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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are teaming up to launch a new education program on methadone safety. The program, ”Follow Directions: How to Use Methadone Safely,” is meant to educate …
The U.S. military is planning to send 20,000 troops into Afghanistan’s main opium-growing region in order to choke off the drug money used to fund the Taliban insurgency, the New York Times reported April 29. Commanders expect heavy fighting in …
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that police must obtain a search warrant to search a vehicle of an arrestee if the suspect is secured in a patrol car and poses no threat to officers, the Associated …
Alan Bersin, who served as a federal prosecutor in the Clinton administration, has been named the Obama administration’s ’border czar,’ the Associated Press reported April 15. Bersin’s primary responsibility will be to stop the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants …
A bill that would give the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority to regulate tobacco products has been approved by the House of Representatives on a 298-112 vote, the New York Times reported April 3. The legislation, sponsored by …
The largest-ever federal cigarette tax increase, which adds 61.6 cents to the price of a pack this week, has left smokers feeling “picked on” by the federal government, CNN reported April 1. President Barack Obama approved the tax increase in …
East Asians who have an enzyme deficiency that makes them flush when consuming alcohol appear to be at high risk of developing esophageal cancer if they drink heavily, according to a study from the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse …
The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide whether the desire to keep schools drug-free justified the strip search of a 13-year-old middle-school girl, the New York Times reported March 24. Savana Redding, an 8th-grade honors student in Safford, Ariz., was …
Texas serves as a national model for providing addiction treatment and rehabilitation programs to prison inmates, but could do even more to cut recidivism rates and divert offenders from prison to treatment, according to former Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis. The …
New research suggests that middle-aged women who imbibe even one alcoholic drink a day have greater risks for developing breast, liver and rectum cancer, Health Day News reported Feb. 24. Naomi Allen and colleagues from the University of Oxford analyzed …
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