NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
May 1996
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FEDERAL PROGRAMS
President Issues 1996 Drug Control Strategy
HUD Announces "One Strike" Rules for Public Housing Tenants
IN THE COURTS
Supreme Court Hears Landmark Forfeiture Cases, Rules on Double Jeopardy and Conspiracy, Hears Arguments About Automobile Searches and Traffic Stops
Court Denies Noriega New Trial
DRUG USE TRENDS
FDA Issues Warning on Herbal 'Ecstasy' Drugs
Office of National Drug Control Policy Releases Quarterly
Pulse Check
DRUG POLICY APPROACH
Police Chiefs Say Balance is Needed to Solve Drug Problem
INTERNATIONAL
Drug Policy Fuels Feud Between France and the Netherlands
TOBACCO
Marketing Professor Finds Youth More Influenced by Cigarette Advertising Than Adults
FDA Approves Nicotine Spray
CDC Finds No Problems With Recalled Philip Morris Cigarettes
New Washington Center Founded to Fight Youth Tobacco Use
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Maine Farmer Who Used Marijuana to Treat Depression Should Get Reduction in Sentence, First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals Rules
ON CAPITOL HILL
Legislation to Increase Methamphetamine Penalties Introduced
HARM REDUCTION
New Jersey Governor's Panel Votes to Recommend Needle Exchange; Needle Exchangers Arrested for First Time in New Brunswick
STATE LAWS
California Police Trained on Enforcement of "Loitering" Law