NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS September 1995
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• SPECIAL CALI CARTEL INDICTMENT SECTION
  • Massive Indictment Charges Former Justice Official and 58 Others With Racketeering
  • Colombia Arrests Suspected Head of Cali Cartel
  • Sen. Helms' Bill Aims to Shut Off Aid to Colombia
  • After Cali Indictments, Columnists Advocate Legalization as a Way to Break Drug Cartels and Stem Corruption
     
• The Use of Acupuncture in Drug Addiction Treatment, by Judd R. Spray and Sharon M. Jones, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
   
• SENTENCING
  • House Holds Hearings on Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity
  • Supreme Court Rules on Double Jeopardy Sentencing Issue
  • Supreme Court Agrees to Hear LSD Carrier Medium Case
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • Harvard's Grinspoon and Bakalar Urge Physicians to "Reconsider" Medical Uses for Marijuana
     
• FORFEITURE
  • Ninth Circuit Refuses to Revisit Key Forfeiture Double Jeopardy Case
  • U.S. Supreme Court Agrees to Hear "Innocent Owner" Forfeiture Case
  • Rep. Hyde Reintroduces Forfeiture Reform Legislation
  • Book Review: Forfeiting Our Property Rights: Is Your Property Safe From Seizure?, by U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde. Reviewed by Judd R. Spray, Research Associate, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
     
• IN THE COURTS
  • Supreme Court Ducks Issues in Kimberlin Case (The Dan Quayle Marijuana Case), Sends It Back to Court of Appeals
     
• MILITARY
  • More Attention Needed for Drug War to Succeed, Say Military Officials
     
• ALCOHOL
  • Double Jeopardy Argument Applied to Drinking and Driving Cases
  • Clinton Takes Hard Stance on Underage Drinking and Driving
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Reports Increase at Sixfold Rate, CDC Says
  • Study Links Alcohol Stores and Violent Crime
     
• DRUG USE, DRUG ABUSE
  • Use of Rohypnol® Spreading, NIDA Panel Says
     
• DRUG POLICY
  • American Medical Association Gives Low Grades to Anti-Violence Efforts in America
     
• BOOK REVIEWS
  • Land of Opportunity, by William M. Adler. (A Tale of Crack Cocaine Entrepreneurs). Reviewed by Eric E. Sterling, President, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation
  • Forfeiting Our Property Rights: Is Your Property Safe From Seizure?, by U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde. Reviewed by Judd R. Spray, Research Associate, The Criminal Justice Policy Foundation