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  <title><![CDATA[E-Cigarettes Deliver Little or No Nicotine, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A small study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University concluded that e-cigarettes failed to deliver on their promise of providing a dose of vaporized nicotine with every puff.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:06:18 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Mexican Drug Cartels Running Treatment Centers]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Drug cartels in Mexico have taken over some addiction treatment programs and are using them to recruit addicts into their operations, sometimes under threat of death.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:06:04 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Decriminalization, Legalization on Table in N.H.]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers in New Hampshire are considering bills that could decriminalize or even legalize marijuana possession.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:05:38 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Tobacco Companies Want Ruling on Conduct Nullified]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A 2006 Florida Supreme Court ruling that the tobacco industry sold defective products, covered up evidence about the health risks of smoking and lied to the public is being challenged in federal court.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:05:20 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA['Spice' Use Lands Marines in Hot Water]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A pair of Marines stationed at Camp Johnson in Jacksonville, N.C., could be discharged from the Corps for using the legal herbal drug 'Spice,' which is said to provide a high similar to that of marijuana.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:36:32 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Neb. Alcohol Industry Opposes Beer Tax to Fund Treatment]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A proposal to use beer-tax revenues to fund an alcohol detoxification program in the notorious town of Whiteclay, Neb., is being opposed by alcohol industry lobbyists.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:36:19 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Concerned About Appeal of Smokeless Tobacco Products to Kids]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is "concerned that children and adolescents may find dissolvable tobacco products particularly appealing, given the brightly colored packaging, candy-like appearance and easily concealable size of many of these products."]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:35:52 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Marijuana Decriminalization Considered in R.I.]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A state Senate leader and the group Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) are pressing state lawmakers to decriminalize marijuana possession in Rhode Island.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 8 Feb 2010 13:35:32 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[3 Million Uninsured Workers Need Addiction Treatment, SAMHSA Estimates]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About 16 percent of all U.S. workers without health insurance needed addiction treatment within the past year, but only 12.6 percent were able to access services at a specialty addiction-treatment center, a new survey finds.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:59:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[More Americans Drinking at Home, Industry Group Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Liquor  sales are holding steady despite the recession, but industry data indicates that more Americans are drinking at home rather than going out to bars and restaurants.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 19:03:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Long-Term Nicotine Patch Use Improves Quit Rate, But Effects Don't Last]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Smokers who wore nicotine patches for six months were twice as likely to quit as those who unknowingly received placebos after wearing real patches for two months, according to a new study.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 18:58:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Bills Introduced in Md. Legislature]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Maryland lawmakers have introduced legislation seeking to legalize medical use of marijuana.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 5 Feb 2010 00:00:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[SBI Trauma Center Training for New England]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[This free New England regional training on March 2 is for trauma surgeons and nurses, social workers, trauma care providers, injury prevention specialists and trauma center administrators. Sponsored by Boston Medical Center Department of Surgery Trauma Service and Boston University School of Public Health BNI-ART Institute, in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 17:20:13 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Ban on 'Synthetic Marijuana' Approved in Kansas]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Kansas state House and Senate have voted in favor of a measure that would criminalize possession of a product called K2 or Spice, which some have characterized as a form of synthetic marijuana.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:30:44 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[W. Va. Bill Would Use Beer Tax Revenues to Pay for Addiction Programs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Republican member of the West Virginia House of Delegates wants to raise the start's beer tax from 1 cent per bottle to 2 cents and use the expected $10 million in proceeds to pay for addiction treatment and prevention.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:28:03 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Seeks Overturn of E-Cigarettes Ruling ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is seeking a stay of a judge's ruling that the agency lacks authority to regulate electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 16:27:13 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Colo. Senate Votes to Tighten Controls on Medical Marijuana]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Senate has voted 34-1 in favor of a bill that would require residents to have an established relationship with a doctor in order to obtain a recommendation to use marijuana for medical reasons.