The Latest News from Our Field

In 2011, the International Network on Brief Interventions for Alcohol Problems (INEBRIA) will hold its annual conference in the U.S. for the first time. Abstract, workshop and symposium submissions are due Monday, May 30th.

A new study showing marked increases in teen use of marijuana and Ecstasy over the past three years underscores the importance of incorporating screening and prevention programs into all health care interactions with adolescents and their parents.

Rapper Snoop Dogg is promoting the new fruit-flavored alcoholic drink, Blast by Colt 45, The New York Times reports.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse has created a new program, known as the Addiction Performance Project, to help primary care providers break down the stigma of addiction.

Patients with alcohol use disorders who develop an infection while in the hospital are more likely to die from the infection, than patients without an alcohol disorder, a new study finds.

Legislation proposed by the Australian government would make it the first country to require plain packaging for cigarettes, outlawing all colors, logos and promotional text.

Sign up for CADCA’s 2011 Mid-Year Training Institute in Anaheim, CA on July 24-28.

Colleges can now officially be certified “smoke-free” by a health-education organization, The New York Times reports.

A new study finds that consuming a caffeine-infused energy drink combined with alcohol is more dangerous than drinking alcohol alone.

A government-sanctioned facility in Canada that medically supervises the injection of illegal drugs has reduced fatal overdoses, according to a new study.

In the second half of his interview with Join Together, Nic Sheff, author of the new memoir We All Fall Down, discusses what treatment and recovery mean to him.

The majority of people with substance dependence issues say they have poor oral health, according to a study from Boston University.

Women prisoners with substance abuse problems, who are enrolled in aftercare programs once they are released, are much more likely to stay out of prison, than women not involved in one of these programs, according to a new study.

Drug traffickers in Puerto Rico are using the United States Postal Service and private overnight couriers to smuggle cocaine, the Associated Press reports.

Register now for the NIATx Summit and The State Associations of Addiction Services National Conference in Boston, July 10-13.

Twenty percent of smokers incorrectly assume that lighter colors of cigarette packs—silver, gold or white—are less dangerous than black or red brands, a new study shows.

A new study suggests that a variation in a gene called GABRA2 increases the risk for alcoholism. HealthDay reports that people with this genetic variation tend to act impulsively when they are under stress, which can lead to problem drinking.

Drinking large amounts of alcohol in pregnancy increases the risk of very preterm birth, a new study finds.

Florida’s Department of Corrections has announced it plans to make all of the state’s prisons tobacco free by September 30.

Participate in the Sixth Annual National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco May 10-12 in Austin, TX.

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has announced a change to the Substance Abuse Prevent and Treatment and Mental Health Services Block Grants. The change comes in response to the new federal health care reform law.

Newer veterans’ groups are addressing alcohol abuse among young soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan by holding alcohol-free meetings.

Tobacco use is high among American Indian or Alaska Native youths, according to a study that found family members’ smoking habits were significant in predicting tobacco use.

Figuring out how to steer teens away from friends who encourage undesirable behavior such as substance abuse is a tricky issue, the Los Angeles Times reports.

Join Together sits down with Nic Sheff, author of the new memoir We All Fall Down, to discuss his personal journey of recovery from substance abuse.