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.
Despite 14 failed attempts over the years, California lawmakers are again considering a proposal to raise tobacco taxes, weighing an increase of $1.50 per pack as part of an effort to address the $21.3-billion state budget deficit.
Mentoring and transitional services for youths involved in the criminal-justice system will be funded under the U.S. Justice Department's Second Chance Juvenile Mentoring Initiative
Programs that received funding under the FY2006 Prevention of Methamphetamine Abuse RFA from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) may apply for a share of $1.186 million in new grants.
The chairman of a House oversight committee last week chided the Obama administration for failing to live up to its rhetoric about ending the war on drugs and taking a new approach to preventing drug use, challenging the composition of President Obama's first drug budget during new drug czar Gil Kerlikowske's first appearance as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP).
Hospitality jobs are not affected by widespread indoor-smoking bans, according to a new report that says there is no economic justification for exempting bars and restaurants from smokefree-spaces laws.
Special-interest groups -- from labor unions to the alcohol industry -- are sending in lobbyists to fight plans to raise federal taxes to pay for national healthcare reform.
The Serbian Orthodox Church ordered an addiction-treatment center near the Serbian city of Novi Pazar to close after a video of a patient being beaten as part of his treatment surfaced on the Internet.
New research from the University of Georgia suggests that a family-based prevention program helps youth avoid binge drinking and other drug use even if they carry a gene linked to risky behaviors.
Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467.7 billion in 2005, according to Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets, a new report by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.
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