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A judge in North Dakota has sentenced a woman who pled guilty to child-neglect charges for breast-feeding her daughter while drunk to 18 months in prison, with all but six months suspended, the Associated Press reported Aug. 7. Judge Sonja …
Nonprofit organizations in rural communities are disproportionately smaller and poorer than their counterparts in big cities, according to a study from the Bridgespan Group. The report, Nonprofits in Rural America: Overcoming the Resource Gap (PDF, 101 KB), found that rural …
A new research review concludes that smokeless-tobacco use poses little cancer risk to users — and far less than smoking tobacco — but the findings were immediately challenged by another tobacco researcher. MedPage Today reported July 29 that researchers Peter …
Combat stress and behavioral-health problems were underlying causes in most cases where soldiers at a key Army base committed murder after returning from war zones, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported July 15. The report came after a half-dozen Fort Carson, …
President Felipe Calderon is expected to approve legislation passed by the Mexican Congress that would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs, the Los Angeles Times reported June 21. Users caught with five grams of marijuana …
The Rhode Island House of Representatives and Senate overrode Gov. Donald L. Carcieri’s veto of legislation that would allow state-licensed “compassion centers” to sell marijuana to patients with chronic pain and other debilitating diseases, the Providence Journal reported June 17. …
Series: Drugs in the Military The young age of recruits, cycles of activity and boredom, and general attitudes about alcohol use are all parts of Navy culture that contribute to heavy drinking among sailors, according to a new study. ScienceDaily reported …
The Adopting Changes to Improve Outcomes Now (ACTION) Campaign has successfully met its goal to enroll 1000 substance abuse treatment providers, announced Campaign Director Kim Johnson. The ACTION Campaign promotes the national adoption of proven practices for enhancing client access …
The Treatment Research Institute (TRI) announces release of its Court Evaluation Program, “TRI-CEP,” a web-based, multi-media tool helping judges and other court officials comprehensively evaluate and justify their drug and other problem solving courts. TRI-CEP also includes adaptive features fostering rapid …
Drug legalization “is not a part of the president’s vocabulary under any circumstances and it’s not a part of mine,” said Obama administration drug czar Gil Kerlikowske in a recent interview, Reuters reported June 5. However, Kerlikowske said the federal …
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