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By Jeneen Interlandi | NEWSWEEK
Date 03/08/2008
Washington Imposes New Rules on Prescribing Powerful Painkillers
The state of Washington plans to impose tough new rules on doctors who want to prescribe opiate painkillers to patients, including mandatory third-party evaluation of patients who request higher doses of the drug but don’t show signs of improvement.
Date: 07/29/2010
Conn. Candidates Spar on Marijuana Use, Legalization
Republican candidates for Congress are slinging accusations of hypocrisy over marijuana use and policy, including the spectacle of a candidate who favors legalization defending a YouTube video focused on his opponent’s arrest a decade earlier for marijuana possession.
Date: 07/29/2010
Veterans Dept. Allows Use of Medical Marijuana
Veterans in states with medical-marijuana laws will be allowed to use the drug without losing their access to pain medication under a new policy announced by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
Date: 07/27/2010
More Americans Making Moonshine
Recession penny-pinching and the homemade food fad are driving more Americans -- from hobbyists to trendy hipster kids -- to make homemade liquor, or moonshine.
Date: 07/27/2010
Few Colleges Follow NIAAA Advice to Prevent Student Drinking
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) gave colleges detailed advice on how to prevent student drinking in 2002, but the recommendations have not been widely adopted, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota.
Date: 07/26/2010
N.M. Faces Medical Marijuana Shortage
Strict licensing and regulation of New Mexico’s medical-marijuana distribution has led to chronic shortages in supply of the drug.
Date: 07/22/2010
SAMHSA Document on Confidentiality Regulations Raises Further Questions
With national health reform moving the field toward coordination of all aspects of an individual’s medical care, longstanding federal requirements that govern information about clients in addiction treatment have come under scrutiny over their potential effect on integrated care.
Date: 07/22/2010
Kansas Volume Pricing Law on Alcohol Delayed
Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson ordered the state’s alcohol regulation agency to delay enforcing a decades old -- but largely ignored -- law that requires bars to price drinks according to alcohol content.
Date: 07/22/2010
The Anti-Bars: Token Clubs
People in recovery often face a social dilemma: where to hang out when bars and clubs must remain off-limits. For many, so-called Token Clubs provide an answer -- and a safe haven.
Date: 07/21/2010
Patented Pot? Not So Fast, Say Feds
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has removed a trademark category for medical marijuana after receiving a flood of applications from producers seeking to claim various products and brand names for the drug.
Date: 07/20/2010
At-Home Alcohol Consumption Rises
Sales of alcohol for consumption at home has grown 21 percent since 2004, according to market research firm Mintel.
Date: 07/20/2010
New Recipe Feeds Growth of Okla. Meth Labs
Restrictions on precursor chemicals helped drive methamphetamine labs out of Oklahoma in the mid-2000s, but a new “one-pot� recipe for the drug has labs proliferating in the state again.
Date: 07/20/2010
Kombucha Disappears Amid Regulation Worries
Retailers and distributors have pulled back on the production and sale of kombucha, a popular tea, as the government tests the drink to see if it meets alcohol regulation standards.
Date: 07/19/2010
'MicroRNA' Could Someday Be Used to Battle Cocaine Addiction
A new animal study from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) finds that small molecules called microRNA seem to play a role in regulating cocaine use, a discovery that eventually could lead to the development of novel new addiction treatments.
Date: 07/19/2010
Mixed Results for H.S. Drug Testing
High-school students who face mandatory drug testing may be less likely to use drugs in the short term, but the protective effect doesn’t last, according to a new U.S. Department of Education study.
Date: 07/15/2010
Addiction, Mental Illness Lead to Millions of ER Visits
Patients with addiction or mental-health related problems accounted for 12.5 percent of all hospital emergency-room visits by adults in 2007, according to a report from the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Date: 07/13/2010
San Francisco Regulates Marijuana Foods
The San Francisco Department of Public Health has issued the nation’s first regulations on the labeling and sale of marijuana-infused edibles.
Date: 07/13/2010
Calif. NAACP Backs Marijuana Legalization
The California chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) has endorsed Proposition 19, a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana use.
Date: 07/08/2010
Study Hints at Link Between Youth Marijuana Use and Depression
A Dutch study has found that marijuana use before age 17 was associated with a 50-percent increase in the risk of later suffering an episode of depression, although researchers said that the association weakened when a history of conduct disorders was figured in.
Date: 07/08/2010
S.F. Seeks Supplemental Alcohol Tax
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors has fast-tracked a proposal to add a $.076 per ounce tax on alcohol that would be charged at the wholesale level.
Date: 07/06/2010
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