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The Latest News from Our Field

We curate a digest of the latest news in our field for advocates, policymakers, community coalitions and all who work toward shaping policies and practices to effectively prevent substance use and treat addiction.

Military Deploying Therapists to Attack Combat Stress at Source

Federal Grants Help Transition Homeless Vets to Housing

Medicaid Programs Limit Coverage for Smoking Cessation

Campaign Sounds Alarm about Misuse of Prescription Drugs Among Teens

Maker of Stop-Smoking Products Eyed by Reynolds

A firm that makes nicotine gum and other smoking-cessation products could soon become part of the Reynolds American, Inc., tobacco company.

Expand Vets’ Access to Methadone, Other Addiction Treatment, Report Says

Bill Allowing Federal Funding of Needle Exchange Limits Locations

Fatal Overdoses Often Involve Methadone, Washington Study Finds

Expand Vets' Access to Methadone, Other Addiction Treatment, Report Says

The U.S. military's Tricare program is coming under fire for not providing reimbursement for methadone maintenance and buprenorphine treatment -- two leading pharmacological interventions for opioid addiction.

Don’t Switch to ’Lights’ to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say

Alcohol Use Hinders In-Vitro Fertilization, Study Finds

More States Allowing High-Alcohol Beer

Mexican Traffickers, Growers in Indian Country

Don't Switch to 'Lights' to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say

Switching to so-called light cigarettes won't improve your health or help you quit smoking, experts say.

Special Offer for DVD ’Drugs: True Stories’

Special Offer for DVD 'Drugs: True Stories'

Complimentary copies of the DVD Drugs: True Stories are available for a limited time from Words Can Work®, the producers of the acclaimed DVD Alcohol: True Stories Hosted by Matt Damon.

iPhone App for 12-Steppers Developed

Colo. Lawmakers Look to Rein In Medical Marijuana

Study Explores Action of Alcohol-Related Metabolic ’Switch’

Injunction Denied in Tobacco Firms’ FDA Case

Study Explores Action of Alcohol-Related Metabolic 'Switch'

A study of fruit flies finds that heavy drinking may initiate a genetic process that increases alcohol tolerance but also switches the body from metabolizing alcohol to forming fat in the liver -- the underpinning of the deadly disease cirrhosis.

Injunction Denied in Tobacco Firms' FDA Case

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.

$3.7 Million Awarded to Expand ’Reclaiming Futures’

Aerosmith Singer Booked for Treatment Benefit Gig

Offender Reentry Program Grants

Nonprofits, government agencies and others may apply for a share of $39.6 million in funding for programs that provide addiction services as part of efforts to help criminal offenders reenter into society.
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