Drug-free coalition eyes goals
First she distributed a handout of seven strategies for community change formulated by the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America National Coalition Institute: provide information, enhance skills, provide support, reduce barriers, change … Read more on Batesville Herald Tribune

A Beatle amid the Quebecers: BC man recounts his days as a young …
All the while — like many others who had crowded into the Montreal Bed-In that week in 1969 — he spent the 1970s and 1980s struggling with cocaine and alcohol, ultimately nipping the problem 10 years ago. Mr. Kerwood's story is remarkably similar to … Read more on National Post

Number Of Teen Tobacco Users Declining
Tobacco use by youth in Chautauqua County is higher than that of national peers for lifetime use in grades 8, 10 and 12 according to a survey performed by Chautauqua Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Council. Overall, 5.1 percent of students reported … Read more on Jamestown Post Journal

Answered: Can America's drug czar tell the truth about marijuana?
We're not saying the the head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, or Drug Czar (director) Gil Kerlikowske and his staff, will or has lied about marijuana, just that he can only tell you the bad parts of it. And we're not saying the … My … Read more on Seattle Post Intelligencer (blog)

Miley Cyrus has ditched cigarettes
… apparent heroin overdose in New York City on Sunday (02.02.14), the 'Skyscraper' hitmaker, who has struggled with marijuana and cocaine abuse in the past, tweeted: "I wish more people would lose the stigma and treat addiction as the deadly and … Read more on Starpulse.com

Steve Cohen: 'Ask The Late Philip Seymour Hoffman' If Pot Is As Dangerous As …
tore into deputy drug czar Michael Botticelli on Tuesday, highlighting federal drug policy's failure to address the substances "ravaging our country" while still considering marijuana to be as dangerous as heroin. Speaking during a hearing … When … Read more on Huffington Post

Why Heroin Is Becoming Deadlier
… oxycontin pill, a user has no way of knowing how much of an illegal drug they're getting — or exactly what's in it, said Dr. Kyle Kampman, medical director of the Treatment Research Center at the University of Pennsylvania's Center for the Study … Read more on Discovery News

Drug czar: Treat addiction as public health issue
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — The nation's drug czar explained Thursday that the most effective way to address widespread addiction problems is to approach chronic drug abuse as a brain disease and strive to provide treatment to addicts. National Drug Control …
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Cape addicts wait months for treatment
Cape Town – Drug addicts in the province who cannot afford private in-patient treatment and rely on the state usually have to wait between three and four months as the centres are always full, says the social development ministry. The South African …
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