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The Latest News from Our Field

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.

Middle-school students have found a new use for Smarties candy -- "smoking" them.
Beverage makers are ignoring California's new law taxing sweet 'alcopop' drinks as liquor -- saying the tax doesn't apply to their products -- and the state has been stymied in its attempts to get information on alcopop ingredients.
American Association of Public Health Physicians (AAPHP) Tobacco Task Force head says the FDA tobacco bill "would do more harm than good."
California authorities have charged Anna Nicole Smith's boyfriend, Howard Kevin Stern, and her doctors with illegally supplying Smith with prescription drugs.
This population-based survey collected demographic, psychiatric, and substance use data to determine whether nonmedical use of prescription opioids is driven by untreated pain.
In this study, researchers examined 2-year differences in abstinence and employment outcomes among women with substance dependence receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF).
Many therapeutic communities adhere to a drug-free philosophy and refuse to admit patients receiving methadone maintenance treatment (MMT). Researchers compared outcomes in patients receiving MMT and patients not receiving MMT who participated in a 12-month treatment program for opioid dependence.
This 7-year longitudinal investigation focused on the influence of spousal heavy drinking and smoking on smoking cessation among their partners.
To determine what patient characteristics and healthcare use patterns are associated with adherence to treatment for alcohol use disorders, researchers analyzed pharmacy records to determine prescription adherence to oral naltrexone.
Mexican drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Loera made Forbes' Magazine's 'self-made' billionaires list.