* 200 POT GROWERS AGREE TO SUPPLY CANNABIS CLUB STATE, COUNTY
OFFICIALS PLEDGE TO PROSECUTE UNDER DRUG LAWS

In a new effort to test the legal limits of last year's
successful medical marijuana initiative, about 200 pot
growers in California have signed a deal to supply San
Francisco's Cannabis Cultivators Club with thousands of
pounds of highquality dope. [SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE,
PAY PER VIEW, 573 words, $1.00]

NEW MARIJUANA LAWS REQUIRE POTTRAINING

Propositions legalizing marijuana for treatment have pitted doctors
against doctors, the federal government against state officials
and 48 states against California and Arizona. [SAN JOSE MERCURY
NEWS, PAY PER VIEW, 948 words, $1.00]

UNDERCOVER OPERATION IN S.F. YIELDS DRUGS

A twoyear undercover operation in San Francisco's Mission District
netted 63 arrests and the seizure of more than $7 million in
speed, cocaine, heroin and cash, authorities said Thursday.
[SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS, PAY PER VIEW, 29 words, $1.00]

Austrian singer arrested for heroin, bagsnatching

Crooner Toni Wegas, who represented Austria in the 1992 Eurovision
Song Contest, was arrested over the weekend for bagsnatching
and heroin possession. [Reuters, PAY PER VIEW, 107 words,
$1.00]