October: The rapid spread of crack prompts Congress to pass new anti-drug legislation.

More than a dozen Congressional committees, caucuses and study groups are working on new anti-drug legislation, including programs to destroy foreign coca crops.

It calls for full financing of the major anti-drug legislation passed last year, which would cost an additional $800 million.

The Senate moved closer to a possible compromise on anti-drug legislation today.

Those who are not proponents of anti-drug legislation characterize these motivations as religious intolerance, racism, and public healthism.

The anti-drug legislation was a $70 million package of three dozen bills including tougher laws on drug dealing and education and treatment.

In 1928, ether was officially classified as a drug - anti-drug legislation was extended to include it.

The Senate voted today to retain a Federal death penalty provision in new anti-drug legislation.

The two bills must be reconciled if there is to be anti-drug legislation this year.

The measure, an amendment to anti-drug legislation in the House of Representatives, was rejected last week.