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:48:44 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Ecstasy Especially Deadly for Young Users, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Ecstasy is a stimulant like various classes of amphetamines, but the popular club drug is more likely to kill young and otherwise healthy users.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:45:54 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Rejection of U.S. Drug Policies Spreads Across Latin America]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A growing number of countries in Latin America are rejecting the U.S.-style "War on Drugs" and are decriminalizing personal drug use in order to focus their resources on traffickers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:42:17 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking Laws Credited as NYC Life Expectancy Hits Historic High]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New York City residents now live longer than ever, and experts say that the city's tough laws on smoking deserve some of the credit.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:40:48 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Colo. Senate Panel Votes to Tighten Regulation of Medical Marijuana]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Colorado Senate Health and Human Services Committee voted 6-1 in favor of a bill that would require medical-marijuana patients to have a "bona-fide relationship" with a doctor in order to be able to use the drug for medical reasons.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:22:30 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study Says Drinking with Your Kids Doesn't Prevent Abuse]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Dutch teens who were allowed to drink alcohol at home drank more outside the home than their peers and -- along with other teens who drank -- were at increased risk of developing alcohol problems.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:21:53 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking Raises Risk of Alzheimer's, Study Finds in Refuting Industry-Affiliated Research]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for development of Alzheimer's disease, according to a new study.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:15:09 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Peer Influence, Other Social Factors Can Affect Drinking Among Older Adults]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[As with underage drinking, social factors can help predict excessive drinking among older adults, according to new research from Rudolf H. Moos of the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care System in Palo Alto, Calif.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:14:52 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Reuter: Nations Need to Regulate Marijuana]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Drug policy experts led by Peter Reuter conclude in a new analysis that criminalization of marijuana has failed worldwide and called on governments to find new ways to manage supply of the drug.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 2 Feb 2010 16:13:41 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[AA Attendance Cuts Drinking and Depression, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[People who attended Alcoholics Anonymous meetings drank less and less frequently than those who did not attend AA, and also were less depressed, according to research based on the federal Project MATCH.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:29:23 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Alcohol Use in Pregnancy Changes Fetal Genes, Animal Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[An animal study conducted at Australia's Queensland Institute of Medical Research found that alcohol exposure during pregnancy can cause permanent genetic changes in fetuses.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 16:04:46 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Researchers Fault Alcohol Industry Self-Regulation]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[An investigation of internal marketing documents from alcoholic-beverage firms and their marketing agencies has led researchers in the U.K. to conclude that the country's system of alcohol industry self-regulation has failed.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:54:44 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Reynolds Wins Camel Ad Case in Ohio]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds was not responsible for the fact that an ad for its Camel cigarettes was placed around a pullout section in Rolling Stone magazine that included cartoons, an Ohio appeals court has ruled.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 1 Feb 2010 15:50:31 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Rules on Addiction and Mental Health Parity Issued by Obama Administration]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New rules for implementing the addiction and mental-health parity law passed by Congress in 2008 are being hailed by advocates, despite their issuance three months after the law actually went into effect.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:38:53 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Urges Drug Companies to Focus on Abuse Potential]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New voluntary guidelines issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) direct pharmaceutical companies to more closely examine the abuse potential of new drugs and help determine if and how they should be listed under the Controlled Substances Act.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:47:30 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Stress Hormone Linked to Alcohol Dependence, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The stress hormone corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) plays a critical role in development and continuation of alcohol dependence in lab animals.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:36:56 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Friends of Underage Drinking Victim Sued]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Massachusetts woman whose 17-year-old daughter died after a night of drinking has sued seven people in connection with the death, including five of her friends under the age of 18.