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Table of Contents

* Breaking News (04/26/24)

* Feature Article

The U.S.  Supreme Court and Your Rights
by Mark Greer

* Weekly News In Review

Effective Activism-

Drug War
The Main Thing
Drug Crusade Has Produced Everything But Success

Policy-

McCaffrey Blasts Medicinal Marijuana
New FDA Chief Vows to Put Science First
Column: Dumping DARE a Good Start
Texas Tobacco-Suit Lawyers Reportedly Get $3.3 Billion

Law Enforcement-

Editorial: Three-Strikes' Economics
Corruption in the System
Drug Probes Find Smugglers in the Military

Drug Use Issues-

Teen Meth Use Outpaces Treatment
Rise in Cigarette Smoking Doesn't Bother Burma Government
Toxic Markers Called 'Poor Man's Drug'

International -

UK: Drugs And Weapons Seized as Police Arrest 70 in Dawn Raids
UK: Drugs-Related Deaths Double in Glasgow
UK: Drug Smugglers' European Union
Mexico: Brazen Drug Dealers Frustrate Mexico, US
Heroin Use Going Up Among US Teen-Agers

* Hot Off The 'Net

Yet another Full page ad in The New Republic

* DrugSense Tip Of The Week

    Hot Tip on Searching the DrugNews Archive

* Quote of the Week

Tom Armstrong

* Fact of the Week

Treatment Beats Interdiction

The U.S.  Supreme Court and Your Rights by Mark Greer

The Supreme Court in a refreshing and important ruling last week came down in defense of the Fourth Amendment rights of citizens nationwide against unreasonable search and seizure.  The case stems from an Iowa case in which the defendant was initially stopped for driving 43 MPH in a 25 zone was subsequently searched and marijuana was found.

Despite what has seemed to be a long term and relentless erosion of individual freedoms as exemplified by asset forfeiture, three strikes laws, and undermining of popular medicinal marijuana initiatives in California and Arizona this heartening reassertion that individuals actually do still posses some rights indicates there may be hope for our judicial system after all.

More Details on this and other specific cases can be read at the following web sites:

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1143.a01.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1144.a10.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1145.a08.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1153.a07.html

Know and Exercise Your Rights

The Fourth Amendment to the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution states:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

The Fifth Amendment reads, in part, "No person shall be...compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law...." These amendments provide the foundation for the rights that protect all U.S. Citizens from intrusive law enforcement practices.

1.  Don't Leave Contraband in Plain View Although law enforcement
officers must obtain a warrant before they can conduct a privacy-invading search, any illicit material that can be plainly seen by any person from a non-intrusive vantage point is subject to confiscation.  An arrest and a valid warrant to search the rest of the area is likely to ensue.  A "roach" in the ashtray, a pipe or baggie on the coffee table, or a joint being smoked in public are common mistakes which all too-frequently lead to arrests.

2.  Don't Put Anything Incriminating Into the Trash Various courts have
ruled that law enforcement officers are allowed to rummage through curbside trash bags without a warrant.  A few seeds or stems can then be used as a basis for obtaining a warrant to search the individual's home.  In fact, anything discarded into the public domain can be picked up by the police and used as evidence.

3.  Never Consent to a Search Many individuals arrested on marijuana
charges could have avoided that arrest by exercising their Fourth Amendment rights.  If a law enforcement officer asks permission to search, it is usually because: (1) there is not enough evidence to obtain a search warrant; or (2) the officer does not feel like going through the hassle of obtaining a warrant.  Law enforcement officers are trained to intimidate people into consenting to searches.  If an individual does consent, he waives his constitutional protection and the officers may search and seize items without further authorization. If officers find contraband, they will arrest the person.

If an individual does not consent to a search, the officer must either release the person or detain the person and attempt to get a warrant. The fact that an individual refuses to consent does not give the officer grounds to obtain a warrant.  The individual should politely say, "I do not consent to a search of my person, belongings, home, or vehicle.  I retain my Fourth Amendment rights and all other rights under the United States Constitution.  I will say nothing until my attorney is present."

If the officer conducts a search anyway, without a warrant, any contraband will likely be declared invalid evidence by the judge, and any charges will probably be dropped.  If the officer does attempt to obtain a warrant and is successful in doing so, the validity of the warrant can still be challenged in court.  It is always better to refuse to consent to a search.

4.  Don't Answer Questions Without Your Attorney Present Whether
arrested or not, individuals should always exercise the right to remain silent.  Anything a person says to law enforcement officers, reporters, cell mates, or even their friends can be used as evidence against him or her.  Individuals have the right to have an attorney present during questioning.  The right to remain silent should always be exercised.

