Drug Policy Newsletter

Weekly News Roundup May 5, 2008 FEATURE STORIES Fla. Sting Operation Targets Alcoholic Energy Drinks The Florida Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco Products recently conducted a series of statewide sting operations targeting sales of alcoholic energy drinks to underage youth and found that about one in four visits resulted in sales to buyers under age 21. 'Second Chance Act' Wins Broad Praise, Call for Funding There have been few instances where addiction recovery and drug-reform groups have united in praise for federal drug policy, but President Bush earned kudos earlier this month for signing into law the Second Chance Act, which provides for addiction treatment and other services for offenders reentering the community. HEADLINES Seattle Saves Money By Housing Homeless Drinkers Challenge to Student Aid Ban for Drug Offenders Rejected Some Dying Medical-Marijuana Users Can't Get Transplants Drunk Driving in Video Game Earns MADD Condemnation Dad Mistakenly Buys Alcopop for Son, Loses Custody Salvia Ban Could Hamper Research Ohio Lawmakers Look to Kill Off Tobacco Prevention Foundation More headlines RESEARCH NEWS 'Courage in a Bottle' No Myth, Study Finds NIDA Reports Good Results from Computer Counseling Virtual Reality Can Aid Treatment Depression More Common Among Smokers, Study Says Brief Physician Interventions Encourage Smokers to Quit New Findings on Asian Alcohol-Protection Gene Painkillers Replacing Heroin on Canadian Streets Animal Study Hints at Greater Teen Susceptibility to Addiction More research news YOUR TURN SAMHSA Announces Availability of New Drug-Free Workplace Kit Brewers Urged to Stop Marketing Beer Shirts to Young Girls More in Your Turn     Treatment Quality Adopting Changes To Improve Outcomes Now RESOURCES Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment SAMHSA's New Drug-Free Workplace Kit Project Alert SPREAD THE WORD Send this message to a friend or colleague

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