March 11, 1997

* Police accuse 93yearold woman of selling heroin

Israeli police Monday arrested a 93yearold woman on suspicion
of drug dealing, a TV station reported. [Associated
Press, PREMIUM, 112 words]

Former Orange County, Calif., Bus Driver Says Drug Policy Is Too
Harsh

By Michele Himmelberg KnightRidder/Tribune Business News Mar.
10Larry Rose says he is a victim. The former bus driver says
he was duped into ingesting marijuana, then fired after testing
positive in a random drug test. [The Orange County Register,
PAY PER VIEW, 654 words, $1.00]

Trial opens of police accused of paying informers with drugs

A Spanish Civil Guard officer told court Monday he had been pressured
into claiming his force paid informants with drugs, charges
which he and nine other officers face. [Associated Press,
PREMIUM, 232 words]

Marijuana; Expert Panel Says Medical Use of Drug Is Worth Study

Marijuana; Expert Panel Says Medical Use of Drug Is Worth Study Sparse
but promising evidence indicates smoking marijuana may ease the
suffering of some seriously ill patients, but more study is
needed before the drug's medical value is understood, a panel
of experts said. [Cancer Weekly Plus, PAY PER VIEW, 746 words,
$4.00]

California Trucking Group Warns Drivers Against Use of Medicinal
Marijuana

By Ann Saccomano KnightRidder/Tribune Business News SAN
FRANCISCOMar. 10The California Trucking Association wants
to clear the air about confusion arising from that state's
passage of Proposition 215, the "medicinal marijuana"
initiative. [Traffic World, PAY PER VIEW, 438 words, $1.00]

PHYSICIAN FILES BALLOT MEASURE TO OK MARIJUANA PRESCRIPTIONS

A Tacoma doctor filed a proposed ballot initiative yesterday that
would allow doctors in Washington to prescribe marijuana to
``treat a disease ... [SEATTLE POSTINTELLIGENCER, PAY PER
VIEW, 160 words, $1.00]

DRUGSINDOCHINA/ BRISK TRAFFIC IN OPIUM, AMPHETAMINES

Due to its central location in Southeast Asia, Laos increasingly is
being used as a transit point for drug trafficking, says an
official of the United Nations Drug Control Program . [Inter
Press Service, PREMIUM, 621 words]