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January 27, 2013

 

By Join Together Staff
 
The U.S. Navy will begin conducting random blood-alcohol tests on sailors in the United States in February, the Associated Pressreports. The Navy will use the tests, which were announced earlier this year, to determine whether a sailor is fit for duty, or may need counseling.
 
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January 27, 2013

 

By Join Together Staff
 
A U.S. Appeals Court this week refused to overrule the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) classification of marijuana as a dangerous drug with no accepted medical uses, the Los Angeles Times reports.
 
The marijuana advocacy group Americans for Safe Access had sued the...
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January 27, 2013

 

By Join Together Staff
 
Emergency room visits involving attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs more than doubled from 2005 to 2010, according to a new government report. The number of visits involving ADHD medications that were used non-medically almost tripled during this period....
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January 19, 2013

The Washington Traffic Safety Commission (WTSC) has posted a call for applications for funding traffic safety projects on its website.

 

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January 19, 2013

CADCA has named the Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) its Outstanding State Member.

This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding state program that has made significant contributions to community-based drug prevention coalitions in their state and has helped support CADCA’s mission of creating safe, healthy and drug-free communities...

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January 19, 2013

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently released a report, State Estimates of Non-medical Use of Prescription Pain Relievers, that uses national survey data to estimate the level of prescription pain-killer abuse for each state.

January 19, 2013

The University of Washington's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute (ADAI) has updated their Marijuana: Science-based Information for the Public ...

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January 19, 2013

 

The 2013 Drug Free Communities Request for Applications has just been posted on the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) Drug Free Communities website. 

Recently, ONDCP announced that it...

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January 16, 2013

 

By Michele Molnar 
 
Today's adolescents and teens face a much different drug landscape than did those raised in the late 1990s, which is one reason the U.S. Department of Education and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) updated an in-depth...
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January 16, 2013

By Join Together Staff

Doctors miss drinking problems in almost three-fourths of patients because they don’t conduct alcohol screening, a new study finds. Instead, many doctors rely on gut feelings about whether a patient is engaging in problem drinking.
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January 11, 2013

 

GATE:Ways of Expression

The stories of students and young people can have a profound impact across the state of Washington, from the classrooms and communities to the state legislature.

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January 11, 2013

 

FY 2013 Grant Request for Applications (RFA)

Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act Grants 
Short Title: STOP Act Grants

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