NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
March-April 1998
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HARM REDUCTION
Ban on Federal Funding of Needle Exchange Will Not Be Lifted, Says Clinton Administration
Clinton's AIDS Panel Expresses "No Confidence" in Administration For Failure to Fund Needle Exchanges
Colorado Needle Exchange Bill Defeated
DRUG TREATMENT
Treatment Is More Effective, Less Expensive Than Jail For Drug Offenders, Says Doctors Group
Bill Moyers' Family Working to Reduce Stigma of Addiction, Increase Treatment
Celebrities Testify For Expanding Insurance For Addiction Treatment
PUBLIC OPINION
Despite Failings, Public Supports Continuing "Drug War," Says Harvard Study; Public Rejects Legalization, Supports Medical Marijuana
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Federal Judge Delays Decision on Federal Suit to Close California Medical Marijuana Clubs; State Mayors Ask Clinton to Halt Suit
Multiple Sclerosis Patient Arrested at Medical Marijuana Protest in Congressman's Office
Cultivation Defendant and Cancer Patient Todd McCormick Denied Use of Prescribed Marijuana or Marinol®; Incarcerated Illegally, Pending Trial
Medical Marijuana Initiative Filed in Nevada
AMR's Maine Initiative Fails to Qualify For 1998 Vote
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Supreme Court to Review Searches Without Consent or Probable Cause During Traffic Stops
9th Circuit Rules Warrantless Use of Heat Detection Device Illegal in Marijuana Case
Teen Drug Informant Murdered in California
More Schools Using Dogs to Sniff Out Drugs
DRUG TESTING
Supreme Court Declines Challenge to White House Drug Testing
MARIJUANA
Thousands March in London to Legalize Marijuana
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Innocent Elderly Tenants Evicted From Public Housing For Others' Drug Violations
INTERNATIONAL
U.N. Says Popular Culture Glamorizing Drug Use; Laments Free Speech, Calls for Government Control of Public Expression
Global Protest Scheduled For UN Drug Policy Meeting in June
Germany to Distribute Prescription Heroin
Czech President Vetoes Drug Law Citing Human Rights Concerns
DRUG POLICY STUDIES
League of Women Voters Considering National Drug Policy Study
LEGALIZATION
Rush Limbaugh Ponders Legal Drug Market
Empower America Warns of "Drug Legalization"
NETWORK NEWS
Rufus King Receives Lifetime Achievement Award
ON CAPITOL HILL
Gingrich Appoints Anti-Drug Task Force
HEMP
Canada Ends 60-Year Ban on Commercial Hemp
Group Seeks Legal U.S. Hemp Cultivation
Hemp Seed Case in Hawai'i Dismissed
CIA-DRUG ALLEGATIONS
CIA Inspector Acknowledges CIA-Crack Connection
BOOK REVIEW by Tom O'Connell, M.D.
"Buzzed" by Cynthia Kuhn, Scott Swartzwalder, and Wilkie Wilson