Treatment admissions for prescription-drug problems have tripled in recent years, SAMHSA reports ... Putting teens in group therapy with heavy users can lead to more youth drug use ... A bid to repeal the state’s new alcohol tax will be the first thing Massachusetts voters will see on the ballot this fall ... "Token clubs" provide a safe haven for sober socializing ...
Youth smoking had a good run as a top-of-mind issue among U.S. parents and preventionists -- 30 years or more, by some estimates -- but now seems to have taken a back seat to childhood obesity in the national consciousness.
SAMHSA administrator Pamela Hyde reopened the long-running discussion on use of addiction and mental health language in an article in the March/April 2010 issue of SAMHSA News, where she asked readers to submit their suggestions and feedback on certain terms commonly used to describe addiction and mental illness.
Controversy over alcohol content has led retailers to pull kombucha tea from store shelves ... A new generation of cigarette vending machine may be coming to some New York City bars ... Violent drinkers can benefit from a combination of therapy and antidepressants, a study finds ... A new animal study offers insights into possible gene therapy for cocaine ...
High-school drug testing has some short-term benefits but little effect on long-term drug use, a new study finds ... Music can make you high ... A lawsuit in New York City has delayed a Massachusetts antismoking campaign ... New Jersey hospitals want to be the sole distributors of medical marijuana under a new state law ...
The Marin Institute is pleased as punch over Sen. Charles Schumer’s call for a Federal Trade Commission investigation into the marketing of alcoholic energy drinks.
More than one in 10 emergency-room visits are due to addiction or mental-health problems ... Marijuana prices would drop an estimated 80% if the drug is legalized in California, RAND says ... A majority of Californians now oppose the marijuana-legalization Proposition 19, according to the Field Poll ... A Florida jury has ordered Philip Morris to pay $21 million to a sick smoker in the latest verdict against the industry ...
Progress in the war on teen smoking has slowed to a crawl, and the government will miss a key target for smoking cessation, a CDC report says ... The head of California’s NAACP chapter is under fire for supporting a marijuana legalization ballot initiative ... San Francisco has drawn up the first regulations on marijuana-infused foods ... Alcoholic energy drinks are being marketed to kids, Sen. Charles Schumer says ...
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