DRUGS see also Narcotics

Analyses

Chemical Diversion and Trafficking Act (H.R. 2585), 14603 [3JN]

Announcements

Rollin/Shapiro to aid NCTIP, National Committee on the Treatment of Intractable Pain, 588 [6JA]

Articles and editorials

Act of Mercy, 585 [6JA]

Applicants for D.C. Police Secretly Tested for Pregnancy, Officials Reassess Policy After Complaint, 30968 [5NO]

ATA President Pledges ``Whatever It Takes'' To Get Substance Abusers Out of Trucking Industry, 6914 [25MR]

Contra Arms Crew Said To Smuggle Drugs, 1834 [22JA]

Contra Trafficking Charges Resurface, 20823 [22JY]

Evidently the VA Is Different, 33886 [3DE]

Extradite Ochoa, 34409 [8DE]

FBI Told To Halt Sting of Bahamas' Premier, 7910 [3AP]

Heroin for the Terminally Ill, 586 [6JA]

Hill Panel Finds No Evidence Linking Contras to Drug Smuggling, 20822 [22JY], 23473 [7AU]

Life Behind the Wheel, 6914 [25MR]

Look Who's Learning Our Drug Strategy, 15376 [10JN]

Meese Ignores Bill of Rights, 6938 [25MR]

Race Against Time, Fatigue Competition, 6913 [25MR]

Relief for the Terminally Ill, 585 [6JA]

Team of World Champions, 32690 [18NO]

U.S. Drug ``Crusade'' Is Seen as Undermining Itself, 33904-33905 [3DE]

We Need a Coordinated National Drug Policy—Together We Can Win, 28176 [15OC]

We're Teaching Our Kids to Use Drugs, 33557 [1DE]

Why Not Heroin? The Controversy Surrounding the Legalization of Heroin for Therapeutic Purposes, 588-594 [6JA]

Bills and resolutions

Aliens: establish program for departure from U.S. of certain arrested for narcotics-related offenses (see S. 48)

Anabolic steroids: penalty for sale without prescription (see H.R. 2928)

Animals: authorize abbreviated new animal drug applications and patents (see H.R. 3120)

Chemicals: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

Chronic diseases: coverage of antibiotics administered at home (see H.R. 1294)

Controlled Substances Act: include glutethimide USP in schedule II (see H.R. 2745)

———regulate transactions involving ephedrine (see H.R. 2846)

Crime and criminals: death penalty for certain drug offenses (see S. 70)

———establish program for departure from U.S. of certain aliens arrested for narcotics-related offenses (see S. 48)

———life imprisonment for certain drug offenses (see H.R. 3320)

———suppress trafficking in chemicals used in illicit manufacturing of controlled substances (see H.R. 2585)

Cyclosporine: tariff treatment (see H.R. 35)

Dept. of HHS: fees for review of applications for marketing of drugs and medical products (see H.R. 3547), 29209 [26OC]

Diacetylmorphine: availability for use by cancer patients (see S. 143)

Diseases: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

District of Columbia: trafficking (see H. Con. Res. 13)

Drug, Alcohol, Rehabilitation, and Education Program: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 110)

Drug industry: ban reimportation, restrict drug samples, and ban resales by hospitals (see S. 368)

Drug trafficking: establish program for departure from U.S. of certain aliens arrested for narcotics-related offenses (see S. 48)

Drugs: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

Ephedrine: regulate transactions (see H.R. 3062)

———regulation (see H.R. 3268)

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend to limit dispensing of certain drugs (see H.R. 2168)

———labeling of drugs which are derived from human fetus material (see H.R. 3301)

———orphan drugs (see H.R. 3349)

Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: revise relative to orphan drugs (see H.R. 3459)

Foreign countries: implement agreements with narcotic transiting countries (see S. 1455)

Health: grants to States relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (see S. 1862)

Heroin: availability to terminally ill cancer patients (see H.R. 1470)

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108)

Law enforcement: funding (see S. 17)

Medicare: prescription drugs benefits for State and local government employees (see H.R. 2761)

Narcotics: illegal use among college students (see H. Res. 272)

———international control policy (see S. 15)

———reduce smuggling (see H.R. 77)

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (see S. 1907)

Office of Director of National and International Drug Operations and Policy: establish (see H.R. 353)

Smuggling: reduce (see H.R. 77)

States: compile law relating to illicit substances (see H.R. 2746)

———grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

———grants to States for recordkeeping of prescription drugs to assist control of illicit substances (see H.R. 2747)

Tariff: antibiotic intermediates (see S. 1496, 1497)

Women: grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (see S. 169)

Briefings

Random drug testing for VA personnel: VA, 33889 [3DE]

