The latest news, tips and updates
from The Partnership at Drugfree.org.
A survey of health professionals found that referring to people with addictions as “substance abusers” was more likely to evoke punitive responses to drug use than those who referred to individuals with “substance-use disorders,” according to researchers at Massachusetts General …
Mexico’s decision to decriminalize possession of small amounts of narcotic drugs has had little of the hoped-for effect on drug violence or addiction, local residents and experts say. The Arizona Republic reported Jan. 10 that buying drugs in cities like …
Lawmakers in both houses of the Wisconsin state legislature are considering bills that would legalize medical use of marijuana, the Wausau Daily Herald reported Nov. 28. The measures introduced in the state Senate and Assembly could make Wisconsin the 14th …
The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a bill that would ban the U.S. Postal Service from delivering cigarettes and other tobacco products — a policy already adopted by private couriers like Federal Express and UPS. Indian Country Today reported …
Mexican drug cartels are not only setting up marijuana grow operations in U.S. national parks and other public lands but also have infiltrated a number of Indian reservations, the Wall Street Journal reported Nov. 5. In fact, Mexican drug operations …
A courtroom bid to block implementation of the FDA tobacco-regulation law filed by a top cigarette company has been denied by a federal judge, the Associated Press reported Nov. 5. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. sought a preliminary injunction against the …
Pennsylvania has long exempted cigars and smokeless tobacco from state taxes, and the policy is likely to remain in place thanks to lobbying by the state’s cigar-makers and tobacco growers, the Associated Press reported Oct. 1. Gov. Ed Rendell had …
An analysis of 15 previously published research studies concludes that moderate drinkers are less likely to develop dementia as they age compared with nondrinkers, Medical News Today reported Aug. 30. “We found that light to moderate drinkers were 28 percent less …
Two of the largest brewers in the U.S. have announced plans to raise prices on their signature products this fall, although the amount of the increases has not been disclosed. The Associated Press reported Aug. 25 that Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors …
The group Human Rights Watch is accusing the Mexican government of rights violations in its ongoing war against drug cartels and says U.S. antidrug aid should be suspended until the problems are addressed, the Los Angeles Times reported July 14. …
Follow Us:
