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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
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
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.