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:32:17 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[High-Profile NYC Clubs Could Lose Licenses Over Smoking]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The New York City Health Department is taking steps to strip five of the city's trendiest nightclubs of their food and beverage licenses after an undercover investigation found flagrant violations of New York's indoor-smoking ban.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 14:31:06 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Teen Drinkers Suffer Nerve Damage in Brain, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[California researchers who compared the brains of teen drinkers to non-drinkers found that young alcohol users suffered damage to nerve tissues that could cause attention deficits among boys and faulty visual information processing among girls.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:17:14 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Menthol Seems to Reinforce Nicotine Addiction, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Smokers of menthol cigarettes have more trouble quitting than smokers of unflavored cigarettes, according to researchers who say that the effects produced by menthol tend to reinforce nicotine addiction.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:16:12 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Asian Enzyme 'Defect' Could Have Emerged as Evolutionary Advantage]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The genetic mutation that causes alcohol intolerance among some East Asians may have arisen as a protection against alcoholism dating to the period when rice was first cultivated.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:03:28 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Enzyme Activator Could Reverse Intolerance to Alcohol]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Individuals who experience flushing and other side-effects when they drink could receive treatment which activates a 'defective' enzyme that causes alcohol intolerance.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 28 Jan 2010 11:02:23 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Women Who Smoke Marijuana During Pregnancy May Put Babies at Risk]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Fetal growth and development may be impaired when pregnant women smoke marijuana, according to new research from the Netherlands.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:20:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[L.A. Council Votes to Shut Down Most Medical-Marijuana Dispensaries]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About 80 percent of the 1,000 or so medical-marijuana dispensaries now operating in Los Angeles will be shut down under a measure approved this week by the city council.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:19:36 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Seneca Tribe Targets Senator for Support of Cigarette Shipping Bill]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The reelection bid of freshman Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is being challenged by the Seneca Nation, which may spend $250,000 to oppose her because Gillibrand backs the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act -- a measure that would ban the U.S. Postal Service from delivering cigarettes.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Tobacco Firms Try to Spook Fla. Plaintiffs]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Tobacco companies are trying to frighten Florida residents away from filing sick-smoker claims by making token settlement offers that expose plaintiffs to legal fees if they reject the offer, file suit anyway, and lose.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:11:50 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[All States Could Soon Allow Scans of Driver's Licenses]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A bill in the state legislature would make Nebraska the last of the 50 U.S. states to allow driver's licenses to be electronically scanned by liquor-store clerks and for other identification purposes.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking Rates Higher Among Minority Boys Who Face Discrimination]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Male adolescent members of minority groups who feel that they are victims of discrimination are more likely to engage in dangerous behaviors like smoking, according to research by Sarah Wiehe of the Indiana University School of Medicine.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Anthrax Kills Eight Heroin Users in Europe]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A batch of heroin contaminated with anthrax spores is killing drug users across Europe.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[NYC Tobacco Regulation Bid Shot Down by Supreme Court]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New York City cannot use federal racketeering laws to force Internet tobacco sellers to hand over lists of buyers in the city who could be dodging local cigarette taxes, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Changes to Prop 215 Struck Down by Calif. Supreme Court]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[California lawmakers had no right to impose a cap on the amount of marijuana that medical users could possess under the state's Proposition 215 medical-marijuana law, the California Supreme Court has ruled.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Vermont Legislature Holds Hearing on Lowering Drinking Age]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Bills that would lower Vermont's drinking age from 21 to 18 and call on the U.S. Congress not to penalize the state for doing so were the subject of a recent hearing in the state legislature.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Legislation Would Criminalize 'Narcocorridos']]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Musicians who perform songs glorifying the actions of drug cartels could face up to three years in prison under a measure recently proposed by Mexico's ruling National Action party.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Cancer Patients Who Quit Smoking Far More Likely to Survive]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Five-year survival rates roughly doubled among patients diagnosed with early-stage lung cancer who quit smoking.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[European Fertility Docs Urged Not to Treat Heavy Drinkers]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Citing the risks to the child after birth, a group representing fertility specialists in Europe said that 'fertility doctors should refuse treatment to women used to more than moderate drinking and who are not willing or able to minimize their alcohol consumption,' according to a new policy recommendation.