NEWSBRIEFS	TOPICS Drug Policy Studies
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• March - April 1998
  • League of Women Voters Considering National Drug Policy Study

• November - December 1997
  • Drawing Analogies from Dutch Marijuana Policy to U.S. Policy in "Legalization" Debate Difficult, Say Experts
     
• May - June 1997
  • U.S. Anti-Drug Efforts Failing, Says GAO Report
  • Decriminalize Marijuana Use, Says Church of Scotland Report
     
• November 1996
  • Lowering Blood-Alcohol Limit for Drivers to 0.08% Would Save Lives, According to Boston University Study
  • Needle Exchange Study to Be Reviewed by the National Institutes of Health
     
• September 1996
  • A.M.A. Tables Controversial Draft Report on Harm Reduction
  • Human Rights Violations in Drug Law Enforcement in Georgia
     
• Summer 1996
  • Task Force Recommends Justice Department Review of Halcion's® Manufacturer, Upjohn
     
• April 1996
  • CASA Report Estimates Substance Abuse Costs New York City $20 Billion
  • Drug Strategies, Inc. Releases Report on Federal Drug Control Spending
  • Panel Sponsored By Join Together Recommends Overhaul of Options for Drug Offenders in Criminal Justice System
     
• March 1996
  • 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"
     
• February 1996
  • Hawaii Professors Advocate Regulation and Taxation of Drugs Instead of Prohibition
  • Two Drug Law Reform Advocates Respond to CASA White Paper
  
  
• December 1995
  • Lindesmith Director Nadelmann Writes "Drug Prohibition" Entry for Collier's Encyclopedia
     
• November 1995
  • CASA Debates Legalization in First White Paper
  • Washington Monthly Analysis Calls for "Middle Ground" Drug Policy
  • Bob Curley Criticizes National Drug Control Policy
  • Tikkun Article Advocates Reexamination of Psychedelics, Religion, and Drug Policy
     
• October 1995
  • RAND Scholars Examine Clinton Strategy, Advocate Harm Reduction

• July 1994
  • White House Rejects RAND Study on Drug Treatment
     
• April 1993
  • Enzyme Therapy Holds Potential for Fighting Cocaine Addiction