NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
January 1995
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DRUG USE AND DRUG ABUSE
Monitoring the Future, DAWN Surveys Show Increasing Drug and Alcohol Use and Changing Attitudes
Number of Arrestees Testing Positive for Drugs Rising in Most Areas
One in Six Workers Involved in Fatal Accident Tests Positive for Alcohol or Drugs
Overdose Raises Questions About Stress and Drug Abuse in Hospitals
Passing Illegal Drugs from Mother to Baby Through Umbilical Cord is Not Child Endangerment in Nevada
TREATMENT
HHS Study Finds SSI Payments Not Helping Drug Addicts and Alcoholics Receive Treatment
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
Study Finds that HIV Prevention Programs for Injection Drug Users Must be Tailored to Local Needs
Study Finds Effectiveness of Needle Exchange Increases With Rapidity of Needle Turn-In
National Academy of Sciences Needle Exchange Study Announced
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Dog Who Carried Drugs in Belly May Work For Customs
Court Rules Sharing Drugs Is Distribution
ALCOHOL
College Student Binge Drinking Causes Problems Throughout School
Relation Among Alcohol, Stress, and Depression Studied
Drowsiness as Big a Problem as Drunkenness in Causing Highway Accidents
MADD Takes on Alcohol Ads
Alaska Town Bans Alcohol
PRISONS
Survey Finds Wardens Want Crime Prevention Programs and Prison Alternatives -- Not Just Increased Incarceration
SENTENCING
Another Federal Judge Refuses to Hear Drug Cases
D.C. Court Upholds Disparate Cocaine Sentencing Scheme
Court Upholds Sentence Based on the Total Drug Amount Carried by Group
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
NY Legislature Considers Prescription Drug Pricing System
ATHLETIC DRUG TESTING
Supreme Court Will Not Review Ruling on Olympic Gold Medalist's Botched Drug Test
LAW ENFORCEMENT
California Man Gets $2.75 Million Settlement From U.S. Government; Informant's False Tip Leads to Shootout in Drug Raid
Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Heat Emissions Case
Consent to Search Does Not Include Consent to Pry Back of the Interior Panel of a Car, Court Rules
FORFEITURE
Third Circuit Court of Appeals Upholds Innocent Owner Defense
Double Jeopardy Prohibition Implications for Forfeiture Cases
Georgia Supreme Court Examines Question of Excessiveness in Forfeiture Cases
New York Times Magazine
Author Critiques Law Enforcement Forfeiture Practices
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Marylander Argues Medical Marijuana Defense; Public Opinion Supports Medical Use
MARIJUANA AS SACRAMENT
Our Church Leader Convicted
INTERNATIONAL
U.S. Will Resume Sharing Information with Colombia and Peru
DEA Says Cali Cartel "The New Kingpins of Cocaine"
Colombia's Military Leaders Fired
ON CAPITOL HILL
Republicans Blast Clinton Drug Control Policy
TOBACCO
Congress To Review Tobacco Industry Data on Indoor Air Quality
Number of Adult Smokers Unchanged, CDC Reports
Among Older Women: Smokers Weaker, Moderate Drinkers Stronger Than Teetotalers, Study Finds
Michigan Cigarette Tax
PUBLIC FIGURES AND DRUGS
Prominent Maryland Lobbyist Convicted of Marijuana Possession
Oklahoma Police Chief Charged
NETWORK NEWS
Network Member Ellen Martina Luff Dies
GUEST COLUMN
Community Policing: An Alternative Drug Control Strategy? by Barry Goetz, Ph.D.