Factsheets

Drugs in the Workplace: VA, 33887 [3DE]

Hearings

Committee on Energy and Commerce: limit dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners (H.R. 2093) (testimony), D270 [22AP]

———prescription drug price increases (testimony), D263 [21AP]

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Federal drug interdiction capabilities and coordination (testimony), D186 [24MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Young Americans Act (S. 476) (testimony), D301 [30AP]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): Anti-Drug Abuse Act

———Anti-Drug Abuse Act (testimony), D169 [18MR], D195 [25MR]

———drug interdiction (testimony), D306 [30AP]

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: drug testing of Federal employees (testimony), D241 [7AP]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): random alcohol and drug testing in the work place (testimony), D253 [9AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: outpatient prescription drugs under medicare, D280 [23AP]

Letters

Certification of cooperation by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on drug interdiction: Commonwealth of the Bahamas, 7922 [3AP]

———Dept. of State, 7917 [3AP]

Heroin availability to cancer patients: Joseph A. Oddis, American Society of Hospital Pharmacists, 24024 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

Impaired Health Professionals: AMA, 33872 [3DE]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments: Otis R. Bowen, Sec. of HHS, 33509 [1DE]

Nicaraguan Contra drug smuggling: Representative Rangel, 22994 [6AU]

Physician Drug Sales, 18703 [1JY]

Random drug testing for Armed Forces personnel: C.A.H. Trost, 33889 [3DE]

Random drug testing for VA personnel: American Federation of Government Employees, 33898 [3DE]

———California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 33902 [3DE]

———Donald I. MacDonald, 33872 [3DE]

———Gene A. Murphy, DAV, 33831, 33847, 33901 [3DE]

———Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 33848 [3DE], 33902 [3DE]

———Hugh Hewitt, OPM, 33887 [3DE]

———International Brotherhood of Teamsters, 33898 [3DE]

———James C. Miller III, Edwin Meese III, and Constance J. Horner, 33888, 33889 [3DE]

———James H. Sammons, AMA, 33847 [3DE]

———Jeanette C. Hartshorn, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses, 33847 [3DE]

———John H. Ferman, California Association of Hospitals and Health Systems, 33845 [3DE]

———Paul S. Egan, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., 33848 [3DE]

———Paul W. Schafer, National Association of VA Physicians, 33846 [3DE]

———Thomas K. Turnage, VA, 33887 [3DE]

Withholding of foreign aid to discourage foreign drug production and trafficking: Representative Hochbrueckner, 34672 [10DE]

Lists

Organizations supporting funding of the Orphan Drug Act, 13899 [28MY]

VA medication classification system, 29404 [27OC]

Meetings

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: establish drug testing program in the commercial aviation, rail, and motor carrier industries, D129 [10MR]

Committee on Energy and Commerce: Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (H.R. 1226), D248 [8AP]

———Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act amendment to the limit dispensing of certain drugs (H.R. 2168), D322 [6MY]

———Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act amendment to limit the dispensing of certain drugs by practitioners (H.R. 2093), D279 [23AP]

———health service programs (H.R. 1207, 1226, 1327, 1444, 1746, 1855 and 1861), D214 [31MR]

———Prescription Drug Marketing Act (H.R. 1207), D248 [8AP]

Memorandums

Random Drug Testing for VA Personnel: National Association of VA Physicians, 33898 [3DE]

———National Drug Policy Board, 33888 [3DE]

VA Implementation of President's Drug-Free Work Place Program, 33887 [3DE]

Papers

In Defense of the Reintroduction of Heroin Into American Medical Practice and H.R. 5290—The Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 586-588 [6JA]

Questions and answers

Dept. of State certification process: Senator Inouye and Ann Wrobleski, 7916 [3AP]

Remarks in House

Airline and railroad crew members: mandatory testing (H.R. 693), 1691 [21JA]

Amtrak: failure to administer drug tests, 819 [7JA]

Anabolic steroids: penalty for sale without prescription (H.R. 2928), 19820 [14JY]

Animals: authorize abbreviated new animal drug applications and patents (H.R. 3120), 22690 [5AU]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act: appropriations, 8604 [9AP]

Attorney General: interpretation of constitutional authority, 6938 [25MR]

Catalyst altered water: value, 20119 [15JY]

Crime and criminals: extradition of foreign nationals to U.S., 34409 [8DE]

———life imprisonment for certain drug offenses (H.R. 3320), 24816 [22SE], 24918 [22SE]

———suppress trafficking in chemicals used in illicit manufacturing of controlled substances (H.R. 2585), 14602 [3JN]

Death and dying: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (H.R. 1470), 24023 [15SE], 24461 [17SE]

