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Georgia Launches Youth Meth Campaign
The new Georgia Meth Project will use graphic ads and images to warn teens about the dangers of methamphetamine use. 03/19/2010

Illinois Senate Votes to Tag Tobacco Wraps as Drug Paraphernalia
The Illinois Senate has voted 45-0 to include sheets or tubes of cigarette wraps -- sometimes called "blunt wraps" -- in the definition of drug paraphernalia. 03/19/2010

Michigan Medical Marijuana User Fired by Wal-Mart
A Wal-Mart employee injured on the job was fired after testing positive for marijuana use, even though he was legally allowed to use the drug medically in Michigan. 03/18/2010

Flaccid Stop-Smoking Message on Cigarette Packs Repel Some Egyptians
A public-service campaign that warns smokers of the danger of impotency with the image of a droopy cigarette has been condemned in conservative Egypt. 03/18/2010

FAS Declines Among Alaska Natives
A federally funded treatment and prevention program is being credited with a 32-percent decline in fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) cases among Native Americans in Alaska. 03/18/2010

Researcher Suggests Making Cessation More Like Smoking
In a finding sure to be embraced by proponents of e-cigarettes, researchers at Duke University Medical Center say that smokers may respond better to cessation products that mimic the act of smoking. 03/18/2010

Slate: U.S. Gov't. Poisoned Drinkers During Prohibition
Aiming to discourage illegal drinking during Prohibition, the U.S. government spiked industrial alcohol with deadly poisons that may have killed 10,000 or more Americans. 03/18/2010

Australian State Considers Lowering BAC to .02 Percent
Drivers in Norway and Sweden caught behind the wheel with a blood-alcohol content (BAC) higher than .02 percent can face drunk-driving charges, and now the Australian state of Queensland is considering a similar standard. 03/17/2010

Senate Unanimously Approves Bill Banning Cigarette Shipments by Mail
The U.S. Postal Service will no longer deliver cigarettes under a bill approved unanimously by the U.S. Senate last week. 03/16/2010

N.H. Lawmakers Approve Marijuana Decriminalization Bill
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has voted 214-137 in favor of decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana, but the bill still faces a veto threat from Gov. John Lynch. 03/16/2010

GlaxoSmithKline to Market Smoking Vaccine
Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline has closed a deal to license and market the NicVAx antismoking vaccine developed by Nabi Pharmaceuticals. 03/16/2010

Cocaine Sentencing Disparity Bill Clears Senate Committee
A bill that makes penalties for possession of crack and powdered cocaine somewhat more equitable was easily approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee and is headed for a vote in the full Senate. 03/15/2010


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After 14-Year Delay, FDA Issues Regulations to Prevent Tobacco Sales to Youth
Regulations banning tobacco sales to minors, sales of cigarettes in less than 20-pack size, sample giveaways, and tobacco sponsorship of sports, music and other events have been released in final form by the FDA.

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