European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 15, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 15, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7treatment called key to cocaine War Washington apr treating heavy cocaine users is the cheapest most efficient Way to reduce the hundreds of tons consumed each year in America far More effect than trying to control supplies overseas or seizing the drug before it enters the United states the Rand corp. Said monday. Treatment is 23 times More Cost effective than controlling supplies overseas 11 times More Cost effective than interdicting the drug before it enters this country and seven times More Cost effective than Domestic enforcement said the report funded in part by the government. The authors using 1992 figures said $14 billion was spent that year on Federal state local and private efforts to fight cocaine with less than $1 billion for treatment a a $3 billion expansion would get us to the Point of being Able to offer treatment once per year to every heavy user a said Jonathan Caulkins co director of Randy a drug policy research Center. If new Money Wasny to available he said a a we a Cut All Supply control programs by one Quarter to cover the treatment expansion. The study estimated that . Cocaine consumption has remained steady since the mid-1980s, despite a drop from 9 million to 7 million users. The reason an increase in heavy users who when not incarcerated consume about eight times As much of the drug 140 Grams per year As Light users the report said. Its analysis of various strategies found a doubling treatment funds while cutting the Supply control budget by 25 percent would leave the number of cocaine users at 7 million but would Cut consumption from 314 metric tons to 294 metric tons. A providing drug treatment for All heavy users while cutting the Supply control budget by one Quarter would reduce the number of users to 6.7 million and Cut consumption to 211 metric tons. A treating All heavy users without cutting Supply control efforts would decrease users to 6,4 million and slash consumption to 188 metric tons. A cutting Supply control efforts by 25 percent while keeping treatment at 1992 Levels would increase users to 7,28 million and consumption to 344 metric tons. The researchers said 13 percent of hard Core cocaine users who get any treatment including those who quit treatment after a few Days slay off drugs. Since the study focused on cocaine consumption rather than the number of users Caulkins said researchers believe Progress is made even if those receiving treatment simply Cut Back on cocaine use without quitting the researchers determined treatment was the most Cost effective Way to reduce consumption by calculating the Cost for each method to Cut consumption by 1 percent $34 million for treatment $246 million for Domestic enforcement $366 million for interdiction acid $783 million for source country control. Briseno turns irritable at Job hearing los Angeles a a suspended police officer who was exonerated in court in the Rodney King beating fought to get his Job Back monday saying he tried to Stop those who clubbed King. There Wasny to Quot a lot of time to Stop think react Quot Theodore Briseno told the police departments Board of rights which will recommend whether he can return to work. Briseno is accused of unnecessarily kicking King. Briseno appeared Calm and confident As he answered questions posed by sgt. Co Trie Malinka a department advocate. But he seemed to grow frustrated As he repeatedly defended his stomping on the prone King a it was an attempt to hold or. King Down. Yes it was Force. Yes i used my foot. I tried. It did no to work Quot Briseno said. King who is Black was beaten in March 1991 by four White police officers who had pulled him Over for a traffic violation. The beating was videotaped by a bystander Briseno was suspended without pay shortly after the beating. The 10-year department Veteran later became an outcast for testifying against his colleagues at their state trial. He has unsuccessfully applied for dozens of jobs since then. Briseno a attorney Greg Petersen called the hearing Quot a smear  the hearing is expected to last a few weeks and then the three member Board will make a recommendation to police chief Willie Williams who makes the decision. The police department planned to Call 14 witnesses including Briseno a former partner. 1 i to a. L 13 1 watchful a Sarasota fla., Jolke boat keeps a Sharp Eye on entries looting in for the Lido key to Cuba regatta which attracted More than so boats. Organizers or the controversial race said contestants were bringing in food clothing and toys for needy cubans. They also said assistance would be offered to any cuban rafters encountered along the Way. Court melts verdict in ice Cream theft Atlanta apr an appeals court ordered a new trial for a 17year-old boy who was sentenced to three years in prison for stealing $20 Worth of ice Cream bars from a school cafeteria. The Georgia court of appeals on Friday threw out Dehundri Caldwell a felony burglary conviction. It ruled that Superior court judge Andrew Whalen or. Failed to find out if Caldwell was acting voluntarily when he pleaded guilty aug. 23. A everything we be been saying has been validated a said John Rasnick Caldwell a attorney. A de Tundra Caldwell was railroaded into a guilty plea for something he did no to  Caldwell said he did no to steal the ice Cream and was coerced into signing a confession written by police. He said that he his 15-year-old brother and a 16-year-old Friend were walking to play basketball last july 11 when they entered the school through an open door to use the bathroom. The two boys who were with Caldwell were Given lighter sentences in juvenile court. Whalene a sentence enraged Many in Thomaston a Small Community about 50 Miles South of Atlanta. Sonic cried racism Caldwell is Black and Whalen is White. In september the state Board of pardons and parole reduced Caldwell a sentence to probation. The Board said it did not think race played a part in Whalen s decision. No trial Dale had been set. District attorney Johnnie Caldwell who is not related to the teen Ager did not return a phone Call seeking comment monday Erik Menendez feared brother Case files say by the los Angeles times los Angeles a marking their first Public split Erik Menendez has asserted that he was afraid of Lyle Menendez the night they killed their wealthy Beverly Hills parents and the younger brother a lawyer wants the two tried separately according to Legal papers prosecutors filed monday. Disclosing that Erik Menendez apparently was turning on his brother prosecutors quoted a Brief filed by lawyers for the younger brother saying it was a a crucial to his defense to prove the a theory that Erik was fearful of Lyle at the time of the alleged  the defense filed the Legal papers to bolster Erik Menendez a bid for a separate trial. According to prosecutors who quoted from the Brief the defense contends that Erik Menendez was afraid because his brother had threatened him. Leslie Abramson the Lead attorney for Erik Menen Dez could not be reached for comment. The Brief she filed in april has never been made Public and could not be obtained monday. Terri Towery one of the defense lawyers for Lyle Menendez declined to comment. Prosecutors who could not be reached for comment Are seeking a joint trial and said in Legal papers they filed monday that the defense position is in Sharp contrast to the joint stand that Lyle Menendez 26, and Erik Menendez 23, offered at their lengthy first trial. The Brothers were tried together but had separate juries. The prosecutions Legal papers ridiculed the notion that Enk Menendez a might portray Lyle Menendez As the Mastermind who dominated him a saying that was in a direct conflict with the Brothers testimony. At the first trial which ended in january both Brothers testified that they killed their parents aug. 30, 1989, in self defense rooted in a deep fear of Jose Menendez 45, and Kitty Menendez 47. Wielding shotguns the sons killed the parents in the to room of the family s Beverly Hills estate. Each of the Brothers said they lashed out after a lifetime of physical psychological and sexual abuse. Not once in 10 Days on the stand did Erik Menendez say he feared his brother. Prosecutors contended the Brothers killed out of hatred and greed. The first trial ended in january when the separate juries both deadlocked Between murder and lesser manslaughter charges. Van Guys Superior court judge Stanley m. Weis Borg is due to set a Dale for the new trial june 27. Weisberg is also due at that hearing to decide whether to conduct the retrial with one jury or two or to have separate trials. Both Brothers remain in los Angeles county jail without bail