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.
Researchers compared the costs of a supportive housing program for chronically homeless people with severe alcohol problems to social-service and health-care costs among comparable participants on the program’s wait-list.
The Open Society Institute is accepting letters of inquiry for grants under its Sentencing and Incarceration Alternatives Project, which supports groups working to eliminate racial and class disparities in sentencing and incarceration; limit the growth of prisons; mobilize communities affected by high rates of incarceration to call for changes in public policy; promote alternatives to imprisonment; and reduce the length of criminal sentences.
Attempts to intervene in Michael Jackson's apparent long-term addiction to prescription drugs were thwarted by "enablers" around him and the singer's own denial.
A combination of the plaintiff's behavior and employment-law technicalities has sunk a lawsuit against a Massachusetts company that fired an employee for smoking.
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