NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS January 1993
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• MANDATORY MINIMUMS
  • Prosecutors Questioning Wisdom, Justice of Mandatory Minimums
  • Mandatory Minimums Spark Dissent in Oklahoma
  • Another Federal Judge Blasts Mandatory Minimums
     
• VIEWS
  • JAMA: Drug War Mandatory Sentences May Be Driving Major Resurgence of Tuberculosis
  • Letters to Editor Highlight Cultural Bias in Drug Reporting
  • Orange County Register: Stop Property Seizures in Drug War
  • Religious Coalition for Moral Drug Policy Blasts 'DARE'
  • Washington's City Paper Features Extensive Critique of Drug War
     
• THE WAR ON DRUGS
  • Drug Radar Net Failed to Snag Single Trafficker in 1991
  • $643,000 Federal Grant to Fund Satellite to Detect Marijuana
  • Wisconsin License Law May Bar 10,000 From Driving
  • No Fourth Amendment on the High Seas, Couple Finds
  • Drug Turf Wars Make Shootings Common in Once Idyllic Town
  • Man Shot in Erroneous Drug Raid Sues Customs, DEA for $20 Million
     
• DRUG TESTING
  • Proposed Urine, Alcohol Tests Could Cost Billions
     
• PRISONS AND CORRECTIONS
  • Most Texans Favor Alternatives to Prison for Non-Violent Offenders
  • State Prison Commission Finds Longer Sentences Don't Reduce Crime
  • Prison Crowding Spurs Hawaii to Consider Cutting Pot Penalties
     
• POLICE VICTIMS AND OFFICIAL CORRUPTION
  • Parents' Suit Blocked in Police Killing of Unarmed Man
  • Former Dallas Police Convicted of Extorting Crack Dealers
  • Colombian Judge Arrested in Miami With Kilo Heroin
  • Anti-Drug Activist Arrested for Drug Sale
     
• FORFEITURE
  • Purple Heart Recipient Loses Home for Growing Pot for Own Use
  • Los Angeles Reader Provides Overview of State Forfeiture Impact
  • U.S. Supreme Court OK's Appeal in Drug Forfeiture Case
     
• DARE
  • North Carolina Parent Questions DARE Program
  • Information Paper on DARE Available From Reform Group
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • World Drug Trade Feeds Diverse Rebellions
  • Europe
    • Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Accused of Crime Links Kills Self
    • Former Diplomat Charged in London to Washington Heroin Sting
  • Colombia
    • Pablo Escobar Sees Options Narrow
    • Colombian Kingpin Gets 17-Year Term in Colombia
  • Mexico
    • Man Convicted in DEA Agent Camarena's Torture Death
    • Likely Mexican Governor Accused of Murder, Reporter Is Fired
  • Saudi Arabia
    • Hashish Smuggler Among Six Beheaded by Saudis
       
• THE COURTS
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules Police May Be Sued in Unlawful Evictions
  • U.S. Kingpin Who Staged Murders To Be Freed for Role as Informant
  • Noriega Accorded POW Status
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • Surgeon General Designate Favors Medicinal Marijuana Use
  • Multiple Sclerosis Patient Faces Jail Term for Marijuana Use
  • Kenny Jenks Fights for Medicinal Marijuana Legalization
  • Sonoma County Prosecutors Drop Charges Against 'Brownie Mary'
     
• MARIJUANA
  • Half-Ton of Hashish Seized in Ohio
     
• TOBACCO
  • District of Columbia Moves to Protect Right to Smoke Off The Job
     
• LSD
  • Rape, Armed Robbery, Extortion Less Serious Than Selling $1,500 Worth of LSD Under Federal Law
     
• COCAINE
  • Federal Agents Seize 2.5 Tons of Cocaine at Texas-Mexico Border