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New federal guidelines hamper Indiana drug fight

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - ndiana law enforcement may be handcuffed in pursuing major cocaine dealers because of new federal guidelines for cocaine investigations, according to published reports. The Drug Enforcement Administration ordered the change in a recent classified communication to DEA field offices, The Indianapolis Star reports. AGENTS ARE BEING instructed to focus their cocaine investigations on drug dealers selling 10-50 kilograms a month roughly 25-125 pounds, the report said. Cocaine traffic in Indiana involves dealers who sell far less. As a result, the new policy could eliminate DEA funding for Hoosier police agencies that rely on the DEA for technical and financial support. “In effect, they’ve put us out of the cocaine business,” said an Indiana DEA agent. THE AGENT SAID the new qualifying levels virtually ignore cocaine dealing on the smaller scale that exists in Indiana and many other states. “What they’re saying is if it gets by us at the border, it’s a free game,” the agent said. The DEA previously allowed

Lugar, Hamilton urge U.S. caution as USSR reforms

• INDIANAPOLIS (AP) Sen. Richard G. Lugar, R-Ind., is endorsing the move toward military reductions in Eastern Europe, but urging caution by both superpowers. ; Lugar, ranking minority member on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said Thursday that withdrawal of conventional forces and reduction of nuclear arms should be carried out under mutual agreements and not unilaterally. LUGAR, WHO APPEARED at the Indianapolis Press Club with Rep. Lee Hamiltion, D-Ind, said the fast-moving political and economic changes in the region are prompting many Americans and possibly some Soviets to call for unilateral cutbacks of troops and weapons from the region. But he indicated such unplanned or unstructured changes could endanger the trend toward greater political and economic freedoms. “It’s something that’s still reversible if we don’t work through this in a proper way,” Lugar said. Hamilton, the second ranking Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the recent meeting in Malta between President George Bush and his Soviet counterpart Mikhail Gorbachev “fundamentally changed the tone and psychology of U.S.-Soviet Relations.” HE SAID MALTA showed as willingness from a U.S. president to help the Soviet Union undergo changes, and it reflected their common interests on such matters as political reform, disarmament and stability in Eastern Europe. Hamilton said the momentum created toward arms control and economic relations was the primary result of the meeting. Both Hoosier congressmen agreed that the Malta meeting and current political tides sweeping East Germany, Poland and other east bloc countries have laid the groundwork for substantial disarmament next year. • “THE TWO LEADERS now are energizing their bureaucracies tp move toward agreements,” Hamilton said. ; A January meeting in Vienna of 35 nations called the Conference on Security and Cooperation will be pivotal in promoting continued change in Eastern Europe, both men said. • Pat Traub, press club president, said it was the first time Lugar and Hamilton have appeared together in Indiana. Lugar, who returned this week from a visit to East Germany, said the two Germanys probably will move toward unity as East Ger-

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DEA agents to concentrate on distribution cases involving as little as one kilogram a month. The new levels target a volume found almost entirely in coastal and border states. ‘TN OUR MIND, this shows once again the East Coast, West Coast and big-city bias of the DEA and of federal law enforcement drug officials in general,” said Curt Smith, press secretary for Sen. Dan Coats, RInd. Coats, an outspoken opponent of drug abuise, was told the new ruling is “not a hard, fast rule” and DEA officials in Washington feel funding could be found for investigations into smaller dealers. David H. McDougal, agent in charge of the Indianapolis DEA office, declined to comment on the new policy. But the commander of the Indianapolis Police Department’s narcotics division said McDougal’s office recently told him about the change. “They fell they won’t be able to assist us as they have in the past,” said CapL Michael E. Sherman. “I hope that whoever reviews this policy knows the impact it will have on cities in the same situation as Indianapolis.”

many develops a market-oriented economy. BUT LUGAR NOTED that East Germany, Poland and other Eastern European nations pressing for economic reform are following unknown waters. “There is no chartered path in moving from a Communist to a capitalist state. How all that will fit together is not clear,” he said. Hamilton said one of the most far-reaching results of a new opencss between the superpowers is on the economic front. HE SAID A TREAT appeared likely which would grant the Soviets favored nation status. Current tariffs on Soviet exports to the United States would drop from around 50 percent to 4 percent resulting in a boon to the Soviet economy, Hamilton said.

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Hoosier summit ends with broad recommendation to combat drugs

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A major conference on fighting drug abuse in Indiana has concluded with recommendations on topics ranging from law enforcement to public awareness. The proposals from the inaugural state drug summit will now be considered by the Commission for a Drug-Free Indiana, which plans to hold four regional hearings to take citizens’ comments as it fashions an anti-drug strategy for the state. “THIS IS THE beginning of the planning process,” said Jeffrey Modisett, the chairman of the commission and an aide to the Gov. Evan Bayh. The summit of approximately 80 Hoosier leaders from business, education, law enforcement, treatment, labor, politics and the media produced 30 recommendations. “I think we achieved a great deal,” said Bayh after Thursday’s daylong meeting. “But this is certainly not the end of the process. Now, of course, the challenge is to follow through.” THOUGH THE recommendations were varied and wide-rang-ing, some common themes emerged during the summit’s speeches and work sessions: • Government alone will not be able to solve the problem. Grassroots involvement by community groups, churches and families will be essential to creating a society in which drug abuse isn’t tolerated. “What we’re talking about in this war on drugs is changing attitudes,” said Judge Reggie B. Walton, the associate director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the summit’s keynote speaker. “I believe Americans are fed up. I believe Americans are friglhened, and I believe Americans want to save their country from drugs.” THE GOVERNOR ALSO said he hopes the attention the summit gets from the public “will be the first step to reaching out to families and businesses in this state to enlist them as the foot soldiers” in the fight against drugs. Rep. Lee H. Hamilton, D-Ind., sounded a similar theme in his luncheon speech. “The problem isn’t in Washington, D.C. The problem isn’t in Bogota. The problem isn’t in Peru,” he said. “The problem is in your community.”

GOV. EVAN BAYH Now must follow through

• A coordinated effort of tougher law enforcement, education programs and improved treatment will be needed to fight the problem. • Money won’t solve the problem although it can address its symptoms. “You can pump all the money you want into a neighborhood with a drug problem” but that will produce little effect until citizens’ attitudes change, said Walton. Hamilton noted that the federal expenditure to fight drugs has

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grown from Si billion to SB.B billion annually during this decade yet the problem continues to grow. “WE’VE HAD VERY, very mixed results to this point,” he said. • Legalization of drugs won’t solve the problem. Walton said legalization would lead to wider use and wouldn’t, as advocates claim, take the profit out of the drug trade. Many younger users or people who wouldn’t want to walk into a store and buy drugs openly would still obtain drugs through the underground market, he said. Hamilton said legalization “is not an issue in Congress. Congress is not prepared simply to give up in the war on drugs.” AMONG THE specific recommendations that summit participants urged state officials to consider were: • Designate a central management office to coordinate federal, state and local law enforcement efforts and eliminate overlapping of drug enforcement. • Increase funding throughout the criminal justice system so it can better handle the influx of drug cases. • Raise cigarette and alcohol taxes to help pay for the war on

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