NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
November 1995
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IN THE COURTS
Supreme Court Preview: LSD Sentencing, Innocent Owner Forfeiture, Liquor Advertising Scheduled in Current Term
Supreme Court to Rule in Drug Paraphernalia Case
Court Rules Baltimore Can Ban Cigarette and Alcohol Billboards
Second Circuit Rules LSD 0.4 mg/dose Formula Inapplicable to Mandatory Sentencing
Iowa Court Finds Driver's License Cannot Be Revoked Ex Post Facto
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
Government Report Supports Lifting Ban on Federal Funding for Needle Exchange
SENTENCING
Congress Moves Closer to Blocking Crack Amendments
DRUG USE TRENDS
National Household Survey Finds Drug Use Remained Steady
Drug Arrests Rising on College Campuses
Animal Doping Common at Youth Livestock Competitions
PUBLIC FIGURES AND DRUGS
Senior U.S. Appeals Court Judge Richard Posner Advocates Marijuana Legalization
Conservative Author Reports That Ex-Arkansas State Trooper Believed Clinton Knew About Drug Flights From Central America to Arkansas
INTERNATIONAL
Colombia Update: Relations With U.S. Strained, Political Fallout Continues, Another Arrest Made
Morocco Remains Foremost Supplier of Marijuana to Europe
POLICE PRACTICES
Oakland Schools Discontinue DARE Program
New Mexico Couple Still Seeking Apology After Police Raid
Recovering Drug Addict Says Fuhrman is No Exception -- Police Routinely Lie in Drug Cases
DRUG POLICY STUDIES
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
DRUG POLICY REFORM ACTIVISTS
Marijuana Activist Launches Canadian Constitutional Challenge
Petition to Repeal Marijuana Prohibition Filed By Jon Gettman
CAFFEINE
Coca-Cola Changes Corporate Philosophy to Capture Overseas, Growth Markets
TOBACCO
Researchers Find Tobacco Company Publications "Powerful Tool" to Mobilize Smokers' Support
TREATMENT
NIDA Panel Makes Recommendations on Marijuana Treatment
GUEST COLUMN
"Redefining the Goals of National Drug Policy: Recommendations from a Working Group," by Peter Reuter, PhD and Jonathan P. Caulkins, PhD (continued from October's issue)