NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
February 1997
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA
California Doctors and Patients Sue McCaffrey, Reno, Shalala: Ban on Recommendation of Medical Marijuana Violates First Amendment
New England Journal of Medicine
Endorses Medical Marijuana; San Francisco Medical Society Releases Study;
New York Times
Editorial Welcomes Debate
Massachusetts to Implement Medical Marijuana Law
Medical Marijuana Club in San Francisco Reopens Under Protection of Proposition 215
GUEST COLUMN
by Thomas Szasz, M.D.
The Marijuana Referendums: Bolstering the Therapeutic State
DRUG TESTING
FDA Approves First Over-the-Counter Home Drug Testing Kit
Drug Testing Authorized for House of Representatives, Staff
Workplace Drug Test Positives Continue to Drop, SmithKline Beecham Reports
Continental Airlines Sues Pilot's Vengeful Ex-Wife for Baking Him Bread Laced with Marijuana
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. to Aid Peru in Coca and</B> <B>Cocaine Interdiction on Jungle Rivers
U.S-Caribbean Relations Grow Tense Over Anti-Drug Treaty with Jamaica
LAW ENFORCEMENT MISCONDUCT & IRREGULARITIES
Murderer Agrees to Be DEA Informant, Serves 16-Month Sentence
Louisiana Law Enforcement Stops Innocent Motorists and Seizes Their Property, Reports NBC's "Dateline"
Philadelphia Police Officers Admit Robbing Drug Suspects
U.S. Attorney Who Promoted Quadro Tracker® Resigns, Pays Civil Fine; Makers of the Device Are Acquitted
Investigate CIA-Crack Allegations, Says National Black Caucus of State Legislators
SPECIAL REPORT
Industrial Hemp Movement Growing
HARM REDUCTION
Grand Rapids, Michigan Mayor Proposes Needle Exchange Program
DRUG TREATMENT
Methadone Harder to Obtain Than Heroin, Addicts Report
ANTI-DRUG PROMOTIONS
ABC Pledges Month of March for Anti-Drug Campaign, Public Groups Call on ABC to Be Comprehensive and Honest
JUSTICE STATISTICS
BJS Study of Felons, 1994: One Third are Drug Offenders
Growth in U.S. Incarceration Rate Slowed in 1995-1996 for the First Time in a Decade, According to Justice Department
PUBLIC FIGURES AND DRUGS
U.S. Rep. Cunningham's Son Charged With Drug Trafficking