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DRUG VIOLATIONS
Marion Barry's Son Warned of Jail Possibility
A D.C. Superior Court judge warned the son of D.C. Council member and former mayor Marion Barry yesterday to stay away from drugs or risk going to jail.
Christopher Barry, 25, who pleaded guilty last year to a misdemeanor assault charge in connection with an altercation with a police officer, has tested positive for marijuana in recent months, his supervision officer said, jeopardizing his plea agreement with prosecutors.
The agreement permits Barry to withdraw his guilty plea and have the case dismissed if he stays out of trouble.
Other than the positive drug tests, Barry has complied with the terms, maintaining a job and enrolling in school, the supervision officer said. But Judge Harold L. Cushenberry Jr. told Barry that he will have to take action if the drug problem persists.
-- Henri E. Cauvin
HOSPITAL PROPOSAL
Howard U. Declines Task Force Invitation
Howard University has declined an invitation from Mayor Anthony A. Williams to join his recently formed health-care task force. The panel is to consider alternatives to a proposed $400 million hospital the city has planned to build in partnership with Howard. Legislation to authorize the project is pending before the D.C. Council.
Victor F. Scott, senior vice president for health sciences at Howard, wrote a letter to the city saying the "overwhelming majority" of members on the mayor's panel "have been active participants in the orchestrated effort to derail" the proposed hospital.
He also wrote that the outcome was "predetermined" and that "adding one Howard representative to the panel seems unlikely to produce meaningful consultation."
"I'm disappointed," Williams (D) said yesterday. "I think it would have been helpful for them to have been involved."
-- Elissa Silverman