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Kids with Addiction Issues More Likely to Play 'Choking Game']]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Six percent of 8th-graders surveyed in Oregon said they had taken part in a dangerous game where kids choke each other to produce a sense of euphoria, and researchers said that adolescents with addiction or mental-health problems are among those most likely to play.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. to Outlaw Drink Specials, Games to Curb Alcohol Problems]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Drinking games that encourage overconsumption -- as well as all-you-can-drink specials and ladies' nights -- could soon be things of the past in the U.K.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Marijuana Legalization Fails in Wash. Legislature]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A bill that would have legalized marijuana possession for adults ages 21 and over has been rejected by a House committee in the Washington state legislature.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Advocates Ready to File for S.D. Ballot]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Supporters of a proposed South Dakota referendum on legalizing medical use of marijuana say they have gathered 30,000 petition signatures, far more than the 16,776 required to qualify for the November election.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Many Adolescent Girls Involved in Violence, SAMHSA Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[More than one in four girls ages 12-17 was involved in fighting within the past year, according to new survey data.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Study Explores Opioid Overdoses Among Pain Patients]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A study of about 10,000 pain patients receiving opioid drugs found that 51 seriously overdosed during a 45-month period, and six died.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Public Smoking Ban Advances in Indiana House]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A bill that would prohibit smoking in most public places in Indiana has been approved in a 7-5 vote by the state legislature's House Public Policy Committee.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Patricia F. Russo Named Chairman of Partnership for a Drug-Free America]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Board of Directors of the Partnership for a Drug-Free America named Patricia 'Pat' F. Russo Chairman of the national non-profit organization that exists to help parents prevent, intervene in and treat drug and alcohol use by their children.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[FDA Orders Tobacco Companies to Disclose Cigarette Ingredients]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has directed cigarette companies to provide detailed information on their products by June, when the agency for the first time will begin studying the composition of cigarettes in detail.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Citing Health Reasons, Hospital Refuses Jobs to Tobacco Users]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Memorial Hospital in Chattanooga, Tenn., says it will no longer hire users of tobacco products, saying the decision is rooted in concerns about community health, not a desire for cost savings.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Medical Marijuana Measure Before D.C. Council]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Nine of the 13 members of the District of Columbia Council have cosponsored legislation to establish five medical-marijuana dispensaries in the city.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Continuing to Smoke Quickens Progression of Lung Cancer]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Lung-cancer tumors may grow larger and more quickly in patients who continue to smoke after being diagnosed with the disease, according to researchers who conducted animal studies at the University of California at San Diego's School of Medicine.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Morphine Effective in Preventing PTSD, Military Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Soldiers given morphine soon after sustaining an injury were half as likely as their comrades to later develop post-traumatic stress disorder, according to a study of 700 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Mass. Law Barring Wine Shipments Ruled Unconstitutional]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Massachusetts consumers may soon be able to order wine online and have it shipped directly from out-of-state wineries after the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals threw out the state's latest attempt to control such shipments.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Big Tobacco Seeks Deal in Federal Racketeering Case]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A secret meeting between U.S. Justice Department officials and representatives of major U.S. tobacco firms included talks about both sides dropping planned Supreme Court appeals of a major racketeering case.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Safe-Injection Program Survives Another Shutdown Attempt by Canadian Government]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The British Columbia Court of Appeal has rejected a lawsuit from Canada's Conservative government that sought to shutter Vancouver's Insight safe-injection program for IV-drug users.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Word Choices Affect Attitudes Toward Addiction Recovery]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A survey of health professionals found that referring to people with addictions as "substance abusers" was more likely to evoke punitive responses to drug use than those who referred to individuals with "substance-use disorders," according to researchers.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Alcohol Substitute Said to Make Users Mildly Drunk, with No Hangover]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Recently fired U.K. drug czar David Nutt and colleagues have developed a synthetic drink that they hope will someday replace alcohol.