5.  Determining if You Can Leave A person may terminate an encounter
with officers unless the person is being detained under police custody or has been arrested.  If the person cannot tell whether he or she may leave, the person can ask officers, "Am I under arrest or otherwise detained?" If the answer is, "No," the person may leave.

6.  Do Not Be Hostile; Do Not Physically Resist There are times when
individuals politely assert their rights and refuse to consent to a search but the officers nonetheless proceed to detain, search, or arrest them.  In such cases, it is important not to physically resist. Rather, the individual might say, "Do what you feel you must; I will not physically resist.  However, I do not consent to this." The individual can later challenge the search in court.

7.  Informing on Others The police and prosecutors often try to pressure
individuals into providing information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of others.  Threats and promises by police and prosecutors should be viewed with caution and skepticism.  Decisions should only be made after consulting with an experienced criminal defense attorney and examining one's own conscience.

Finally, consider downloading and carrying the ACLU's "Bustcard" http://www.aclu.org/library/bustcard.html a quick reference guide to your rights and obligations when you are stopped by the police.

Thanks to NORML for contributing some of the above text
http://www.NORML.org

An Example of Effective Activism-

3 articles from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram show how activists can use local events to further their message.  The Dallas-Fort Worth "Metroplex" has long been an active drug market.  The first editorial is an example of the hand-wringing response typical of the area's two major dailies, the Star-Telegram and the Dallas Morning News.

The second is a shocked front page editorial after DPFT members stood up at a local "anti-drug" rally and asked if drug war policy itself weren't contributing to the problem.  Although the editors didn't "get it" right away, the next op-ed suggests that the torrent of e-mail it provoked from around the country (aided by a MAP alert) was not without effect.

DRUG WAR

The attempt to mount a coordinated police effort against drug traffic across Northeast Tarrant County is crumbling.  It still exists, but only a handful of communities are participating.  And just when the drug world is growing stronger and claiming more victims, the agency that was put together to lead drug law enforcement in our communities has gotten weaker.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Wed, 2 Dec 1998

Section:	Star-Telegram editorial

Contact:

Website:	http://www.star-telegram.com/

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1106.a08.html

THE MAIN THING

It comes as a surprise - a jarring surprise.  It comes just when the message is sinking in with parents across the Metroplex that there is an alarming problem of young people using very dangerous drugs.  Many of these young people are dying from heroin overdoses.

[snip]

Then comes the surprise: Someone stands up at the forum to voice a very different message - that people should have more open access to drugs. That the fight against currently illegal drugs is futile.  That drug use should be "decriminalized" and treated as a medical issue, not a police matter.

[snip]

Source:	Ft.  Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

Copyright:	1998 Star-Telegram

Pubdate:	Tues, 1 Dec 1998

Section:	Star-Telegram editorial

Contact:

Website:	http://www.star-telegram.com/

Related:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1096.a05.html

DRUG CRUSADE HAS PRODUCED EVERYTHING BUT SUCCESS

If bloody turf wars, official corruption and unconstitutional searches and seizures are blessings, we can thank the war on drugs for our good fortune.  This latest incarnation of Prohibition has led to a 20 percent increase in substance addiction and a maximum 5 percent reduction of supply.

The crusade has produced other marvels:

* A million arrests per year for drug offenses.

* A prison population that exploded from 200,000 in 1966 to 2 million in 1996.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Fri, 4 Dec 1998

Source:	Ft.  Worth Star-Telegram (TX)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.star-telegram.com/

Copyright:	1998 Star-Telegram, Fort Worth, Texas

Author:	Don Erler, Northeast Editorial Columnist

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1121.a10.html

Domestic News- Policy

With Congressional hearings dominating the news, McCzar's San Antonio speech was little noted by the press; however his propaganda litany, ranging from a nasty crack about cannabis through untrue and illogical assertions on most other policy issues, dashed whatever faint hope his recent endorsement of methadone maintenance might have encouraged.

McCaffrey's promise to "protect science," on the issue of medical cannabis sounded fatuous when he made it nearly two years ago; the new FDA chief just made a similar, albeit more generic, promise.  Her credentials are better, but it's not likely that Congressional watchdogs would ever permit scientific objectivity to compromise drug war doctrine.

MCCAFFREY BLASTS MEDICINAL MARIJUANA

SAN ANTONIO, Dec.  8 (UPI) - U.S. drug czar Barry McCaffrey says the nation is winning the war on drugs, but victory is being jeopardized by the medicinal marijuana movement.

