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Media campaigns that present the tobacco industry in a negative light can cut smoking rates among young adults, Science Daily reported May 6. Researchers at the University of California at San Francisco (UCSF) studied the relationship between attitudes about the …
The first budget plan submitted to Congress by President Barack Obama includes an overall increase in funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) but calls for elimination of the Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities …
Wisconsin’s beer tax hasn’t increased in 40 years, but a new legislative proposal would raise the tax from 0.6 cents per bottle to 3 cents, the Associated Press reported April 29. The measure is supported by health officials, police groups …
Mexican drug cartels have displaced the Mafia as the top organized-crime threat to the United States, according to Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.). Fox News reported April 20 that Lieberman called the battle against the cartels “literally a war” and announced …
Amid continuing drug-cartel violence, Mexico’s Congress has convened a three-day debate to discuss the merits of legalizing marijuana for personal use in Mexico, the Associated Press reported April 13. Mexico’s President Felipe Calderon has expressed his opposition to legalizing marijuana; …
The nation’s smallest state now has the highest tax on cigarettes in the U.S., levying $3.46 cents in taxes on every pack sold, the Providence Journal reported April 9. A $1-per-pack increase in the state cigarette tax went into effect …
The Rev. Joseph C. Martin, founder of Father Martin’s Ashley treatment program and author of the book ’Chalk Talks on Alcohol,’ died this week of heart failure at age 84. The Los Angeles Times reported March 10 that Martin, a …
Recent comments by Attorney General Eric Holder have apparently sent mixed signals to prosecutors in California about the Obama administration’s approach to medical-marijuana cases. The Los Angeles Times reported March 7 that shortly after Holder seemed to indicate that the …
DEA raids on medical-marijuana dispensaries could end, with the federal government leaving enforcement of state medical-marijuana laws to the states, Attorney General Eric Holder seemed to indicate in recent comments to reporters. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Feb. 27 that …
NEW YORK, NY – The Partnership for a Drug-Free America announced findings from the 2008 Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS), which revealed the first major increase in the number of teens who reported “learning a lot” about the risks of drugs …
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