1.   A stream of drug czars has not stemmed drug abuse, which is on the rise among young people.

2.   A special citywide commission issued a report last fall recommending several ways to stem sexual abuse in the school system.

3.   Federal regulators came under growing congressional pressure Tuesday to act further to lower the price of electricity in the West and stem alleged abuses by power producers.

4.   High-level Mexican officials also said that President Ernesto Zedillo will ask Clinton to stem abuses against Mexican immigrants in the United States, and stop violence against them.

5.   Hoping to stem abuse from designer and prescription drugs, lawmakers have cracked down on users and traffickers of drugs such as Oxycontin and Ecstasy.

6.   In an effort to stem abuses, local police accompanied federal troops during the sweeps.

7.   International protection for the endangered species, together with stiff penalties in Malaysia and Indonesia for illegally keeping or smuggling orangutans, appears to have stemmed some abuse.

8.   Instead, it has relied on government human-rights commissions established earlier in the decade to stem abuses.

9.   Labor Secretary Robert B. Reich has invited major retailers to a New York City summit meeting designed to stem abuse of garment workers laboring under sweatshop conditions.

10.   Proponents of the legislation say an overhaul is needed to stem abuse by people who can afford to repay their debts.