The Latest News from Our Field

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) staffers have questioned whether a proposed new drug that would add the B vitamin niacin to oxycodone in order to combat abuse would be effective and safe.

Helping Drinkers Assess Risk and Change Behavior: AlcoholScreening.org Expands

Heart Benefits of Moderate Drinking May Extend to Young Adults, Researchers Say

Rep. Delahunt Seeks Support to Fight Opiate Addiction in Mass.

Death Toll from Mexican Drug War Exceeds Prior Reports

Iowa Governor Signs Bill Requiring Bars to Report Illegal Activity

Minn. Anti-Smoking Advocates Seek to Protect Youth from Newer Tobacco Products

Prison Drug Treatment Programs Falling to Budget Axe

Budget crises are leading prisons nationwide to eliminate addiction treatment programs, according to the head of the Association of State Correctional Administrators.

Michelle Obama: Increase Opportunity to Fight Drugs

Young people will make smarter choices about using and dealing drugs if they have better alternative opportunities, first lady Michelle Obama said during her visit to Mexico last week.

Public Smoking Bans Cut Secondhand Smoke Exposure, Heart Attacks, Research Review Finds

Many Adopted Kids from Eastern Europe Have FASD

Failed Compromise Kills Ignition Interlock Legislation in Md.

R.J. Reynolds Settles Canadian Cigarette Smuggling Case, to Pay $324 Million

Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds has agreed to pay the Canadian government about $324 million to settle a long-running case involving cigarette smuggling.

NIDA Funds Research on Cocaine Addiction Drug

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) has agreed to fund a midstage clinical trial of a cocaine-addiction drug called vigabatrin, produced by Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.

McLellan Resigning as ONDCP Deputy Director

Want Heart Benefits from Moderate Drinking? Quit Smoking

Drug Czar Challenged to Justify Lopsided Spending on Drug Interdiction, Law Enforcement

Young Female Drinkers More Likely to Develop Breast Disease, Researchers Say

Risk of developing benign breast disease increases five-fold among women who drank alcohol six or seven days a week during their teens and early 20s, according to research from the National Cancer Institute.

Marijuana Use Pervasive Among Potential NFL Draftees

Christians ’Just Pray No’

$1-Per-Pack Tobacco Tax Increase OK’d in Washington

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