Nov 9, 2012 | News
Founded in 1990, NOFAS (National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome) is the only international non-profit organization committed entirely to the prevention and support of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). The learning disabilities and motor skill problems...
Nov 9, 2012 | News
In this election year, will theU.S.see an end to the Drug War? Richard Nixon created the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) in 1973 which has spent countless man-hours and millions of dollars attempting to regulate illegal drugs, predominately marijuana. Probably the best...
Nov 8, 2012 | News
A new online training tool aimed at helping doctors prescribe and manage patients receiving painkillers was recently launched by the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA). The training materials are part of...
Nov 7, 2012 | News
Substance Abuse Prevention Month concluded on October 31, but the effort to stop substance abuse continues every day. Nearly 17 million people over the age of 12 are classified as having drug or alcohol dependencies. Approximately 79,000 deaths are attributed to...
Nov 6, 2012 | News
According to Thomas R. Frieden, MD, MPH, director of the Center for Disease Control (CDC), teenage drivers are, for the most part, not drinking before they get behind the wheel. Frieden stated that drunk driving among teens has dropped by more than half in the past 15...
Nov 6, 2012 | News
Americans for Safe Access, advocates for the use of medical marijuana, are hoping that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will force the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to hold a hearing, and possibly reverse the current...
