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.
Programs aimed at cutting smoking and obesity and improving nutrition and physical activity will be among the beneficiaries of a $650-million prevention and wellness initiative funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
A Virginia company plans to ask the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for permission to market its smokeless-tobacco products as "modified risk."
Half or more of the ads aired during Major League Baseball (MLB) and National Football League (NFL) games are for alcohol, drugs, or sexually related products, according to the group Common Sense Media.
A California lawmaker has pulled a bill that would have banned alcohol sales via self-service checkouts but said he would reintroduce the measure next year.
The anti-overdose drug naloxone should be made more available in the U.K. in order to stop preventable deaths among addicts, according to the government's Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD).
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