Supreme Court ruling on Oakland public housing case

[Another bankrupt policy in the so-called "War on Drugs"]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that government agencies can use aggressive eviction policies to get rid of drug users in public housing.

Justices, without dissent, said they had no problem with a federal law that allows entire families to be evicted from public housing for the drug use by one member.

The ruling is a relief for housing leaders, who argued that without such tools drug problems would worsen in public housing.

The losers were four elderly California tenants who received eviction notices. They challenged the zero-tolerance policy for drugs in federally subsidized housing and won in lower courts....

CNN article - http://www.cnn.com/2002/LAW/03/26/scotus.evictions.ap/index.html