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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.

Lawyers for the federal government vigorously defended the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) right to regulate marketing of tobacco products.
A trio of organizations is sponsoring a new campaign intended to prevent alcohol and other drug abuse among the children of military families.
Survival rates are higher among brain-injury patients who had alcohol in their bloodstream when they got hurt, according to a new study which found that drinkers spent less time on ventilators or in the intensive-care unit than victims who did not drink before their injury.
Gun-owners can now legally carry their weapons into Arizona bars. The only catch: they can't drink.
Camel Orbs -- mints containing tobacco and nicotine that are being test-marketed by R.J. Reynolds -- resemble candy and could appeal to children, critics charge.
Children as young as five years old are working on tobacco farms and being exposed to toxic levels of nicotine.
A poll of more than 4,600 Americans found that 47 percent think electronic cigarettes should be legally available for smokers, but more than half also believe the devices should be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).