The Latest News from Our Field

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Oregon Partnership Tells Claireâ€™s Stores: Donâ€™t Sell Flasks To Young Customers!

Oregon Partnership has asked the CEO of Claireâ€™s Stores, Inc. to stop the sale of alcohol flasks in its Icing by Claireâ€™s stores.

New York Looks to Regulate 'Sober Homes'

The recent deaths of two residents of "sober homes" in New York State has revived an initiative to find effective methods for state government to regulate group housing for recovering addicts.

'Spice' Banned in Germany

A marijuana-like drug called 'Spice' has been banned by the German government.

Researcher: One in Five Men at Risk of Alcohol Abuse

Drug Treatment Enhanced by Technology

New York Looks to Regulate ’Sober Homes’

’Spice’ Banned in Germany

Multiple Studies Look at Medical Uses of Ecstasy

Research studies at Harvard University and in South Carolina, Switzerland and Israel could determine whether there are legitimate medical uses for the club drug MDMA, a.k.a. ecstasy.

'Chipping' Could Become Primary Means of Tobacco Use

Growing restrictions on tobacco use and higher prices for cigarettes could make more smokers into 'chippers' -- light smokers who light up perhaps a few times a day, mostly socially, and have no desire to quit.

Forbes Names 'Drug Capitals of America'

Big cities like New Orleans and Baltimore and small communities like Espanola, N.M., have been named on Forbes magazine's list of 'Drug Capitals of America.'

Secondhand Smoke Hurts Low-Birthweight Babies

Army’s Approach to Drug Treatment Criticized

’Chipping’ Could Become Primary Means of Tobacco Use

Forbes Names ’Drug Capitals of America’

Smoking Cessation Leadership Academy

Honoraria of $1,000 and free training and technical assistance are available to all current grantees of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) who incorporate certain smoking-cessation actions into their programs.

Army's Approach to Drug Treatment Criticized

While more returning U.S. soldiers struggle with addiction to painkillers prescribed by Army doctors to treat their combat injuries, the U.S. Army's approach to treating addicted soldiers is drawing increasing criticism.

Final Bush National Drug Control Strategy Released

Report: Needle Exchange Program Finds Mixed Success in Atlantic City

Plans to Drug-Test Teachers Face Opposition

Study Says Confrontational Stop-Smoking Counseling Ineffective

Australian Study Links Alcohol-Containing Mouthwash to Cancer

Ohio Legislature Repeals UPPL Law

The Ohio legislature has voted overwhelmingly to repeal the state's so-called "UPPL Law," which allowed insurers to deny health coverage to individuals injured while under the influence of alcohol, and Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland signed the measure into law on Jan. 5.