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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has awarded more than $33 million to provide coordinated addiction treatment and HIV/AIDS services to programs that target traditionally underserved communities, including African American, Latino/Hispanic and/or other racial and ethnic minority communities disproportionately affected by addiction and HIV/AIDS.
Gun-owners can now legally carry their weapons into Arizona bars. The only catch: they can’t drink. The Associated Press reported Sept. 29 that a new law allows concealed weapons in establishments that serve alcohol, if bar or restaurant owners agree….
An upstate New York tribe that has clashed with state government over tobacco sales has inked a deal to acquire a cigarette factory.
Donor support for faith-based institutions is usually rock-solid, but in the current economic crisis even churches are scrambling to deal with a decline in giving, the Wall Street Journal reported Aug. 11. The Bent Tree Bible Fellowship Church outside of…
Teen drinking and drug use is usually viewed as impulsive and immature behavior, but a new study finds that the brains of teens who engage in risky activities actually have brains that are more ’adult-like’ than those of their more…
A total of $21 million in new Drug Free Communities Act grants was awarded to 161 communities nationally, the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) announced Aug. 27. The new grantees were chosen from a pool of 417 applicants…
A group of tobacco companies has filed a lawsuit claiming that the new federal law giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is unconstitutional, the Wall Street Journal reported Sept. 1. Firms including Reynolds American and Lorillard claim that…
Men who smoke marijuana may have more problems achieving orgasm during sex than abstainers, according to a new Australian study. New Scientist reported Aug. 24 that researchers from La Trobe University in Melbourne found that men and women who smoked…
A British poll finds that half of smokers say they enjoy the experience, while 47 percent cite the need for stress relief as their reason for lighting up. The Independent reported July 29 that the study by Cancer Research UK…
Researchers analyzed National Alcohol Survey data to determine whether self-reported social disadvantages explained racial differences in alcohol dependence severity.
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