NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
March 1993
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FEATURE CLIP
AIDS Rate Plunges, Crime Drops After Scots Start Providing Oral Drugs
DRUG USE AND VIOLENCE
Alcohol Only Drug Strongly Linked to Violence, Experts Tell Forum
FORFEITURE
Supreme Court Limits Federal Power to Seize Property in Drug Cases
Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein: Forfeiture Creating Nightmare for Innocent
U.S. Justice Department: Innocent Need Not Fear Forfeiture
New York Times
Lauds High Court Ruling Slowing Property Seizures
ANCIENT DRUG USE
Research Verifies Use of Hashish, Cocaine, Nicotine in Prehistoric Cultures
DRUGS AND BRAIN CHEMISTRY
Marijuana and Heroin Advance Understanding of Brain Chemistry
SEARCH AND SEIZURE
Maryland ACLU Sues State Police for Race Bias in Vehicle Searches
U.S. Appeals Court Judge Patricia Wald Dissents in Drug Arrest
PRISONS AND CORRECTIONS
Drug War Has Texas Criminal Justice System Near 'Meltdown,' Says Senate Committee Chair
Oklahoma Prisons Approach Crisis, Fueling Early Release Legislation
Whites Favored Over Blacks for Probation and Parole
DRUG TREATMENT
Miami Courts Favor Treatment Over Prison for Drug Possession Cases
Drug Treatment in Prison Saves Money, New York Officials Find
WAR ON DRUGS
Three Sentenced to Death for Drug-Related Murders
Mexican Doctor, Kidnapped by DEA, Pursuing Lawsuit
Clinton Changes on ONDCP Welcomed by Drug Policy Specialists
POLICE VICTIMS AND CORRUPTION
Former Florida Sheriff Pleads Guilty to Cocaine Trafficking
MANDATORY MINIMUMS
Colman Mccarthy: Mandatory Minimums Snaring Small-Time Drug Offenders
DRUG TESTING
Drug Tests Show Decline in Illicit Drug Use by U.S. Work Force
AIDS AND NEEDLE EXCHANGE
New York Needle Exchanges Proving Highly Successful in Reducing Needle Sharing
DRUG WAR STRATEGY
Clinton Seen Shifting From Supply Side to Demand Reduction Tactics
U.S. Deploys Radar to Help Peruvians Track Drug Flights
More Grateful Dead Fans Behind Bars With Tripling of DEA's LSD Task Force
TRENDS
Alcohol, Cigarette Use Down, Marijuana Use Unchanged in D.C. Fourth-Graders
WASHINGTON WAYS
Rep. Rangel's Select Committee on Narcotics Eliminated
Clinton Slashes Office of National Drug Control Staff
Clinton Staffers Suffer From Reagan-Era Drug Policy
CRACK COCAINE
Further Evidence Emerges That Cocaine-Exposed Infants Not Seriously Harmed
Study Suggests Race and Ethnicity Not Significant Factors in Crack Use
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Medical Applications of Whole Marijuana Versus Oral THC Debated
CAFFEINE
Moderate Caffeine Consumption Not Harmful to Fetus, Study Finds
INTERNATIONAL
South America
New Wave of Bombings Rock Bogota as Fugitive Escobar Steps Up Terror
Vigilante Groups Use Terror Tactics in Revenge Against Fugitive Escobar
Bolivian Failure to Curb Cocaine Production Spurs U.S. Aid Cut
Corruption and Cocaine Trafficking Booming Under Fujimori
Andean Coca Farmers Still Find Coca Most Lucrative Crop
Apparent Drug-Business Feud Sparks Shooting of 24 After Mexican Funeral
Europe
Overcrowded Jails Spur Italy to Ease Drug Possession Laws
Conflicting Views of Priorities Exist in U.S.-European Anti-Drug Strategy
Multi-Ton Seizures of Morphine Confirm Burgeoning Heroin Market
Southeast Asia
Burmese Military Implicated in Opium Trade as Production Booms
VIEWS
RAND's Peter Reuter: Time to End the Drug "War"
Auburn Economist Mark Thornton: Drug Prohibition Exists for Social Control, Not for Social Betterment
"Sixty Minutes" Highlights Dominican Drug Trade in New York
INFORMATION SERVICES
On-Line Computer Information Service Provides Marijuana Update
REFORM ORGANIZATION UPDATE
NORML National Director Cowan Launches Medical Marijuana Offshoot
Drug Policy Foundation Newsletter Reports "Strategies for Change"
Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics Publishes Recommendations for Clinton
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
Baltimore Mayor Schmoke Says He May Run for Governor
ODD LOTS
Timothy Leary Irrepressible As Ever