Barney Frank, the House Representative, (D-Mass.) is leading an effort to pass a congressional resolution that would allow marijuana users possession of up to 3 and a half ounces of pot without being arrested. (Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
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An Oregon Health & Science University study found that an experimental drug that blocks the euphoric feelings associated with drinking could prevent alcoholics from relapsing. Tamara Phillips, Ph.D. said, “We showed we could block behavior in mice that resembles this increased euphoria even after the animals had been given a lot of alcohol”. Human clinical trials of the drug could start sometime within the next year.
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The University of Texas School of Public Health conducted a survey which examined alcohol abuse and dependence among Hispanic males in the United States. The study will be expanded to Mexican males living along the U.S.-Mexico border and is supported by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. (NIAAA)
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Just the sight, smell or taste of somones favorite drink can kick in exceptionally strong cravings. These cravings generally play the lead when alcoholics who hae been abstinent relapse. The alcoholic will associate this response with the positive effects of drinking rather than the negative effects.
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The Consumer Healthcare Products Association and the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America have joined support of Senate Resolution 614. The resolution designates August as “National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month”.
(Source: Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs News)
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