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Federal data show that 27.6 percent of 12- to 20-year-olds in the U.S. drank alcohol during the past month, with underage drinking especially prevalent in New England and the upper Midwest, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
A new study of about 250,000 Americans gave new support to the claim that moderate alcohol consumption benefits coronary health, but this study and a new research review both conclude that heavier drinking confers no health benefits, Reuters reported March …
Only a fraction of the world’s injection-drug users receive education or other assistance in preventing contraction or spreading of the HIV virus that causes AIDS, according to a new study that says government health officials often overlook a key vector …
The governments of Mexico and the United States have signed an pledge to cut demand for illicit drugs by stepped up treatment and prevention efforts, the El Paso Times reported Feb. 27. A bilateral declaration states that both countries will …
President Obama should continue to use alcohol in moderation but should keep trying to quit smoking, according to doctors who conducted his routine medical exam. Reuters reported Feb. 28 that physicians at the National Naval Medical Center pronounced Obama healthy …
Ohio’s 2007 law that bans indoor smoking has cost the state a net of about $2 million to enforce, the Columbus Dispatch reported Feb. 22. The Ohio Department of Health estimated total enforcement costs at $3.2 million, but said that …
A sentencing-reform bill aimed at drug offenders has passed the New Mexico House of Representatives after initially being rejected, the New Mexico Independent reported Feb. 16. Four days after rejecting a proposal to allow judges to send defendants to addiction-treatment …
A bill that would cut sentences for drug offenses and put more money into addiction treatment programs has support from both sides of the aisle in the Colorado statehouse. The Colorado Springs Gazette reported Feb. 23 that the bill from …
Both sides are appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in an ongoing court battle between the federal government and the tobacco industry over cigarette companies’ long history of deceiving the public about the health risks of smoking. The …
So-called “third-hand smoke” — nicotine residue that accumulates on clothing, furniture, and other surfaces — can combine with another indoor pollutant to form cancer-causing nitrosamines, according to researchers. The New York Daily News reported Feb. 9 that researcher Lara Gundel …
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