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Terrorists, Traffickers Partner for Transatlantic Drug Flights]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Jet aircraft as large as Boeing 727s are being used to ship drugs across the Atlantic on clandestine flights organized by drug traffickers and terrorist groups, according to a report prepared for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[E-Cigarettes Not Subject to FDA Regulation, Federal Judge Rules]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot block the importation of electronic cigarettes into the U.S. because they are not tobacco products -- and thus not under the FDA's jurisdiction -- a federal judge has ruled.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Maine Releases Substance Abuse Services Report Card]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Maine Substance Abuse Services Commission released the first ever Substance Abuse Services Report Card modeled after a 2006 report, Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Ways States Organize and Deliver Alcohol and Drug Prevention and Treatment, published by Join Together.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Participate in the Super Bowl Survey 2010]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The Super Bowl Survey Kit from the Drug-Free Action Alliance includes everything you need to quickly and easily implement your local student survey, with additional ideas on student engagement and follow-up activities. ]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Legal Stimulant Mephedrone Gains Popularity as Club Drug in U.K.]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Mephedrone -- a stimulant that is currently legal in both the U.K. and the U.S. -- has gained recent and surprising popularity among club-goers in the U.K., according to Britain's National Addiction Center.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Antidrug Efforts in Afghanistan a Mess, Inspector General Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The inspector general for the U.S. State Department recently issued a damning report on antidrug efforts in Afghanistan, saying that long-term strategy, objectives and a pathway to eventually empowering Afghans to address their own problems all are lacking.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Tobacco Firms Ordered to Pay Family of Calif. Smoking Victim]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds must pay $2.85 million in damages to the family of a California woman who died of lung cancer at age 40 after smoking for 26 years, the state's high court has ruled.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Calif. AG Accuses e-Cigarette Maker of Deception]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The California attorney general's office is suing the e-cigarette maker Smoking Everywhere, accusing the company of failing to warn consumers about the dangers associated with the product.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Study Shows Gene Changes in Brain Caused by Cocaine]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Long-term cocaine use can alter the function of genes in the brain, leaving "pleasure circuits" stuck in the "open" position and increasing craving for the drug, according to a new animal study conducted by researchers at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Addiction Treatment in China Means Physical Abuse, Forced Labor]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Drug users forced into addiction rehabilitation by the Chinese government face years of physical abuse and forced labor but get no actual treatment.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[More Smokers Cutting Back Due to Cost, Controls]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Higher cigarette prices and smoke-free laws have not succeeded in eliminating smoking, but it has compelled a growing number of smokers to light up less frequently and less publicly.]]></description> 

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  <title><![CDATA[Mexican Drug Decriminalization Has Little Impact]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Mexico's decision to decriminalize possession of small amounts of narcotic drugs has had little of the hoped-for effect on drug violence or addiction, local residents and experts say.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:25:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Information, Not Scare Tactics, Helps Smokers Quit: Study]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A new study finds that smokers who called a tobacco quitline were twice as likely to experience short-term success in quitting if they heard positive messages rather than negative ones.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:54:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Medical-Marijuana Bill Passes in N.J.]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A bill that would allow patients with certain types of illnesses to legally use marijuana to ease their symptoms has passed both houses of the New Jersey legislature and is headed to Gov. Jon Corzine for his expected approval.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:31:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[California Panel Approves Legalization Bill]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The California Assembly's Public Safety Committee has voted 4-3 in favor of a bill that would legalize, tax and regulate marijuana sales in the state.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:29:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Drug Use Rising Among Seniors; Baby Boomers Continue Using, SAMHSA Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A new report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) finds that 4.7 percent of Americans age 50 and older used illicit drugs during the past year, a figure that's on the rise and reflective of lifelong drug use by aging Baby Boomers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:54:44 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Drug Tests Should Be Required to Get Unemployment Benefits, S.C. Lawmaker Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[South Carolina residents receiving unemployment benefits should be required to take drug tests, and those who test positive should have their benefits cut off until they complete drug treatment, a state lawmaker says.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:50:14 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Legalize Marijuana to Protect Our (Adult) Kids, Some Calif. Moms Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Some 'soccer moms' in California say that they would support marijuana legalization so that their adult children don't have to run the risk of buying drugs on the street, according to recent polls.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 16:48:45 EST</pubDate> 
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