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As legislation allowing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products clears Congress, some tobacco experts are focusing on the potential for the agency to use its new powers to ban menthol cigarettes.
The Meth Project, which is known for using graphic images in its ads to show the consequences of methamphetamine use, is now reaching out to Spanish-speaking teens in the Western U.S. through new radio and TV ads, CNN reported June…
The Meth Project, which is known for using graphic images in its ads to show the consequences of methamphetamine use, is now reaching out to Spanish-speaking teens in the Western U.S. through new radio and TV ads.
The full Delaware Senate could soon vote on a measure that would legalize medical use of marijuana in the state, the Wilmington News Journal reported June 4. With no opposition, the measure cleared a Senate committee and headed to the floor,…
The Treatment Research Institute (TRI) announces release of its Court Evaluation Program, “TRI-CEP,” a web-based, multi-media tool helping judges and other court officials comprehensively evaluate and justify their drug and other problem solving courts. TRI-CEP also includes adaptive features fostering rapid…
The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has voted 15-8 to approve a bill giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) power to regulate tobacco products, the Wall Street Journal reported May 21. The bill could be headed to…
Legislation to ban smoking in casinos is now off the table in Connecticut after the state Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee declined to act on the bill.
Smokers who use Apple iPhones now have an application available to help them quit smoking, the GW Hatchet reported May 11. Lorien Abroms, an assistant professor at George Washington University (GW), created “My QuitLine” - a free application for the iPhone that…
Criminal penalties for crack cocaine sales and possession should be lowered so that they are the same as those for offenses involving the powdered form of the drug, a high-ranking member of the U.S. Justice Department told Congress this week.
Three of the most violent Mexican drug cartels have been added to the list of banned foreign “drug kingpins” by President Obama, in a move that allows the federal government to seize their assets.
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