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Marijuana Legalized in Breckenridge, Colo.
In a largely symbolic move, voters in the Colorado ski town of Breckenridge voted overwhelmingly to approve the legalization of marijuana possession. 11/05/2009

Maine Voters Expand Medical-Marijuana Availability
Voters in Maine this week decisively approved a measure that will make medical marijuana more available to residents. 11/05/2009

Company Designs Filter to Remove Some Cigarette Toxins
A Hong Kong biotech firm has designed a filter that removes some of the toxic chemicals from cigarette smoke but leaves the tobacco flavor intact. 11/05/2009

U.K. Drug Czar Fired for Saying Illegal Drugs Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Cigarettes
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired his drug czar after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco. 11/04/2009

Comprehensive Addiction Treatment Programs Expanding Nationwide
The federal government has just awarded grants to 24 locations nationwide to replicate comprehensive, long-term programs for treating addiction developed in Philadelphia and Connecticut. 11/03/2009

Researchers Probe Smokeless Tobacco's Relative Safety
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and academic researchers are examining whether smokeless-tobacco products can potentially be viewed as a safer alternative to smoking. 11/03/2009

Cut Drunk Driving Standard to .05 Percent, MADD Canada Says
Quebec should cut its legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 percent as recommended by the province's transport minister in 2007, Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) Canada says. 11/03/2009

Medical Marijuana Providers Need to Know Patients, Colorado Court Rules
A Colorado court has let stand the drug conviction of a woman who supplied marijuana to medical-marijuana dispensaries, saying the she did not qualify as a "caregiver" under state law because she did not have direct contact with patients. 11/02/2009

Agassi Drug Revelation Earns Criticism from Tennis Peers
Tennis champion Andre Agassi's admission of drug use more than a decade ago has led to confusion and condemnation among current and former tennis pros, including some who have been professed admirers of his career. 11/02/2009

Federal Government Pushes Development of Addiction Vaccines
The federal government wants to leverage interest and investment in vaccine development to get pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that could "inoculate" people against addiction to cocaine, nicotine, and other substances. 11/01/2009

Pharmacies Worry About Liability for Prescription-Drug Abuse
Pharmacies nationally are closely watching a Nevada case where car-crash victims and their families are suing stores that sold painkillers to a driver who had been suspected of abusing prescription drugs. 10/30/2009

Leading Health Reform Bill Allows Higher Premiums for Smokers, Not Other Drug Users
Health insurers would be allowed to charge smokers higher rates under the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill, but no such provisions are in place for users of illicit drugs. 10/30/2009


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Drug Czar Urges Police to Advocate Against Legalization
White House drug czar Gil Kerlikowske's thinking about drug addiction has moved from disdain to enlightenment over the past decade, but the former police chief views drug legalization as a "non-starter" and is urging law-enforcement officials to speak out against the idea.

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