NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS Summer 1996
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• TOBACCO
  • Fifth Circuit Dismisses Class-Action Suit Against Tobacco Companies
     
• ON CAPITOL HILL
  • Congress Considers Legislation Targeting Rohypnol®, the "Date Rape" Drug
  • Family Privacy Protection Act May Interfere with Drug Education and Prevalence of Use Research
  • Medicinal Marijuana Organizers Lobby for House Bill
  • Secret Service Issued Passes to White House Staff with History of Drug Use
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • Colombian House Absolves President Ernesto Samper, U.S. Revokes His Visa
  • "Speed" Renamed in Thailand to Correct Misunderstanding
     
• U.S./MEXICO BORDER
  • Federal Agents Arrest Members of Large Mexican Drug Trafficking Network
  • Many Drug Smugglers Being Set Free Along U.S./Mexico Border
  • Study Finds Controlled Substances Make Up Most of Drug Declarations at Mexico Border
     
• UPDATE
  • U.S. District Judge Baer Removes Himself from Controversial Drug Case
     
• DRUG TRAFFICKING PROFILE
  • Gangster Disciples: Nation's Largest Gang-Run Drug Enterprise
     
• FEDERAL STUDIES
  • Task Force Recommends Justice Department Review of Halcion's® Manufacturer, Upjohn
     
• NOTABLE ARRESTS
  • "Cheers" Star, Woody Harrelson, to Protest Anti-Hemp Law, Arrested at Seed Planting
  • 11 Navy Hospital Corpsmen and 21 Navy Sailors Face Drug Charges
  • Dallas Cowboy's Star, Michael Irvin, Guilty After Reindictment in Drug Case
  • Drug Arrests of Public Figures
     
• HEMP AND MARIJUANA FESTIVALS
  • Chicago Authorities Criticized for Lack of Law Enforcement at "Weedfest"
  • "Hemp Fest" in Davenport, Iowa Interrupted by Arrests and Violence
  • Over One Hundred Arrested at "Weedstock" Festival in Wisconsin
     
• TREATMENT
  • Alcohol Recovery Study Finds More Than 75% Recover Without Treatment
  • Naltrexone® Used for "Ultra-Rapid Detoxification" of Heroin Addicts
     
• DRUG USE TRENDS
  • Smashing Pumpkins' Keyboardist Dies of Heroin Overdose in New York Amid Music Industry's Anti-Drug Drive
     
• IN THE COURTS
  • Brooklyn, NY is Home to Nation's Largest Drug Court; California Legislature Considering Drug Courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Civil Forfeiture in Two Drug Cases
  • Allegations of Race Bias in Crack Prosecutions Requires More Proof, Supreme Court Rules
  • F. Lee Bailey Relinquishes Claim to Drug Dealer's Securities
     
• BOOK REVIEWS by Eric Sterling