NEWSBRIEFS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
September-October 1998
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SPECIAL SUPPLEMENT
Election '98
TREATMENT
"Drug Czar" McCaffrey Proposes Expansion of MethadonePrograms for Heroin Addicts
Mayor Giuliani Calls for End of Methadone Treatmentin New York
Drug Treatment Less Expensive amd More EffectiveThan Incarceration, But Not for Adolescents, Says CSAT Report
Anti-Epilepsy Drug to Be Tested for Reducing CocaineAddiction
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Grand Jury Clears Police Officers Who Shot HoustonMan in the Back 9 Times in Drug Raid; Officers Fired
Hernandez Family Accepts "Humanitarian" Paymentfor Son's Shooting Death by Anti-Drug Marine Patrol; Defense DepartmentProbe of Killing Criticizes Training and Supervision of Patrol
Family of Chad MacDonald, Murdered Teen Informant,Sues Police; California Passes Law Limiting Use of Juvenile Informants
Black Man Jailed in Oklahoma 25 Days for Legal Herb
MEDICAL MARIJUANA
Federal Judge Shuts Down Oakland Cannabis Clubs
Congress Passes Anti-Medical Marijuana Resolution
ALCOHOL
Binge Drinking Persists on College Campuses But AlcoholAbstinence Increasing, Says Harvard Study; Congress Waives Privacy in Alcoholand Drug Cases
Attitudes About Alcohol's Effects on Sexually RiskyBehavior Effect Such Behavior, Says New Study
GUEST COLUMN
by Eric E. Sterling
Racially Disproportionate Outcomesin Processing Drug Cases
DRUG USE TRENDS
1997 Household Survey Shows Increase in Youth Tobaccoand Marijuana Use
Fundraising Parties for AIDS Service OrganizationsCriticized by Gay Newspaper for "Endorsing" Drug Use Asscociated With RiskySexual Behavior
PRISONS
Record 1.7 Million Persons Incarcerated in America
CALIFORNIA: Students Protest State Spending MoreMoney on Prisons Than on Schools
DRUG TESTING
U.S. Supreme Court Lets Indiana School District DrugTest Students Involved in Extracurricular Activities
Louisiana Officials to Be Drug Tested Under New Law
TOBACCO
California's Anti-Smoking Campaign Stalled SinceFunding Cuts, Study Says
DRUG TRAFFICKING
Measure to Reduce Drug Smuggling Into U.S. by 80% in Three Years Passes Congress
"Drug Czar" McCaffrey Proposes "Border Czar;" Reno Appoints DOJ Border Chief
INTERNATIONAL
Switzerland Expands Heroin Maintenance Program
18-Person Massacre in Mexico Linked to Drug Trade