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Many Adolescent Girls Involved in Violence, SAMHSA Says

Study Shows Gene Changes in Brain Caused by Cocaine

Information, Not Scare Tactics, Helps Smokers Quit: Study

Drug Use Rising Among Seniors; Baby Boomers Continue Using, SAMHSA Says

Daily Marijuana Use Could Cause Permanent Brain Damage, Researcher Says

Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Raises Risk of Emphysema

Childhood Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Linked to Lung Cancer

U.K. Study Finds Link Between Youth Antisocial Behavior and Early Death, Disability

Survey Associates Marijuana Use and Fondness for Songs with Pot References

Kids See Smoking as Riskier than Alcohol or Other Drug Use

Survey Finds Widespread Prescription-Drug Abuse Among U.S. Troops

Same Genes at Play in Marijuana Use, Alcohol Dependence

Even Casual Smoking Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

Death Warnings May Actually Encourage Smokers

Study: U.S. Teens in Middle of Pack Regarding Alcohol, Tobacco Use

Alcohol the Real Date-Rape Drug, Study Says

Study: Parents' Expectations Can Influence Risky Teen Behavior

Secondhand Smoke a Killer, Institute of Medicine Report Says

Encouraging Text Messages Help Smokers Quit

Cut Smoking to Prevent Stillbirths, Infant Deaths: Experts

Pregnant Smokers Risk Having Children with Psychotic Problems

Unemployed Americans Smoke the Most, Study Finds

Smoking Marijuana Damages Cells, DNA, Study Suggests

Military Kids at High Risk of Psychological Problems

Illicit Drug Use Rising Among Those in their 50s

Prescription Medication Sharing Among Adolescents: Prevalence, Risks, and Outcomes

Heart Risks Rise With Smokeless Tobacco

Alcohol Advertising Reaching Too Many Teens On Cable TV

Poison Center Calls for Teen Use of ADHD Drugs Soar

Regular marijuana usage robs men of sexual highs

Parents, Friends Influence Teen Smoking

Community-Based Prevention Program Helped Cut Binge Drinking, Study Finds

Smoking Three Cigarettes a Day Can Kill You

Recurrent Breast Cancer Risk Raised by Smoking, Drinking

Alcohol Disrupts Body Clock, Sleep, Study Demonstrates

Scientists believe kids more apt to smoke if mom did while pregnant

Brain-Behavior Disconnect In Cocaine Addiction

Study: Lower legal drinking age increases poor birth outcomes

U of M study details military's 'culture of binge and underage drinking'

US Navy Culture And Workplace Leads To Heavy Drinking, Study Suggests

Fathers’ Alcohol Use May Significantly Affect Their Adolescent Childrens’ Use of Alcohol and Drugs According to New Nationwide Study

Relaxed Attitudes Toward Alcohol And Youth May Increase Risk Of Binge Drinking In College

Study Finds That Tobacco Companies Changed Ingredients, Design of Cigarettes Without Alerting Smokers

Smoking Linked To Brain Damage

New study shows 1 in 25 deaths worldwide attributable to alcohol

Alcohol May Affect Women's Brains More

Study Shows Possible Link Between Deaths and ADHD Drugs

Driver Survey Finds Less Drinking, More Drugs

Fetal Alcohol Disorders Often Misdiagnosed as ADHD

Internet May Be Newest Venue for Teen Tobacco Exposure

New study uses wastewater to map large-scale patterns of illicit drug use

Study Sees Strong Links Between Smoking Prevention, Mortality

School-Based Prevention Cuts Drug Use, Violence, NIDA Says

More Pregnant Women Seeking Treatment for Methamphetamine Addiction

Alcohol consumption linked to increased cancer risk

Dementia link to 'mid-life ills'

One in 10 High School Seniors Have Used Narcotic Painkillers

Spike in suicide calls due to economy

Experts: Women are drinking more, DUIs are up

Study:Smoking pot causes as much damage as tobacco

Prevention may save lives, but not money

Multiple Sclerosis Accelerated by Smoking, Study Finds

The Hidden Epidemic of Very Young Alcoholics

Stone me: it's an iPhone app to find marijuana

Boulder man dies after drinking poppy pod tea

FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes

New Study Seeks to Help Combat Effects of Alcohol on Fetal Brain Development

Anti-Cocaine Drug Fails in Trial

Study Points to Gene Therapy for Alcoholism

Cigarettes may be more damaging to women

NIDA Study Suggests Low-Key Anti-Smoking Ads Are More Likely to Be Remembered than Attention-Grabbing Messages

Obama's First Budget Supports Drug Courts, Eliminates Drug-Free Schools

Study: Teenagers Want Adults to Intervene in Tobacco Use

Cigarettes Becoming More Deadly, Scientist Says

Study: More Than 1 in 10 Children Live with a Substance Abusing Parent

Methamphetamine tied to abnormal brain development

Funding

SAMHSA Struggles with Funding Cuts

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