NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
December 1994
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ON CAPITOL HILL
House Crime Subcommittee Assignments After House of Representatives Gets Organized
ANTI-CRIME STRATEGIES
Anti-Crime Strategies for the 1990s: A Report on the Campaign for an Effective Crime Policy Conference
FORFEITURE
Drug Dog's "Alert" to Cash Not Grounds for Forfeiture When Up to 75 percent of Currency Tainted With Drugs
Justice Department Closes Forfeiture Office
Civil Forfeiture Post-Seizure Hearing Required to Protect Due Process Right, Court Rules
MEDIA
New York Times
Columnist Max Frankel Calls on Journalists to Bring Attention to "War On Drugs"
LAW ENFORCEMENT
At Least 42% of Police-Sold Crack Gets to Users; Santa Ana, California Police Programs to Make and Sell Crack Under Attack
Florida-Bahamas Day Cruises Used By Drug Gangs, Says Border Patrol
Racial Bias in Airport Detainment and Search Alleged in ACLU Lawsuit
DEA to Send Agents to Help Combat Gang Violence
Kevin Elders May Have Been Set Up
"Smoke a Joint, Lose Your License" Law Goes Into Effect in California
COURTS
Report Shows One-Third Violate Pretrial Release
TOBACCO
The Return of the Smokeless Cigarette
Cigarette Packaging Following the Candy Bar: Reduce the Quantity, Keep the Price Down
DRUG USE
PRIDE Finds Drug Use Among Schoolchildren Rising
International Employment Drug Testing Guide
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Australian State Assembly Allows Medical Marijuana
ALCOHOL
Televised Liquor Advertising Triggers Protest Against Telemundo Network
Anti-Drunk Driving Politician Arrested for D.U.I.
GUEST COLUMN
Marijuana Smoke Constituents and Hazard Reduction Methods to be Studied: The MAPS/California NORML Water Pipe/Vaporizer Study, by Rick Doblin