Sentences
  • Consideration of Bias Claim in Crack Cocaine Sentencing Declined by Supreme Court
  • Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Not Cost Effective, Says New Research Report From RAND
  • Drug Laws in New York State Violate International Law Primarily Because of Long Mandatory Minimums, Says Human Rights Watch Report
     
• STATE LAWS
  • Connecticut Legislature Considering Overhaul of Drug Laws
  • Arizona Lawmakers Dismantle Proposition 200
  • Florida Lawmakers Try to Crack Down on "Raves," and Associated Drugs
     
• FREE EXERCISE OF RELIGION
  • Native American Soldiers Will Be Allowed to Use Peyote for Religious Ceremonies Under Pentagon Draft Rule
  • Hemp Activist Challenges Drug Laws in British Columbia, Pastor Offers Biblical Evidence
  • Minister in Hawai'i Found Guilty of Marijuana Possession Despite Religious Use Defense
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • Federal Judge Bars Clinton Administration From Punishing Doctors Who Recommend Medical Marijuana
  • DEA Raids Medical Marijuana Supplier in San Francisco
  • San Jose Provides Zoning for Medical Marijuana Clubs; Closes a Club for Alleged Noncompliance
  • San Marcos Medical Marijuana Initiative Fails
     
• ADDICTION
  • Dopamine System May Be the Key to Addiction, Reports Nature
  • About One in Ten NFL Players Addicted to Painkillers
     
• ALCOHOL
  • "Temperance Movement" Growing in Fraternity Houses, Says LA Times
  • CU Students Riot Over Underage Drinking Crackdown
  • Prosecutor Seeks Death Penalty For Drunk Driver; Death Rejected by North Carolina Jury
  • Significant Drinking Among Pregnant Women Reportedly Increases 400% in 4 Years
  • Hemp Beer Now Available From Maryland Brewery
     
• CIA/DRUG ALLEGATIONS
  • San Jose Mercury News Editor Trims on CIA-Crack Story
     
• SPECIAL REPORT
  • The Debate Over D.A.R.E. by Sara Rab
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • Prime Minister Tony Blair to Appoint British "Drug Czar"
  • Nigerian Afrobeat Musician Fela Charged With Marijuana Offenses, Granted Bail
  • Proposal for Multinational Anti-Drug Coalition Advanced
  • British Author Admits Taking Heroin on Prime Minister John Major's Plane
     
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • New York Narcotics Cop Testifies That Corrupt Officer Thwarted Internal Affairs Investigation
  • Philadelphia Ordered to Report on Police Reform
  • Corrupt Officer in Philadelphia Gets 3-Year Sentence; Prosecutors Worry It Will Undermine Cooperation
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• WHITE HOUSE
  • Clinton Re-Election Campaign Solicited Donation From Convicted Drug Smuggler in Cuba; DNC Received Donations From Drug Money Launderer in Arkansas
     
• IN THE COURTS
  • Protecting "Unborn Child" of Drug User by Arresting Mother Rejected by Wisconsin High Court
  • Gangster Disciples Leader Convicted
  • Teacher's Firing for 1974 Marijuana Misdemeanor Upheld
     
• LETTER TO THE EDITOR