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- Center of Alcohol Studies — Rutgers
- Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth
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- Higher Education Center for Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Violence Prevention
- Join Together
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- SAMHSA Publications
- SAMHSA substance abuse prevention webguide
- SAMHSA substance abuse treatment webguide
- Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
- Society for the Study of Addiction (UK)
- Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration
- The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University (CASA)
- The Tobacco Atlas
- Tobacco Free Union
- Tobacco Labelling Resource Centre
- Treatment Research Institute
- UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs
- University of Michigan Substance Abuse Research Center
- University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network
- University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention
- World Health Organization Management of Substance Abuse
- World Health Organization Tobacco Free Initiative
- Youth drinking prevention logic model from PIRE
Archives
Monthly Archives: August 2010
Is painkiller abuse really the most important recovery story? (Hint: no, it’s not)
It’s National Recovery Month, or will be in a few days, and health reporters and bloggers are looking for something “new” to write about recovery. The prevailing belief is that if it’s not “new,” it’s not news. I … Continue reading
Marijuana addiction: MJ lobby vs. science
Is marijuana physically addictive or not? The MJ lobby says no. But medical science says otherwise. Who do you believe? Like almost all ballot measures and new laws, Proposition 19, California’s marijuana legalization initiative, includes many one-sided arguments and conjecture … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, MJ lobby, Recovery, Substance abuse, Treatment
Tagged adolescent marijuana use, cannabis addiction, cannabis addiction treatment, legalizing marijuana, legalizing marijuana in California, marijuana, marijuana addiction, marijuana addiction treatment, marijuana lobby, MJ, MJ lobby
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Two cheers for Fair Sentencing Act: Equality for rock and powder cocaine won’t help end the War on Drugs
The disparity between criminal sentencing for crack and powder cocaine was quite heinous; young black men carrying a rock or two got prison while young white men with a gram or two got probation. And that went on for years … Continue reading
Menthol cigarettes: Is this racist?
I’ve got a good one for the “Is it Racist?” segment on the popular Tosh.0 show on Comedy Central. How about the tobacco industry’s marketing of menthol cigarettes to African Americans, and the industry’s bulldog lobbying to protect … Continue reading
