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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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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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”.
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China’s new march forward in addiction treatment: methadone for the masses.
American Journal of Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2008;34(2):123-6
Authors: Kosten TR, Gardner TJ
PMID: 18293228 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
(Source: The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse)
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More than 12,000 tablets of OxyContin, worth close to half a million dollars on the street, were acquired through a scam using fake prescriptions by fifty-six government employees. A total of 62 people were arrested
The Miami, Florida employees included 27 school bus drivers, 2 corrections officers, a police officer and a felony court clerk.
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