NEWSBRIEFS	TABLE OF CONTENTS September 1996
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• DRUG USE TRENDS
  • Teen Drug Use Still Rising According to the National Household Survey
  • Drunk Driving Deaths Increase in the U.S.
     
• DRUG POLICY STUDIES
  • A.M.A. Tables Controversial Draft Report on Harm Reduction
  • Human Rights Violations in Drug Law Enforcement in Georgia
     
• LAW ENFORCEMENT
  • Maryland State's Attorney Andrew L. Sonner's Drug Prosecution Priorities Spark Controversy
  • Border Corruption Task Force Closes Without Indictments
  • Makers of the Quadro Tracker® Are Indicted, Some Still Have Faith
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • State Agents Raid Cannabis Buyers' Club in San Francisco
  • Medical Marijuana Initiative Qualifies for November 5 Ballot in California, Court Says Opponents Were "Misleading"
     
• FEDERAL POLITICS
  • Gingrich Proposes Executing Drug Dealers
     
• IN THE COURTS
  • Mandatory White House Drug Testing Struck Down
  • Pregnant Women Who Take Drugs Can Be Prosecuted for Child Abuse Rules South Carolina Supreme Court
  • Supreme Court Upholds Use of Traffic Stops as Pretext for Drug Searches
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • Vigilantes in South Africa Murder Suspected Drug Dealer in Fight Against Drugs and Gangs
  • Ireland Proposes the "Drug War" to be European Union Priority, Germany Joins France in Criticizing the Netherlands
     
• TOBACCO
  • President Clinton and the FDA Announce New Tobacco Regulations
  • UPDATE: State Lawsuits Against the Tobacco Industry
  • Brown and Williamson Loses Suit in Florida
  • Italian Study Links Nicotine with Other Addictive Drugs
     
• UPDATE
  • Minor-League Baseball Manager Admits Drug Use, Fired From Team
  • Smashing Pumpkins' Drummer Fired, Concerts Postponed
  • United States Naval Academy Seeks Expulsion of 15 Midshipmen for Drug Charges