Feds Move To Prosecute Recreational Drug Users
The Justice Department approves a user based approach targeting recreational cocaine users as part of a broader demand reduction strategy. A February meeting of the National Drug Policy Board endorsed a concept paper for a user-responsibility program drafted by Dr. Ian Macdonald. First Lady Nancy Reagan criticized casual users as accomplices to murder at a White House conference.
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Federal law boosts penalties for drug possession
The Justice Department plans proposals after a 1986 law, rarely enforced, makes possession of any personal amount of a controlled substance a federal offense. First offenders face up to one year in jail, with new federal sentencing guidelines requiring minimum time served.
Federal AIDS policy to discipline workers who shun colleagues
The Office of Personnel Management plans a government wide directive allowing discipline of employees who refuse to work with AIDS infected coworkers. The rules require equal treatment with other illnesses, protect leave rights and life insurance options, and flag disciplinary steps if workplace disruption occurs.
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Teenager sought in Philadelphia bathtub murders
Philadelphia police search for Jose Hernandez 17 in connection with the killings of Catalino Hernandez 45 his wife Carmen 23 pregnant and their children Jonathan 9 months and Frankie 6. Autopsies show Frankie died by suffocation and strangulation Jonathan by skull fracture. adults reportedly shot. The aunt found the bodies after letting Jose in before he fled.
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