NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS February 1993
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• WAR ON DRUGS
  • Texas Budget Would Slash Aid for Poor to Boost Prison Spending
  • Drug Cases Gridlock Michigan Appeals Court, Chief Justice Says
  • Cocaine Continues to Pour Through U.S.-Mexican Border
  • Flood of Marijuana Forces San Diego-Based Federal Prosecutors to Weigh Easing Felony Minimum From 100 Pounds to 220 Pounds, LA Times Reports
  • Major Jump in Oklahoma City Homicide Rate Tied to Drug Traffic
  • Mother Who Killed Addict-Daughter Receives Probation
  • Saudis Behead Pakistani for Heroin Smuggling
  • Marijuana, LSD Use Up Among Miami-Area Students; Adult Heroin Deaths Continue to Rise
     
• DARE
  • Several Studies Suggest DARE Programs Ineffective
  • DARE Student Turns in Parents for Growing Marijuana
  • Colorado School District Mandates Parental Consent for DARE Participation
  • Local DARE Director Indicted for Stealing Program Funds
     
• POLICE VICTIMS, OFFICIAL CORRUPTION AND INCOMPETENCE
  • Customs, DEA, FBI Split Over Protection of Accused Informant
  • Garland, Texas Officer Sued Over Fatal Drug Raid Shooting
  • Two Texas Families Sue Over Allegedly Botched Drug Raids
  • FBI, Customs Agents Charged With Stealing, Laundering Drug Money
  • Miami Judge Charged With Bribery and Extortion Weeps on Stand
  • Former Florida Sheriff Guilty of Drug Trafficking
  • Federal Jurors Find Police Violated Woman's Rights in Body Search
  • North Carolina Mayor Resigns Four Months After Drug Indictment
     
• NEW PROHIBITIONS
  • DEA Prohibits Two More Drugs, Moves to Ban a Third
  • Are Arkansas Pizza Parlors Fronts for the Pot Trade?
     
• VIEWS
  • Former Minnesota Police Chief: Drug War Is a Sham
  • San Francisco Examiner: Shift Resources to Prevention in Drug War
  • Jefferson Morley: Justice Casualty of Drug War
  • Professor Theodore Vallance Cites Failure of Drug Prohibition
  • CATO Institute's Bandow: Clinton Should Back Medical Marijuana
  • Drug Policy Foundation: 'Choose Health, Not War'
     
• MEDIA NOTES
  • Disney Channel Censored Segment on Drug Use by Beatles
  • CBS Airs Alarming Program on LSD
     
• DRUG TESTING
  • New Drug Patch Would Be Worn Constantly to Monitor Drug Use
  • Report on Hair Testing Available From Justice Department
  • Oklahoma City Council Members Refuse Drug Tests
     
• TRENDS
  • New Breed of Drug Barons Shun Violence, Flamboyant Lifestyle
     
• WASHINGTON WAYS
  • U.S. House Overwhelmingly Votes to Kill Select Committee on Narcotics in Cost Saving Measure
     
• FORFEITURE
  • Supreme Court Will Review Civil Forfeiture in Drug Crimes
  • Two Major Washington-Area Car Dealerships Face Forfeiture
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • South America
    • Money Laundering, Drug Smuggling Still Flourish in Panama
    • Panamanian Officials Fired for Positive Drug Tests
  • Strait of Gilbraltar
    • Morocco Tries to Stem Flow of Drugs, Migrants to Europe
  • Europe
    • Sicilian Mafia Boss and Convicted Heroin Trafficker Captured
       
• AIDS
  • U.S. Deaths From AIDS to Double by 1995
     
• KHAT
  • Unregulated Khat Trade Fuels Violence in Somalia
     
• COCAINE AND PREGNANCY
  • Developing Crack Babies Refute Fears of Neurological Cocaine-Induced Damage
     
• COCAINE
  • DAWN Figures for Cocaine Emergencies Unclear on 1992 Trend
     
• MARIJUANA
  • Child's Account of Marijuana Growing Ends With Parent's Jailing
  • Sterile Marijuana Seeds Returned One Year After Fruitless Bust
  • About 10% of Marijuana Users May Abuse the Drug and Need Treatment
     
• ALCOHOL
  • Death From Chronic Liver Disease Corresponds to Drop in Drinking
  • Moonshine Lives On in Rural St. Mary's County, Maryland
     
• TOBACCO
  • Smoker's $48 Million Claim Fails
  • Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Risk for Nonsmokers, EPA Says
     
• BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
  • Bureau of Justice Statistics National Update Summarizes Studies
  • Complete Statistics Available From Justice Department on 1991 Drug Trends
  • Vallance Book Cites Ideology Behind Drug War, Suggests Solutions