NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS May-June 1998
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• UNITED NATIONS DRUG SUMMIT
  • U.N. Drug Conference Aims For "Drug-Free World;" Reformers Launch Media Response, Worldwide Protest
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • Six California Medical Marijuana Clubs Ordered Closed; Medical Marijuana Summit Held
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies For November Ballot in Alaska
     
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • Police Wiretapped 2.27 million Conversations in `97
  • "Driving While Black," Motorists Sue States, Claiming Racist Police Practices
  • Georgia National Guard Stage Mock Anti-Drug Assault for Eighth-Graders
  • Police Rewarding Youth to Inform on Other Students
  • Another NYPD Raid Leads to No Drugs; Terrorized Citizens Sue
     
• HARM REDUCTION
  • House of Representatives Approves Permanent Ban on Federal Funding of Needle Exchanges
  • Congressional Black Caucus Members Call for "Drug Czar" McCaffrey's Resignation
     
• ALCOHOL
  • Students Riot in Response to Alcohol Crackdown; Alcohol and Drug Arrests Rise on College Campuses
     
• DRUG USE TRENDS
  • Alcohol and Drug Abuse Costs U.S. $246 billion, Says NIH Report
  • Drug Abuse by Senior Adults Is an Epidemic, Says CSAT/SAHMSA Report
  • Study Shows Effects of Substance Abuse on Violence by Psychiatric Patients
     
• NETWORK NEWS
  • Wesley Pomeroy, Police Officer and Drug Policy Reformer, Dies at 78
  • D.C. AIDS Activist Steve Michael Dies at 42
  • Fall 1998 Soros Harm Reduction Fellowship
  • New Republic Associate Editor Stephen Glass Fired for Fabricating Stories
     
• ON CAPITOL HILL
  • GOP Congressional Anti-Drug Task Force Pushing Large Anti-Drug Package Through Congress
  • U.S. House to Consider Again Drug Testing Itself
     
• CAFFEINE
  • Children's Consumption of Caffeine Grows Dramatically
     
• TOBACCO
  • Tobacco Industry Says Restrictive Legislation Will Lead to Black Market
     
• HEMP
  • Kentucky Farmers File Suit Against Federal Government to Legalize Hemp
     
• HERNANDEZ KILLING
  • House Panel Subpoenas Government's Files in Hernandez Killing
     
• PREGNANCY
  • Wisconsin, South Dakota Authorize Jailing Pregnant Addicts