Addressing the Council of State Governments Annual Convention in San Antonio today, McCaffrey said, ``pain management is not best done with a joint and two vodkas.''

[snip]

Pubdate:	Thu, 10 Dec 1998

Source:	United Press International

Copyright:	1998 United Press International

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1147.a12.html

NEW FDA CHIEF VOWS TO PUT SCIENCE FIRST

The new director of the U.S.  Food and Drug Administration, Dr. Jane Henney, promised Tuesday to strengthen the science base of an agency criticized in recent years for bowing to industry pressure.

The cancer specialist, speaking publicly for the first time since taking over as head of the FDA, promised to put the agency at the "top of the science game."

[snip]

Source:	Orange County Register (CA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.ocregister.com/

Copyright:	1998 The Orange County Register

Pubdate:	9 Dec 1998

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1139.a07.html

D.A.R.E.  received another editorial slam in a conservative daily newspaper; evidence some drug war sacred cows are at last becoming vulnerable to factual analysis.

DUMPING DARE A GOOD START

Dec.  8 - It's only a baby step, the tiniest movement toward rational public policy.  A handful of cities have dared to dump the DARE program.

Like most aspects of the war on drugs, DARE has been a colossal waste of money.  A study commissioned by the U.S. Justice Department found the program's effectiveness at keeping kids off drugs to be "statistically insignificant.''

[snip]

Pubdate:	Tues, 8 Dec 1998

Source:	Denver Post (CO)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.denverpost.com

Copyright:	1998 The Denver Post

Columnist:	Diane Carman, Denver Post Staff Columnist

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1143.a08.html

The generous fees awarded to Texas lawyers for their service to the cause of Public Health reminded us that last year, Congress failed to come up with a tobacco policy, intelligent or otherwise.

TEXAS TOBACCO-SUIT LAWYERS REPORTEDLY GET $3.3 BILLION

DALLAS - The lawyers involved in the Texas tobacco settlement have been awarded nearly $3.3 billion by a national arbitration panel, The Dallas Morning News reported today.

The decision, which the newspaper said is the largest attorney fee award in U.S.  history, means Texas will not have to pay any money to the five plaintiffs' lawyers.  The money will come from tobacco companies.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Friday, 10 December 1998

Source:	Seattle Times (WA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.seattletimes.com/

Copyright:	1998 The Seattle Times Company

Author:	The Associated Press

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1149.a10.html

Law Enforcement
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Dissatisfaction with the growth of prisons continues; the inevitable budget-busting nature of California's 3-strikes legislation was well known when the measure was passed, yet every Assemblyman facing re-election voted for it; only those facing term limits voted against it.

Molly Ivins, impressed by Eric Schlosser's dire analysis of the US prison colossus, devoted a second column to his Atlantic Monthly article. Unfortunately, its impact will be reduced by the impeachment fracas.

THREE-STRIKES' ECONOMICS

As California's "three strikes" law catches more nonviolent offenders in its snare, support is growing to amend it so the third strike must be violent to trigger a lengthy sentence.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Thu, 10 Dec 1998

Source:	Orange County Register (CA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.ocregister.com/

Copyright:	1998 The Orange County Register

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1149.a11.html

CORRUPTION IN THE SYSTEM

In the current issue of `The Atlantic Monthly' is "The
Prison-Industrial Complex," a major investigation of just how out of control and increasingly corrupt the system is.  But in order to understand the mistakes we're making in responding to the cry for more prisons, you first have to understand why we think we need them.

Eric Schlosser reports:

"The prison boom in the United States is a recent phenomenon. Throughout the first three-quarters of this century the nation's incarceration rate remained relatively stable, at about 110 prison inmates for every 100,000 people.  In the mid-1970's the rate began to climb, doubling in the 1980's and then again in the 1990's.  The rate is now 445 per 100,000: among adult men it is 1,100 per 100,000.  During the past two decades roughly a thousand new prisons and jails have been built in the United States.  Nevertheless, America's prisons are more overcrowded now than when the building spree began, and the inmate population continues to increase by 50,000 to 80,000 a year."

[snip]

Pubdate:	Wed, 9 Dec 1998

Source:	San Mateo County Times (CA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.newschoice.com/newspapers/alameda/smct/

Columnist:	Molly Ivins:

Note:	The Atlantic Monthly article is posted, in three parts at:

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1113.a04.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1113.a05.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1114.a01.html
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1151.a01.html

The following article in the LA Times (also carried in the SF Examiner) should give pause to those who have advocated increased use of our military in fighting the drug war.

