Here are some samples of news stories NDSN Members found in the Summer 1999 NewsBriefs:
 

• U.S. House Overwhelmingly Approves Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill
• Minorities Targeted for Traffic Stops, Says ACLU Report
• High Court Ruling Expands Searches of Car Passengers
• H.H.S. Announces Medical Marijuana Research Guidelines; Disregards IOM Recommendations

That Terminally Ill Have Access
• New Mexico's Governor Johnson Calls for Broad Drug Policy Debate
• UK Physicians Call for Legalization of Marijuana
• Congress Proposes Drug Testing All High School Students
• Anti-Alcohol Messages Not Included in Federal Anti-Drug Ad Campaign
• Canadian Police Chiefs Organization Calls for Marijuana Decriminalization
• Journalists Accompanying Police Raids Curbed by Supreme Court
• Swiss Voters Approve Heroin Maintenance Again
• NIJ Study Says Meth and Violence Connection is Overstated
• Cocaine Use Linked to Heart Attacks in Harvard Study
• Supporters of Drug Policy Reform Should Be Considered for RICO Prosecutions;

Compared to Pedophiles and Rapists at House Hearing

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