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TABLE OF CONTENTS
April 1996
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INTERNATIONAL
U.S. Releases Annual Report Card on International Antinarcotics Progress, Decertifies Colombia, Gives Full Certification to Mexico
Samper Charged, But Clinging to Presidency; Escaped Cali Leader Killed by Police
United Nations Releases Annual Report Card on Global Antinarcotics Efforts
New Allegations of Bribery in Noriega Trial
IN THE COURTS
Supreme Court Rejects Innocent Owner Forfeiture Defense, Hears Arguments in Sentencing Cases
Miami Jury Acquits Pair of Major Cocaine Trafficking Charges; Jury Foreperson Cites Use of Informants
F. Lee Bailey Ordered to Jail for Contempt for Refusing Surrender of Drug Dealer's Assets
Subway Bomber Who Asserted Prozac® Defense Convicted
DRUG CZAR
Clinton Seeks Increase in ONDCP Staff and Funding
ON CAPITOL HILL
House Crime Subcommittee Holds Hearings on Marijuana Use
House Government Reform and Oversight Committee Condemns Clinton Anti-Drug Efforts
UPDATE
New York Federal Judge Reverses Decision in Controversial Drug Case; Clinton, Dole Had Threatened to Ask for Resignation, Impeachment
U.S. Bans Importation of Rohypnol®
DRUG TESTING
Workplace Drug-Test Positives Falling
Indiana School District To Require Drug Test for Student Parking Permit and School Activities
DRUG USE TRENDS
Partnership for a Drug-Free America Reports on Teens' and Parents' Attitudes About Drugs
TOBACCO
Cigarette Company Agrees to Settle Class-Action Suit, Turn Over Industry Documents
SENTENCING
Center Releases Report on African American Men in California Criminal Justice System
DRUG POLICY STUDIES
CASA Report Estimates Substance Abuse Costs New York City $20 Billion
Drug Strategies, Inc. Releases Report on Federal Drug Control Spending
Panel Sponsored By Join Together Recommends Overhaul of Options for Drug Offenders in Criminal Justice System
HEMP
Vermont, Colorado Legislatures Take Steps to Allow Industrial Hemp
ALCOHOL
Alcoholics Need Five Years of Sobriety to Be Considered Free of Relapse, Study Says
NETWORK NEWS
Harm Reduction Activist George Williams Dies