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World Science Fair Adds Addiction Science Award
This year, for the first time, three students will receive awards for exemplary projects in Addiction Science at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair, the world's largest science competition for high school students.
| Suicide Link Doesn't Prevent Chantix Endorsement
The drug Chantix has been linked to increased risk of suicide, but new U.S. government stop-smoking guidelines for doctors nonetheless endorse the drug.
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Parental Awareness of Child's Drug Use
Parents are less likely to be aware of a younger child's cigarette and alcohol use than that of an older child, according to analysis of multiyear data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health.
| Ohio Shuts Down Smoking Prevention Foundation
The Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation was shut down this week when Gov. Ted Strickland signed a bill that seizes the organization's assets and transfers its responsibilities to the state Department of Health.
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Groups, Parents Urge Maryland Gov. to Veto Alcopops Bill
Advocacy groups and parents of teens killed by drunk drivers sent a pair of Mother's Day appeals to Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley urging him to veto a bill that would treat sweetened "alcopop" drinks the same as beer for regulatory and tax purposes.
| Michigan Senate Approves Smokefree Legislation
Michigan has moved a step closer to banning smoking in all of the bars, restaurants and workplaces in the state.
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U.K. Reclassifies Marijuana
Marijuana has been reclassified from a Class C drug to Class B in the U.K. -- a move that carries more restrictions and higher penalties for offenses involving the drug.
| Vancouver's InSite Program Remains Threatened
Harm-reduction advocates have long worried that the conservative government of Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper would shut down Vancouver's safe-injection site for drug users, and a new report is unlikely to do much to assuage those fears.
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