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TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 1993
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FEATURE CLIP
Major Easing of Drug Laws Proposed by Federal Judicial Panel
UNBALANCED PUNISHMENT
Drug Users Treated Much More Harshly Than Drunk Drivers, Study Shows
William Raspberry: Treat Drug Abuse, Alcohol Abuse the Same
RESEARCH FRONTIERS
Enzyme Therapy Holds Potential for Fighting Cocaine Addiction
ALCOHOL
More Than 40 Percent of Military Admit to Being Heavy Alcohol Users
Anheuser-Busch Will Be First to Disclose Alcohol Content in Beers
National Transportation Safety Board Wants to Ground Young Teens at Night
TOBACCO
Tobacco Industry May Lose Tax Break for Advertising Expenses
Clinton Weighing Hikes in Tobacco and Alcohol Taxes
Nicotine Inhaler May Be Next Wave To Help Smokers Stop
COCAINE
Early Reports on 'Crack Babies' Drew Premature Conclusions
Don't Call Cocaine-Exposed Infants 'Crack Babies', Pediatrician Says
HEROIN
Bumper Crop of Opium Portends Major Heroin Surplus
MARIJUANA/MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Iowa Senate Passes Bill Approving Medical Marijuana by 50-0
California Drops Charges Against Epileptic Who Grew Cannabis
U-Mass. Students Vote 2-1 to Overturn Marijuana Prohibition
Washington, D.C. Suburbs See More Arrests for Indoor Pot Cultivation
LEGAL NARCOTIC USE
Those in Pain Find Relief, Not Debilitation, With Daily Narcotics
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
NIDA Warns That Bleach Fails to Kill HIV but Fails To Endorse Needle Exchange
Rangel Cites GAO Study in Criticism of Needle-Exchange
San Francisco Defies State, Backs Needle Exchange Program
THE COURTS
Montana Punished Marijuana Dealers Unconstitutionally With Drug Tax, Court Says
PRISONS AND CORRECTIONS
Overcrowded Prisons of Forty States Under Court Orders, ACLU National Prison Project Reports
State Felony Drug Convictions Soared From 1986 to 1990, BJS Report Shows
MANDATORY MINIMUMS
New York Finds Mandatory Minimums Rarely Impact Major Drug Dealers
DRUG TESTING
Impairment Testing Effective, DOT Told at Hearing
DOT's Alcohol Testing Proposals Criticized at Public Hearing
Popular
PARADE
Columnist Refutes Accuracy of Urinalysis
POLICE VICTIMS, CORRUPTION AND MISCONDUCT
Grand Jury Accuses Police, Prosecutors of Shielding Prominent Local Figures
Former Durham, N.C. Prosecutor Charged With Cocaine Trafficking
Drug Cases Dismissed When Investigation Shows Police Falsified Reports
Drug-Related Conviction of Prominent Virginia Lawyer Overturned
Arrest of New York Officers for Heroin Sales May Jeopardize Hundreds of Cases
Officer in Nation's Capital Charged With Marijuana Possession
U.S. MILITARY ANTI-DRUG OPERATIONS
Military Analysts Undertake Detailed Examination of Military Anti-Drug Operations Domestically and Worldwide
U.S. WAR ON DRUGS IN LATIN AMERICA
U.S. Southern Command Officials See Drug War As Top Priority
U.S. Funding of Latin Anti-Drug War Sharply Curtailed
Andean Drug Policy Failure, U.S., Latin Officials Say
WASHINGTON WAYS
In California Race, Eleven of 26 Congressional Candidates Say Drug War A Failure
Pharmacists Wary of Law Mandating Counseling Role
INTERNATIONAL
South America
Escobar Now Subjected to Terror by Former Allies
Cali Cartel Consolidates Hold on International Cocaine Trade
Mexican Drug Trade Is Violently on the Rebound
Europe
Dutch Tolerance Persists Despite Pressure to Emulate Drug War Approach
Asia
Jade and Heroin Trades Overlap in Myanmar, World's Major Opium Producer
Iran
Iranians Executing Hundreds Each Year for Drug Trafficking
India
Drug Dealer May Have Set Bombs in Bombay
VIEWS
Federal Judge Whitman Knapp Urges Thinking About Decriminalization,
New York Law Journal
Author Doug Hornig Makes Case Against Drug War in Charlottesville Paper
North Carolina Paper Criticizes Harassment of Grateful Dead Fans
Wallace: DARE Program Promotes Rather Than Decreases Drug Use
Richard Karel Comes to Grinspoon's Defense in
Washington Post
MEDIA NOTES
National Substance Abuse Newsletter Tracking National Drug Strategy Network
ODD LOTS
George Bush's Pardon of Heroin Smuggler Remains a Puzzle
DSM Reform Initiative Seeks Change in Diagnostic Manual That Drug Use Is Not a Mental Disorder
Anti-Drug Activists Full of Manure
INFORMATION SERVICES
Fourth Quarter 1991 Report on City-By-City Drug Use Trends Available