DRUG PROBES FIND SMUGGLERS IN THE MILITARY

SAN DIEGO--The American military has encountered an unexpected enemy in its war on drugs: U.S.  servicemen smuggling marijuana and cocaine into California for Mexican drug rings.

At least 50 Marines and sailors have been investigated "in recent years" for drug running, according to the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.  Eight military probes involving 20 Marine and Navy suspects were launched in the past year alone, officials said in response to a Times inquiry.  And investigators said five of the cases involved Marines suspected of driving narcotics through Camp Pendleton to apparently help traffickers avoid the Border Patrol checkpoint on nearby Interstate 5.  Officials refused to provide names of the suspects or other details about the smuggling cases, including how many were prosecuted or convicted.  The number of service members implicated in smuggling is relatively small compared to the more than 100,000 sailors and Marines stationed in the San Diego area.

[snip]

Source:	Los Angeles Times (CA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.latimes.com/

Copyright:	1998 Los Angeles Times.

Fax:	213-237-4712

Pubdate:	13 December 1998

Author:	H.G.  Reza, Times Staff Writer

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1152.a01.html

Drug Use

The following cluster of articles were chosen to illustrate three elements our policy won't deal with realistically: the human urge to change perception is global, it's found among juveniles, it embraces all available substances, legal of not, and can be the basis of a profitable trade either legal or illegal.

TEEN METH USE OUTPACES TREATMENT

As Youths' Meth Use Rises, Treatment Lags

Methamphetamine - virtually unheard of among young drug users a few years ago - has replaced other hard drugs as the preferred high among adolescents in Iowa, officials say.

The surge comes as counselors and advocates for youth say funding for ongoing treatment is in short supply and the cost of treatment for some of the most vulnerable teen-agers has become prohibitive.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Sun, 06 Dec 98

Source:	Des Moines Register (IA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.dmregister.com/

Copyright:	1998, The Des Moines Register.

Author:	Lee Rood, Register Staff Writer

http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1132.a08.html

RISE IN CIGARETTE SMOKING DOESN'T BOTHER BURMA GOVERNMENT

MANDALAY, Burma---When U Soe Thein Oo attended a concert a few months ago by Iron Cross, the most popular Burmese heavy metal band, he got more than just an earful of "Desert Moon," the band's hit love ballad.

[snip]

Across the country young people tell similar stories of how they were drawn to cigarettes by free handouts and slick advertising tactics never before seen in Burma as tobacco multinationals focus their powerful marketing machines on potential smokers.

[snip]

Source:	International Herald-Tribune

Contact:

Website:	http://www.iht.com/

Copyright:	International Herald Tribune 1998

Pubdate:	Mon, 7 Dec 1998

Author:	Thomas Crampton, International Herald Tribune

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1142.a01.html

TOXIC MARKERS CALLED 'POOR MAN'S DRUG'

The toxic marker that sent 13 Buena Park youths to area hospitals is the tool of choice for some graffiti artists, but it has a far more dangerous use as an inhalant.

The Magnum 44 marker contains high levels of xylene, which can cause heart rhythm problems that can lead to sudden death, said Cynthia Johnson, a California Poison Control system toxicology case manager.

"This is not something you want to play around with," Johnson said. Repeated abuse, she said, can slow reaction time, irritate eyes and case lung and kidney damage, dizziness, memory loss and tremors.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Tue, 8 Dec 1998

Source:	Orange County Register(Ca)

Contact:	()

Website:	(http://www.ocregister.com/)

Copyright:	1998 The Orange County Register

Author:	Heather MacDonald and Bill Rams-OCR

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1142.a04.html

International News

Those who scan Drug news Digests or read this newsletter regularly must be struck with one simple fact: whatever McCaffrey's claims about "success" in the drug war, the volume of the international illicit drug trade is surging.  Articles trumpeting huge seizures don't speak to the success of interdiction, but to its failure- just as huge "busts" of retail workers, and the scare stories of "skyrocketing" juvenile use in one country after another testify to the failure of prohibition to "control" drug use.

The international section of this newsletter has become a chronicle of this market growth; the article on teen heroin use in the US is included only to emphasize that whatever McCaffrey's attempt to put a nice face on domestic news, America is also part of the expanding world market our policy sustains.

DRUGS AND WEAPONS SEIZED AS POLICE ARREST 70 IN DAWN RAIDS

POLICE claimed a big victory in the fight against heroin dealers yesterday after an operation aimed at stopping a huge rise in the use of the drug.

