Alcohol and drug news from JoinTogether.org
From the Boston University School of Public Health |
| 1. Bill to Cut Penalties for Crack Cocaine Heads to Obama |
| Mandatory-minimum prison sentences for crack-cocaine would only kick in when defendants possess 28 grams or more of the drug under legislation passed last week by the U.S. House of Representatives. |
| 2. Gene May Influence Drinking in Social Settings |
| Do you find yourself drinking more heavily when you are out with friends? There may be a gene for that. |
| 3. Colo. Set to Regulate Medical Marijuana from 'Seed to Sale' |
| The head of Colorado's medical-marijuana enforcement effort promises a comprehensive plan that other states could adopt as a model. |
| 4. Washington Imposes New Rules on Prescribing Powerful Painkillers |
| The state of Washington plans to impose tough new rules on doctors who want to prescribe opiate painkillers to patients, including mandatory third-party evaluation of patients who request higher doses of the drug but don’t show signs of improvement. |
| 5. Clergy a Common Resource for People Battling Addiction |
| About 15 percent of people seeking recovery from alcoholism turn to clergy members for support, a University of Michigan study finds. |
| 6. Conn. Candidates Spar on Marijuana Use, Legalization |
| Republican candidates for Congress are slinging accusations of hypocrisy over marijuana use and policy, including the spectacle of a candidate who favors legalization defending a YouTube video focused on his opponent’s arrest a decade earlier for marijuana possession.
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| 7. Doctors Not Reporting Impaired Colleagues, Survey Finds |
| A study from the Harvard Medical School found that 17 percent of doctors knew of drunk, addicted or otherwise incompetent colleagues, but one-third said they did nothing to report the behavior. |
| 8. Police Challenged by Crashes Involving Prescription Drugs |
| Car crashes involving prescription drugs are often harder to detect and prosecute than those involving alcohol or illicit drugs. |
| 9. Proposed FDA Plan on Prescription Drugs Rejected |
| A lack of mandated training for physicians has helped sink a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposal intended to curb misuse of prescription drugs. |
| 10. Veterans Dept. Allows Use of Medical Marijuana |
| Veterans in states with medical-marijuana laws will be allowed to use the drug without losing their access to pain medication under a new policy announced by the federal Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). |
| 11. More Americans Making Moonshine |
| Recession penny-pinching and the homemade food fad are driving more Americans -- from hobbyists to trendy hipster kids -- to make homemade liquor, or moonshine. |
| 12. Virginia Governor Leads Drive for Privatization of Liquor Distribution |
| Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell has spent months quietly trying to build consensus around a plan to shutter state liquor stores established after Prohibition and return the distribution of alcohol to private wholesalers and retailers. |
| 13. Oakland OKs Plan for Four Big Marijuana Farms to Supply Medical Users |
| Seeking greater control over who supplies marijuana to legal medical users, the city of Oakland has approved a plan that would license four large marijuana farms and sets hefty regulatory fees on the operations. |
| 14. Few Colleges Follow NIAAA Advice to Prevent Student Drinking |
| The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) gave colleges detailed advice on how to prevent student drinking in 2002, but the recommendations have not been widely adopted, according to a new study from the University of Minnesota. |
| 15. Parents Who Use Drugs to Quell Children Called Abusive |
| Sedating children with over-the-counter or prescription medications may be an under-recognized form of abuse. |
| 16. Heroin Addicts in Africa Engage in Dangerous Blood-Sharing |
| 'Flashblooding,' the act of injecting one heroin addict's blood into another to share a high or ward off withdrawal, is becoming increasingly common in some African cities. |
| 17. Stroke Risk Jumps in Hour After Drinking Alcohol |
| Risk of stroke more than doubles in the hour immediately after consuming alcohol. |
| 18. N.M. Faces Medical Marijuana Shortage |
| Strict licensing and regulation of New Mexico’s medical-marijuana distribution has led to chronic shortages in supply of the drug. |
| 19. SAMHSA Document on Confidentiality Regulations Raises Further Questions |
| With national health reform moving the field toward coordination of all aspects of an individual’s medical care, longstanding federal requirements that govern information about clients in addiction treatment have come under scrutiny over their potential effect on integrated care. |
| 20. Binge Drinking May Be a Bone Breaker for Teens |
| Teenagers who engage in binge drinking could be upping their risk of developing osteoporosis later in life, a new animal study suggests. |
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