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At least two of Mexico’s three leading drug cartels may be negotiating a truce as they try to fend off a government crackdown, Fox News reported March 12. Experts say the Sinaloa and Gulf cartels may be seeking an alliance…
Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has been officially announced as President Barack Obama's “drug czar” by the White House, but unlike his recent predecessors, he will not serve as a member of the president's Cabinet.
Veterans are a special focus for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) 2009 Jail Diversion and Trauma Recovery Program.
Study participants who watched films accompanied by alcohol commercials were more likely to drink beer or wine during the movies than those who viewed the flick minus the alcohol ads, according to researchers. HealthDay News reported March 4 that the…
Mexico's President Felipe Calderon said he plans to quell Mexico's drug violence by the end of his term, which ends in 2012.
The increasing popularity of ’e-cigarettes’ — electronic nicotine-delivery systems — has critics, defenders and health organizations in China, the U.S. and elsewhere taking notice, the Associated Press reported Feb. 28. The battery-powered e-cigarette, introduced in 2004 by the Hong Kong-based…
Varenicline is already sold as a stop-smoking drug under the name Chantix, but now researchers say the drug also may help heavy drinkers cut down on their alcohol consumption, Medical News Today reported March 3. Yale School of Medicine researchers…
Connecticut legislators are weighing the enactment of a partial smoking ban in tribal casinos alongside recent studies that say smoking bans can lead to significant declines in revenue, The Day reported Feb. 22. In Connecticut, the Indian tribe owners of…
DALLAS — 60 Minutes, CBS’s weekly newsmagazine, aired a story [Feb. 22] on underage drinking focused on the significant problem of binge drinking on college campuses but did not include peer-reviewed scientific data showing lives are being saved on and…
The ’winners’ at the ’Hackademy Awards’ differed from the films honored at this week’s Oscars — and the recipients didn’t show up to pick up their awards. But the name of the program, designed to raise awareness about smoking in…
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