A federal judge has temporarily halted a Florida law that requires welfare applicants to pass a drug test before they are able to receive benefits. Judge Mary Scriven said the law may violate the Constitution’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures, the...
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November 5, 2011
November 5, 2011
November 5, 2011
The Partnership at Drugfree.org is conducting a survey to increase understanding of the best way to develop collaborations between law enforcement, substance abuse prevention agencies, and educators to prevent teens and young adults from engaging in substance abuse. Results will inform the development of a substance abuse...
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By Emily P. Walker
Vodka and malt beverages were the forms of alcohol most likely to have been consumed by patients who wound up at the emergency department seeking treatment for an injury, according to a small study. In addition, more men than women presented to hospital emergency departments with injuries after drinking (69% versus 31%), according to the study presented at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting.
Men were also more likely...
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The study followed more than 100,000 nurses for up to almost 30 years,...
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November 5, 2011
MANAGEMENT ANALYST 3 (08916)
Opening Date/Time: Wed. 11/02/11 12:00 AM Pacific Time
Closing Date/Time: Wed. 11/09/11 5:00 PM Pacific Time
Salary: $3,385.00 - $4,406.00 Monthly
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This is project employment. The funding for this project is expected to last until September 30, 2012. When the funding runs out, this position will be eliminated.
This is a technical position and will provide data...
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October 17, 2011
By Mike Stobbe, AP Medical Writer
The toll of excessive drinking works out to about $2 per drink, in terms of medical expenses and other costs to society, according to a new federal research.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study calculated societal costs from binge and heavy drinking beyond what consumers pay at the bar or liquor store. It's the first such federal estimate in more than a dozen years.
The study looked at costs that included - among...
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By Join Together Staff
A growing number of states are requiring drug testing for recipients of welfare, food stamps, unemployment and other benefits.
Legislators in three dozen states have proposed drug testing this year for people who receive welfare benefits, The New York Times reports. Such laws have passed in Arizona, Indiana, Missouri and other states. In Florida, people who receive welfare benefits must pay for their own drug tests.
The American Civil Liberties...
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A new publication released by CADCA in cooperation with the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) describes evidence-based community prevention strategies that have been shown to decrease the consequences associated with alcohol outlet density.
"Strategizer 55 - Regulating Alcohol Outlet Density: An Action Guide" provides public health departments, community coalitions and other organizations with information and tools for community action designed to regulate and...
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Forty percent of U. S. youth report seeing pictures of kids getting drunk, passed out, or using drugs on Facebook, MySpace, or other social networking sites, according to data from a 2011 survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
Of these youth, approximately 90% had first seen such pictures at age 15 or younger.
Thirty-six percent of respondents said their first exposure was at age 12 or 13 and 42% reported that they first saw...
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In an effort to implement meaningful sentencing alternatives for alcohol related offenses and low-degree criminal offenders, the 22nd Judicial Circuit of McHenry County, in conjunction with the McHenry County Department of Probation and Court Services, has implemented the use of the 3rd Millennium Online Classrooms.
During the last decade, courts have been diverting underage drinking, petty theft, marijuana possession, and other misdemeanor cases to diversion programs, thus allowing...
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