71.   Pataki said his proposals would mostly affect people sentenced under the so-called second felony offender law, passed the same year as the tough drug laws.

72.   Politicians confess their youthful indiscretions, then call for tougher drug laws.

73.   Prosecutors across the state are the most powerful backers of the present drug laws.

74.   Report urges new drug laws and health worker training to assure skilled, compassionate care for the dying.

75.   Proposals by Gov. George Pataki and others for tougher gun laws merit prompt attention, as do the Rockefeller drug laws, which deserve repeal.

76.   Roughly a third of the prisoners are serving sentences under drug laws introduced or inspired by Rockefeller.

77.   Researchers said they were particularly interested in the survey results of marijuana use in the Netherlands, known for its relatively permissive drug laws.

78.   Several relatives of people imprisoned under the Rockefeller drug laws tried to get a word in.

79.   She noted that in wading into a highly disputed area of the criminal law, she was not asking the state Legislature for broad revisions in the drug laws.

80.   She also befriended him, retained a new lawyer for him and took him to rallies to protest the Rockefeller drug laws.