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Environmental prevention strategies need to be coupled with interventions targeting high-risk individuals to effectively combat campus binge drinking, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The Montreal Gazette reported Dec. 16 that researchers said that half a…
The Harris County (Texas) District Attorney’s Office will no longer file felony charges against suspects found with crack pipes or other drug paraphernalia containing trace amounts of drug residue, the Houston Chronicle reported Dec. 8. People found with less than…
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is increasing its use of unmanned aerial drones to help track drug smugglers along the Mexican and Canadian borders, as well as in the Caribbean and other regions.
An 80-percent reduction in prison addiction-treatment capacity could lead to a proportional increase in recidivism in California, some experts say. The Contra Costa Times reported Nov. 12 that $1.2 billion in budget cuts for state prisons will mean that just…
The Pentagon is sending a record number of mental-health professionals into combat zones in Afghanistan to meet the needs of U.S. troops.
The U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) continues to increase federal grants to fund housing for homeless veterans.
The U.S. military's Tricare program is coming under fire for not providing reimbursement for methadone maintenance and buprenorphine treatment — two leading pharmacological interventions for opioid addiction.
Aerosmith singer Steven Tyler has agreed to do a solo benefit performance on Jan. 23 in Concord, N.H., to benefit addiction treatment and child-abuse prevention programs, the Concord Monitor reported Oct. 27. Tyler, who has struggled with addiction issues but…
The annual death toll from use of Afghan heroin in NATO countries exceeds the total number of deaths among the troops of these nations during the entire course of the Afghan war, according to a new report from the United Nations.
Programs that seek to keep veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress and related disorders out of prison have been awarded a total of $10 million in grants.
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