Dept. of HHS: fees for review of applications for marketing of drugs and medical products (H.R. 3547), 29212 [26OC]

Dept. of Justice: Marshals Service, 15605 [11JN]

Drug abuse: funding for prevention programs and control efforts, 8081 [7AP]

Ephedrine: regulate transactions (H.R. 3062), 21800 [30JY]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend to limit the dispensation of certain drugs (H.R. 2168), 18702 [1JY]

———orphan drugs (H.R. 3349), 25672 [29SE]

Foreign countries: laxity toward drug trade, 15376 [10JN]

Foreign relations: Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Conference, 23384 [7AU]

Health: deregulation of drugs for terminally ill, 5551 [12MR]

Jamaica: effects of marijuana on economy, 4797 [4MR]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (H.J. Res. 108), 2198 [29JA], 9291 [22AP]

Kingsport, TN: Sullivan Middle School, tribute, 942 [7JA]

Medical care: make heroin available to terminally ill cancer patients (H.R. 1470), 4965 [5MR]

Merck & Co.: eliminating river blindness, 30260 [29OC]

———tribute, 29514 [27OC]

Narcotics: trafficking and drug abuse, 23432 [7AU]

Nicaragua: Contra drug trafficking allegations, 20661 [22JY], 20822 [22JY], 22994 [6AU], 23473 [7AU]

———medical supplies, 27934 [14OC]

Ochoa, Jorge: extradition to U.S., 34409 [8DE]

Parent Drug Awareness Act: enact (H.R. 3301), 24051 [15SE]

Prices: prescription drugs, 20291 [20JY]

Soviet Union: crimes in psychiatric hospitals, 30972 [5NO]

Transportation: drug and alcohol testing of key professionals, 6913 [25MR]

Remarks in Senate

Bahamas: drug interdiction policies, 7909 [3AP]

Cancer: use of parenteral diacetylmorphine (S. 143), 583 [6JA]

Colombia: illegal narcotics, 21935 [31JY]

Compassionate Pain Relief Act: enact (S. 143), 583 [6JA]

Foreign countries: implement agreements with narcotic transiting countries (S. 1455), 18198 [30JN]

Health: Federal grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 14961 [9JN]

———immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant (S. 1862), 31818 [12NO]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act: amend (S. 1907), 33505 [1DE]

National defense: security of U.S. borders, 14638 [4JN]

National Drunken and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 136), 30321 [30OC]

Orphan Drug Act: funding, 13899, 13900 [28MY]

Smuggling: control, 25289-25291 [25SE]

States: Federal grants relative to exposure to diethylstilbestrol (S. 169), 14961 [9JN]

Reports

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments: GAO, 23431 [7AU]

Certification of Cooperation by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on Drug Interdiction: Dept. of State, 7921 [3AP]

National Drunken and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 136), 29882 [29OC]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Lee H.: Drug Testing, 6939 [25MR]

Resolutions by organizations

Drug abuse and trafficking: U.N. International Conference on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 23433 [7AU]

Statements

Drug Testing: David Axelrod, 33886 [3DE]

———Senator DeConcini, 33869 [3DE]

Drugs: Edward Seaga, Prime Minister of Jamaica, 4798-4799 [4MR]

Drugs—The Great Hoax: Autumn Kearn, 942 [7JA]

Heroin Use for Cancer Patients: William F. Buckley, Jr., 584 [6JA]

Mexico-U.S. Illegal Drug Control: Representative Gilman, 23385 [7AU]

Random Drug Testing for VA Personnel: George Lundberg, 33899 [3DE]

Shooting of Jeffrey Allen in His Barracks at Fort Hood, TX, 25381 [26SE]

Summaries

Alcohol Abuse, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Act Amendments (H.R. 3187), 23431 [7AU]

National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act Amendments (S. 1907), 33510-33511 [1DE]

Orphan Drug Amendments (H.R. 3349), 25672 [29SE]

Supplemental Appropriations Act's Drug Testing Amendment: Senator Deconcini, 33870 [3DE]

Tables

Cost analysis of VA drug testing program, 33870 [3DE]

Price differences in generic and brand name versions of prescription drugs, 20291 [20JY]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 108, Just Say No to Drugs Week, 9293 [22AP]

H.R. 3292, Intravenous Substance Abuse and AIDS Prevention Act, 24240 [16SE]

S. 143, Compassionate Pain Relief Act, 584 [6JA]

S. 169, Federal grants to States for programs to identify and aid individuals exposed to diethylstilbestrol, 611 [6JA]

S. 997, Alzheimer's Disease Research Act, 8801 [9AP]

S. 1907, National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act amendments, 33506-33509 [1DE]

S. 1962, immunosuppressive drug therapy block grant, 31819-31820 [12NO]