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• September-October 1998
  • Election '98
     
• November-December 1997
  • Drug Policy Reform Measure in Washington Defeated
  • Majority of DC Council Members Sign Petition for Medical Marijuana Measure in Nation's Capital
  • Oregon Marijuana Recriminalization Measure Qualifies for 1998 Ballot
  • Swiss Voters Overwhelmingly Support Heroin Maintenance Program
     
• October 1996
  • Drug Czar Says "No" to California's Medical Marijuana Initiative, Polls Show Support for the Proposition
  • Arizonans to Vote on Drug Decriminalization and Control Measure

• November 1994
  • Minnesota Elections
  • New York Elections
     
• PRISONS AND CORRECTIONS
  • Most Texans Favor Alternatives to Prison for Non-Violent Offenders
  • State Prison Commission Finds Longer Sentences Don't Reduce Crime
  • Prison Crowding Spurs Hawaii to Consider Cutting Pot Penalties
     
• POLICE VICTIMS AND OFFICIAL CORRUPTION
  • Parents' Suit Blocked in Police Killing of Unarmed Man
  • Former Dallas Police Convicted of Extorting Crack Dealers
  • Colombian Judge Arrested in Miami With Kilo Heroin
  • Anti-Drug Activist Arrested for Drug Sale
     
• FORFEITURE
  • Purple Heart Recipient Loses Home for Growing Pot for Own Use
  • Los Angeles Reader Provides Overview of State Forfeiture Impact
  • U.S. Supreme Court OK's Appeal in Drug Forfeiture Case
     
• DARE
  • North Carolina Parent Questions DARE Program
  • Information Paper on DARE Available From Reform Group
     
• INTERNATIONAL
  • World Drug Trade Feeds Diverse Rebellions
  • Europe
    • Anti-Mafia Prosecutor Accused of Crime Links Kills Self
    • Former Diplomat Charged in London to Washington Heroin Sting
  • Colombia
    • Pablo Escobar Sees Options Narrow
    • Colombian Kingpin Gets 17-Year Term in Colombia
  • Mexico
    • Man Convicted in DEA Agent Camarena's Torture Death
    • Likely Mexican Governor Accused of Murder, Reporter Is Fired
  • Saudi Arabia
    • Hashish Smuggler Among Six Beheaded by Saudis
       
• THE COURTS
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rules Police May Be Sued in Unlawful Evictions
  • U.S. Kingpin Who Staged Murders To Be Freed for Role as Informant
  • Noriega Accorded POW Status
     
• MEDICAL MARIJUANA
  • Surgeon General Designate Favors Medicinal Marijuana Use
  • Multiple Sclerosis Patient Faces Jail Term for Marijuana Use
  • Kenny Jenks Fights for Medicinal Marijuana Legalization
  • Sonoma County Prosecutors Drop Charges Against 'Brownie Mary'
     
• MARIJUANA
  • Half-Ton of Hashish Seized in Ohio
     
• TOBACCO
  • District of Columbia Moves to Protect Right to Smoke Off The Job
     
• LSD
  • Rape, Armed Robbery, Extortion Less Serious Than Selling $1,500 Worth of LSD Under Federal Law
     
• COCAINE
  • Federal Agents Seize 2.5 Tons of Cocaine at Texas-Mexico Border