NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
September-October 1997
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MEXICO
Mexico Cooperating in Anti-Drug Effort, New Drug Detection Devices to Be Used on Border, ONDCP Reports to Congress
U.S. House Again Votes to Put 10,000 Anti-Drug Troops on U.S.-Mexico Border
U.S. Anti-Drug Agents to Carry Weapons in Mexico
Congressman Says Mexican Drug Cartels Hiring Ex-Green Berets
18 U.S.-Trained Mexican Pilots Arrested for Cocaine Smuggling
PRISONS
5.5 Million U.S. Adults Under Correctional Supervision
Half of Young Black Men in Nation's Capital In or Being Pursued by Criminal Justice System
Inmates in Nation's Largest Prison for Women Shooting Heroin with Potentially Tainted Needles
DRUG USE TRENDS
Teenagers Who Feel Loved and Understood Engage in Less Risky Behavior, Says NIH Study
Slow Development in "Crack Babies" May Be Caused by Conditions of Urban Poverty, Says New Study
DOJ Says 14% of Violence-Related Injuries Treated in Emergency Rooms Related to Drugs and Alcohol -- Only 1% Drugs
NETWORK NEWS
Soros Donates $1 Million for Needle Exchanges, $15 Million for Drug Policy Reform, and $25 Million for Programs in Baltimore
New Group Proposes Moderate Drug Policy Course
Three Drug Policy Reform Advocates Looking for Higher Political Office
Two National Officials Who Advocated Drug Policy Reform Pass Away
HARM REDUCTION
Opposing Bills on Funding of Needle Exchanges Pending in Congress
Needle Exchange Advocates Rally at HHS
Oppose Needle Exchange Says Family Research Council; Supporters Respond at Dueling Press Conferences
Dutch Pastor Forces Government to Provide Heroin to Addicts; Had Offered to Sell Discount Heroin at Church
MARIJUANA
British Newspaper, the Independent on Sunday, Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization
Oregon Petitioners Offer Double the Needed Signatures to Put Marijuana Recriminalization Law on 1998 Ballot
Second Endogenous Substance Similar to THC Found
Challenger of Canadian Marijuana Law Sentenced to Three Years Probation, Fined $750
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Medical Marijuana Research Bill in California Endorsed by Attorney General Dan Lungren, Fails to Pass State Assembly
Mistrial in First Post-Prop. 215 Medical Marijuana Defense in California
Medical Marijuana Advocates March 210 Miles to Wisconsin State Capitol
LAW ENFORCEMENT
FBI Director Advocates Encryption Regulation to Counter Drug Conspiracies
FBI Proposes to Modify Nation's Phone Network to Advance Wiretapping
Using Drug-Sniffing Dogs Without a Warrant Is Generally Illegal, Says Oregon Appeals Court
California Court OKs Police Manufacture of Rock Cocaine
SENTENCING
Michigan Considers Reform of Mandatory Minimums
Federal Judges Call Mandatory Minimums a Failure
MEDIA
William Bennett and Mario Cuomo to Co-Chair Partnership for a Drug-Free America; PDFA Seeks $175 Million From Taxpayers
News Media Misrepresent Deaths Caused by Illicit Drugs, Tobacco
FORFEITURE
Louisiana Reforms Its Asset Forfeiture Laws
TREATMENT
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Insurance Bill Introduced in Congress
UN Testing New Opiate Addiction Treatment Developed by Vietnamese Doctor
UNITED KINGDOM
British Foreign Secretary Condemns Burma for Role in Drug Trade
Parents "Cure" Addicted Son with Persian Gulf Vacation and Threat of Death
ALCOHOL
Physician Advice Reduces Alcohol Consumption, Says New Study
Texas Panhandle Embraces Alcohol Prohibition
IN THE COURTS
Arizona Mother Charged with Murder of Newborn; Breast Milk Allegedly Tainted with Heroin and Methadone
STATE LAWS
New Jersey Governor Whitman Signs Laws Increasing Drug Penalties