ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE BEING SUED

LOS ANGELES - D.A.R.E, an anti-drug program used in schools
across the country, has sued Rolling Stone magazine for $50 million,
alleging it was libeled in an article written by a journalist who
admitted making up part of the story.

The March 1998 article by freelance writer Stephen Glass said the
Culver City-based program tried to "silence critics, suppress
scientific research and punish nonbelievers."

D.A.R.E. has a separate $10 million libel complaint against
Glass.

The federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Rolling Stone managing
editor Robert Love requested a derogatory article about D.A.R.E. to
further editor-publisher Jann Wenner's "ongoing efforts to discredit
anti-drug organizations." Love and Wenner also are named as defendants.

"We are taking action against Rolling Stone to defend our reputation
and recoup the damages incurred by these libels," said D.A.R.E
president Glenn Levant.

Love countered that his magazine acted responsibly. "We are confident
that the magazine will be vindicated," he said.

"We view this libel action as little more than an attempt to
intimidate and discourage legitimate debate on the viability of the
D.A.R.E program," Love said.

Glass was a writer for the New Republic when he confessed to making up
stories for that magazine and others where he freelanced, including
Rolling Stone. He was fired from the New Republic and is now a law
student at Georgetown University.

D.A.R.E., or Drug Abuse Resistance Education, was founded by the Los
Angeles Police Department in the 1980s during the tenure of former
police chief Daryl F. Gates.

Under the program, police officers visit elementary school classrooms
to explain the dangers of drugs. In recent years, D.A.R.E. has
expanded to include lessons on such topics as violence, cigarette
smoking and date rape.