Lothian and Borders police arrested 70 people, seized more than UKP300,000 in illegal substances and assets and confiscated an arsenal of weapons during Operation Foil.

[snip]

Source:	Scotsman (UK)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.scotsman.com/

Copyright:	The Scotsman Publications Ltd

Pubdate:	8 Dec 1998

Author:	Andrew Walker

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1139.a01.html

DRUGS-RELATED DEATHS DOUBLE IN GLASGOW

DRUGS-RELATED deaths in Glasgow have more than doubled in the past year, according to a new police report.

Heroin is the main killer, with a growing number of users injecting the drug in a highly risky cocktail with temazepam - a benzodiazepine used to treat anxiety.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Thu, 10 Dec 1998

Source:	Independent, The (UK)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.independent.co.uk/

Copyright:	Independent Newspapers (UK) Ltd.

Author:	Stephen Goodwin, Scotland Correspondent

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1147.a10.html

DRUG SMUGGLERS' EUROPEAN UNION

Gungor Tekin was one of Turkey's most renowned international footballers, a hero to the fans of not one but two of the country's biggest clubs.  This week he is starting a 23-year sentence in a British jail after being convicted of a heroin smuggling operation that has cast light on the new international links of the heroin trade.

What has emerged from the case and other recent operations is that there is now a European criminal community that is cooperating far more successfully than their ministerial counterparts.  While eastern European countries are still negotiating over entry into the EU, criminal gangs across Europe have joined forces to exploit what is still a growing market.

[snip]

Pubdate:	Sat, 12 Dec 1998

Source:	Guardian, The (UK)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.guardian.co.uk/

Copyright:	Guardian Media Group 1998

Author:	Duncan Campbell, Nikolai Chavdarov and Antoaneta Nesheva

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1151.a03.html

BRAZEN DRUG DEALERS FRUSTRATE MEXICO, U.S.

Officials Accused of Protecting Them

For several months this year, a Mexican army lieutenant trained by the CIA was leading the most sensitive anti-narcotics investigation in Mexico.  He was pursuing tips that he believed tied a powerful drug kingpin to the governor of the Yucatan state that includes the lavish beach resort of Cancun and its $2 billion tourist industry.

[snip]

U.S.  and Mexican officials said that state police as well as military troops assigned to Quintana Roo routinely permit passage of drug shipments that arrive on the beaches by boat, at clandestine airstrips and overland though neighboring Belize and Guatemala.

"Everyone there is bought and paid for," said a U.S.  official familiar with the Yucatan operations.

[snip]

Source:	Washington Post (DC)

Website:	http://www.washingtonpost.com/

Copyright:	1998 The Washington Post Company

Pubdate:	13 Dec 1998

Author:	Molly Moore and Douglas Farah

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1152.a04.html

HEROIN USE GOING UP AMONG US TEEN-AGERS

Heroin use has risen rapidly in recent years among U.S.  teens, with many middle-class youngsters snorting the drug in the mistaken belief that it's less addictive than shooting up, experts say.

[snip]

Source:	Orange County Register (CA)

Contact:

Website:	http://www.ocregister.com/

Copyright:	1998 The Orange County Register

Pubdate:	8 Dec 1998

URL:	http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v98.n1139.a05.html

Yet Another Full Page Ad in The New Republic

You can view a copy of the current Common Sense ad which appears in the New Republic.  The ad focuses on Joe Califano's Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse and asks whether Columbia University is compromising its integrity and prestige to be associated with them.

The ad can be viewed at: http://www.drugsense.org/ads/ along with the other Common Sense ads.

TIP OF THE WEEK

Matt Elrod Advises:

Our search engine at http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/ will allow you to do phrase title searching by putting dots between your keywords. This is an undocumented feature I wrote myself.  For instance, if you wanted to find articles containing "School of the Americas" in the title/subject, then you would search for:

School.of.the.Americas

It is important to note that this works for title searches only but can be quite handy in a number of situations.

"Let me see if I've got this Santa business straight.  You say he wears a beard, has no discernible source of income and flies to cities all over the world under cover of darkness? You sure this guy isn't laundering illegal drug money?" -- Tom Armstrong

Treatment is 10 times more cost effective than interdiction in reducing the use of cocaine in the United States.

Source:	Rydell, C.P.  &; Everingham, S.S., Controlling Cocaine, Prepared for

the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the United States Army, Santa Monica, CA: Drug Policy Research Center, RAND (1994).

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