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In a move intended to hamper production of illicit methamphetamine, the governor of Mississippi has approved a law requiring a doctor’s prescription to buy any drug containing pseudoephedrine, the Associated Press reported Feb. 11. The bill signed by Gov. Haley …
Bar patrons who consumed energy drinks mixed with alcohol were three times more likely to leave drunk and four times more willing to drive drunk compared to patrons who drank alcohol alone, according to researchers who surveyed college-aged drinkers as …
The Kansas state House and Senate have voted in favor of a measure that would criminalize possession of a product called K2 or Spice, which some have characterized as a form of synthetic marijuana. The Kansas City Star reported Jan. …
The Colorado Senate has voted 34-1 in favor of a bill that would require residents to have an established relationship with a doctor in order to obtain a recommendation to use marijuana for medical reasons, KDVR-TV reported Feb. 1. The …
Drug policy experts led by Peter Reuter conclude in a new analysis that criminalization of marijuana has failed worldwide and called on governments to find new ways to manage supply of the drug, Reuters reported Jan. 26. In a new …
New York City cannot use federal racketeering laws to force Internet tobacco sellers to hand over lists of buyers in the city who could be dodging local cigarette taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled. The Wall Street Journal reported Jan. …
A bill that would prohibit smoking in most public places in Indiana has been approved in a 7-5 vote by the state legislature’s House Public Policy Committee, the Associated Press reported Jan. 20. The full House will now consider the …
Antismoking activists criticized the blockbuster film “Avatar” for depicting one of its central characters as a heavy smoker, but director James Cameron said the critics are missing the point he was trying to make about maintaining healthy habits, the New …
Most runaway teens return home on their own shortly after leaving, and few fit the stereotype of deeply troubled youth, according to researchers at UCLA. Science Daily reported Dec. 5 that researcher Norweeta G. Milburn of the Semel Institute for Neuroscience …
Almost 1,300 fewer Americans died in alcohol-related crashes last year than in 2007, and fatality rates dropped by 20 percent or more in Vermont, Wisconsin, Maine, Nebraska, Minnesota, Connecticut, South Dakota, Arizona and the District of Columbia, according to the …
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