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Seattle Nightlife Initiative Seeks to Extend Service Hours to 6:00am
The City of Seattle, as part of the Mayor's Seattle Nightlife Initiative (SNL), has petitioned the Washington Liquor Control Board (LCB) to consider allowing it to extend drinking hours from 2:00am to 6:00am, effectively creating a 24/7 drinking environment in Seattle.
Also alarming is that the proposed rule changes would allow any city around the state to petition the LCB to...
read moreIt should be no secret to anyone in the prevention community by now that Initiative 1183, with a campaign funded largely by Costco, passed overwhelmingly on November 8. There will be immediate impacts on the state with a scheduled start of liquor sales in qualifying stores on March 1, 2012.
The initiative will require a huge - and immediate - rewrite of many current regulations on alcohol sales.
The Washington State Liquor Control Board...
read moreThe Meth Project, a prevention program aimed at reducing teenage methamphetamine use, has expanded, adding online resources and a social media campaign.
According to the...
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By Jenifer Goodwin
HealthDay Reporter 
Three teenage boys in Texas suffered heart attacks after smoking K2, a form of synthetic marijuana, according to a new case report....
read moreFinancial stress may lead older adults to drink and smoke more, according to a study of more than 2,300 adults over the age of 65. Men and people with less education appear to be most likely to drink and smoke in response to money worries, according to...
read moreProposals must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time, December 7, 2011.
Please submit proposals in Microsoft Word or PDF format to owhapplication@jsi.com or mail to JSI, ATTN: Megan Hiltner, 1725 Blake Street, Suite 400, Denver, Colorado 80202.
Please DO NOT submit proposals to the U.S. Department of...
read moreAdvocates for medical marijuana dispensaries have filed lawsuits in California to try to win court orders that would stop U.S. attorneys from closing them down.
Last month, U.S. attorneys in California told dozens of marijuana dispensaries...
read moreAccording to a recent news release from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), just two questions from a newly released guide could allow health care professionals to spot youth at risk for alcohol-related problems. The guide is now available from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the NIH.
The new guide developed in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, clinical researchers, and health practitioners, introduces a...
read moreA Kentucky cancer center is advising smokers to switch to smokeless tobacco. Its “Switch and Quit” campaign is creating controversy in the state and beyond.
The campaign, created by the James Graham Brown Cancer Center and the University of Louisville, is using advertising...
read moreThe National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA) has given...
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