NEWSBRIEFS	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