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from The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
In 2011, the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA)
will hold its annual conference in the U.S. for the first time. Abstract, workshop and symposium submissions are due Monday, May 30th.
Sign up for CADCA’s 2011 Mid-Year Training Institute in Anaheim, CA on July 24-28.
Register now for the NIATx Summit and The State Associations of Addiction Services National Conference in Boston, July 10-13.
Participate in the Sixth Annual National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco May 10-12 in Austin, TX.
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) will once again review the effectiveness of the alcohol industry's voluntary marketing guidelines, taking an especially close look at the credibility of age registrations in social media advertising. The agency invites public comment until April 26.
A new analysis supports past studies showing that women who live and work in smoke-free environments are less likely to develop breast cancer.
Americans 50 and over are more likely to end up in the emergency room seeking treatment for adverse reactions to medication.
Star Scientific Inc. said it can now market its dissolvable tobacco lozenges because the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has determined that its products are not subject to the federal law regulating tobacco.
Emergency room visits related to use of the illicit drug ecstasy rose 74.8 percent between 2004 and 2008, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Researchers have found that when it comes to quitting smoking, Californians have done better than the people in the rest of the nation, probably because of stricter tobacco control policies.
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