>> DUTCH CUSTOMS MAKE RECORD ECSTASY PILL SEIZURE The Dutch customs
service on Friday announced it biggest seizure of ecstasy pills.
Customs officers at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport discovered 97,000
pills in a single suitcase a week ago while conducting standard
checks on the luggage of departing passengers. ``It was a routine
control. [Reuters, 145 words]

>> ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT ENDORSES ANTIDRUG CAMPAIGN Zambian President
Frederick Chiluba has endorsed a fouryear national drug control plan
which included enhancing an antimoney laundering bill and setting up
of a cabinet committee on drugs chaired by the president. [XINHUA,
182 words]

>> BULGARIAN CUSTOMS SEIZE 43 KG OF HEROIN Bulgarian customs officers
said on Friday they had seized 43 kg of heroin smuggled in a
Polishregistered minibus from Turkey. [Reuters, 137 words]

>> 1 KG OF COCAINE FOUND IN STOMACH OF DEAD COLOMBIAN MAN TOKYO, May 2
_ Doctors found 1 kilogram of cocaine in the stomach of a Colombian
man who died earlier this week after complaining of stomachache,
police said Friday. [Kyodo, 109 words]

>> JUDGE/ CALIFORNIA CAN'T BUST DOCS FOR MARIJUANA ADVICE The federal
government cannot penalize California doctors who recommend marijuana
to their sick patients, a federal judge in San Francisco ruled
Wednesday. [USA TODAY, 372 words]

>> DOCTORS CAN RECOMMEND MARIJUANA JUDGE EXTENDS ORDER UNTIL LAWSUIT
IS RESOLVED The Justice Department cannot interfere with doctors
who recommend marijuana to seriously ill patients, a federal judge
ruled yesterday, saying U.S. medical marijuana policies violate a
doctors' right to free speech as well as the patientphysician
relationship. [SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE, 503 words]

>> MEXICO, U.S. TO SIGN 10 AGREEMENTS NEXT WEEK During U.S. President
Bill Clinton's visit here next week Mexico and the United States will
sign 10 agreements, including a pledge to fight moneylaundering and
the building of a new frontier bridge, Mexican Foreign Minister Jose
Angel Gurria said on Friday. [Reuters, 521 words]

>> HEMP FESTIVAL MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND A controversial music festival
that advocates the legalization of marijuana is scheduled for
Memorial Day weekend on a flower farmer's land in Crawford County, a
festival organizer said. [CAPITAL TIMES/WISCONSIN STATE JOURNAL, 141
words]