The Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBS) produced by the Centers for Disease Control is one of the nation’s longest-running...
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15.062014June 15, 2014
Black market weed rampant on Colorado public land
By WFADIn News Archive
Black market marijuana, which many expected to disappear after the substance was legalized, is thriving. It is grown on public...
12.062014June 12, 2014
Republicans jump into Florida campaign against medical marijuana
By WFADIn News Archive
The stakes are getting higher – politically and financially – in Florida’s heated campaign over a November referendum to allow...
12.062014June 12, 2014
Colorado preparing to spend $9 million on medical marijuana research
By WFADIn News Archive
More than a decade after voters here first said marijuana could be medicine, Colorado is preparing to embark on the...
12.062014June 12, 2014
West Africa should decriminalise drugs – Obasanjo commission
By WFADIn News Archive
Low-level drug offences should be decriminalised in West Africa, according to a high-level report.The West Africa Commission on Drugs says...
12.062014June 12, 2014
U.S: Teens with addiction have few recovery programs
By WFADIn News Archive
Substance abuse is traumatic for parents, who have trouble accessing treatment for their children. Within the last five years, drug...
12.062014June 12, 2014
Google trends can help track marijuana use and perceptions of risk: Study
By WFADIn News Archive
The online tool Google Trends may be able to help track the public’s use of marijuana, a new study suggests....
12.062014June 12, 2014
Definitive summary of adverse effects of marijuana
By WFADIn News Archive
A definitive, comprehensive review of the current state of scientific knowledge on marijuana written by the nation’s leading drug scientists...
12.062014June 12, 2014
SAM applauds Justice Department, U.S. Sentencing Commission call to reduce sentences for some drug offenders
By WFADIn News Archive
The U.S. Justice Department’s support for a reduction in sentences for nonviolent drug offenders is a step in the right...
11.062014June 11, 2014
New ads target members of Congress who opposed medical marijuana measure
By WFADIn News Archive
Medical marijuana advocates are turning up the heat on House lawmakers who last week voted against an amendment to block...