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More than 400 marijuana dispensaries in Los Angeles will have to shut their doors before a city ordinance regulating such centers takes effect, the Los Angeles Times reported May 5. City prosecutors have began notifying dispensaries – many operating illegally …
The Massachusetts House of Representatives has rejected Republican-led efforts to roll back a recent state sales-tax increase that included alcoholic beverages, the Associated Press reported April 27. A pair of amendments to the state budget would have repealed the increase …
Children who have trouble sleeping may be at increased risk of alcohol and other drug problems when they reach young adulthood, according to researcher Marie M. Wong of Idaho State University. Science Daily reported April 7 that Wong and colleagues …
The U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver tobacco products by mail under legislation signed into law this week by President Barack Obama. “Enactment of this legislation is a milestone in the fight to keep kids from smoking and prevent …
Some health officials told a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel that adding menthol to cigarettes could make smoking easier and more addictive, an opinion challenged by representatives of the tobacco industry. Reuters reported March 30 that the FDA’s …
A new $331-million antidrug strategy unveiled this week by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would build on the Bush administration’s so-called Merida Initiative and improve cooperation between intelligence communities, border screening, community law enforcement, and joint socioeconomic programs intended to …
The latest study to find a link between smoking and lowered risk of Parkinson’s disease says that the protective effect appears to be related to the number of years of smoking, not how many cigarettes a smoker consumes daily, Reuters reported …
A meta-analysis of 24 previous studies concluded that there is “good evidence that prostate cancer is likely a smoking-related tumor,” according to researcher Michael Huncharek. Reuters reported March 3 that Huncharek, a researcher at the Meta-Analysis Research Group in Columbia, …
Smoking marijuana as a teenager could raise the risk of developing schizophrenia and psychotic symptoms as a young adult, according to a new study that compared the prevalence of mental illness among marijuana users and non-users. Bloomberg News reported March …
Using shame or guilt to try to prevent overconsumption of alcohol can actually cause people to drink more, researchers say. Researcher Adam Duhachek of the Indiana Kelley School of Business and colleagues said that ads that link alcohol abuse to …
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