April 03, 1997 * LATEST DRUG PLAGUE HITS HARDEST IN HEARTLAND It's been a record winter for snowfall in Fargo, N.D. As spring settles in, the Red River is certain to swell, threatening the tidy homes and industrial shops that line its banks. [MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL, PAY PER VIEW, 705 words, $1.00] WARRANTLESS DRUG SEARCH VIOLATED MAN'S RIGHTS Racine County drug agents who entered a man's home and searched for marijuana and drug paraphernalia without a warrant or his verbal OK violated his constitutional rights, an appeals court ruled Wednesday. [SAINT PAUL PIONEER PRESS, PAY PER VIEW, 360 words, $1.00] MEDICAL MARIJUANA CAN EASE DREADED ILLS DEAR DR. GOTT: What do you think of marijuana use for medical purposes? I strongly favor this, because THC has been shown in many medical studies to be an effective antidote for the pain and dread associated with chronic diseases ... [MEMPHIS COMMERCIAL APPEAL, PAY PER VIEW, 480 words, $1.00] Vietnam to Set up New AntiDrug Body Vietnam will set up an antidrug police department to fight the growing drug abuses and trafficking in the country, an official report said today. [XINHUA, BASIC, 90 words] Five arrested in Italy; cocaine seized Italian police broke up a trafficking ring in which some dlrs 60 million worth of cocaine was smuggled from Latin America to Italy in containers filled with the pulp of tropical fruit, authorities said Wednesday. [Associated Press, PREMIUM, 105 words] Cociane shipment seized in U.S.Colombian drug op The U.S. Coast Guard and the Colombian navy seized 1,440 pounds of cocaine in a joint operation in waters close to the Caribbean islands of San Andres and Providencia on Wednesday, officials said. [Reuters, PAY PER VIEW, 146 words, $1.00]