NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Summer 1999
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FORFEITURE
U.S. House Overwhelmingly Approves Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
RACIAL PROFILING
Minorities Targeted for Traffic Stops, Says ACLU Report
Clinton Orders Federal Agencies to Collect Racial Data
Connecticut Passes Anti-Profiling Law
Hotel, Motel Workers Surveillance Enlisted in N.J. Anti-Drug Effort
Border Patrol Agents Can Consider Ethnicity in Traffic Stops, Rules Ninth Circuit
IN THE COURTS
High Court Ruling Expands Searches of Car Passengers
Supreme Court Tightens Burden of Proof in Continuing Criminal Enterprise Cases
High Court Rejects Chicago Anti-Gang Loitering Law
Colorado Appeals Court Overturns Juror Laura Kriho's Contempt Conviction
DRUG POLICY STUDIES
Proposition 200 Working, Saving Money, Says Arizona Supreme Court
New Mexico's Governor Johnson Calls for Broad Drug Policy Debate
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
H.H.S. Announces Medical Marijuana Research Guidelines;
Disregards IOM Recommendations That Terminally Ill Have Access
Canada Moves Toward Legal Medical Marijuana
UK Physicians Call for Legalization of Marijuana
DRUG TESTING
Congress Proposes Drug Testing All High School Students
Hair Testing Criticized as Unreliable, Biased
ALCOHOL
Anti-Alcohol Messages Not Included in Federal Anti-Drug Ad Campaign
Drug, Alcohol Arrests Rise on College Campuses
MARIJUANA
Canadian Police Chiefs Organization Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization
Georgia High Court Strikes Down Marijuana DUI Law
Marijuana-Like Chemical May Have Role in Schizophrenia; Findings Raise Questions of Treatment
Mental Function Not Affected By Long-Term Marijuana Use, Says Johns Hopkins Study
MEDIA
Journalists Accompanying Police Raids Curbed by Supreme Court
Popular Movies and Music Depict Alcohol, Tobacco and Drug Use, Says ONDCP Study
ON CAPITOL HILL
Supporters of Drug Policy Reform Should Be Considered for RICO Prosecutions;
Compared to Pedophiles and Rapists at House Hearing
SENTENCING
Gov. Pataki Offers Reform of New York Drug Laws; Democratic Assembly Leader Rejects
Offer, Fears "Soft on Crime" Label
INTERNATIONAL
Colombia to Include Illicit Drugs in Its GDP Calculation
Swiss Voters Approve Heroin Maintenance Again
Swiss High Court Reclassifies Ecstasy as a "Soft" Drug
U.S. Says Cuba Is Cooperating in Anti-Drug Efforts
DRUG RESEARCH
NIJ Study Says Meth and Violence Connection is Overstated
Cocaine Use Linked to Heart Attacks in Harvard Study
PUBLIC OPINION
Adults Get Low Grade for Fighting Teen Drug Use
U.S., Mexico Blame Each Other for Drug Trade