Oct 26, 2017 – KSAT – San Antonio is on the way to joining 13 other large cities and five states around the nation that ban tobacco sales to people under 21 years of age. Results from an online survey conducted by San Antonio Metro Health show that 77
The University of Texas at Austin Center for Health Communication was awarded a $642,000, two-year contract by The Texas Health and Human Services Commission to develop and test effective messaging with health care providers and prescribers across the state to promote the new monitoring program.
“This is an exciting opportunity

July 19, 2017 — Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life addiction.
July 12, 2017 — New research has shown that people who battle mental health disorders as children are at greater risk of developing addictions as adults. Dutch researchers launched
April 25, 2017 — Reuters Washington — U.S. data has shown for the first time that drivers killed in crashes were more likely to be on drugs than drunk, with marijuana involved in more than a third of fatal accidents in 2015, a study released on Wednesday showed. Forty-three percent …
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Dec 8, 2016 — Heavy alcohol use during adolescence alters the development of brain, according to a recent study from the University of Eastern Finland and Kuopio University Hospital. Cortical thinning was observable in young people who had been heavy drinkers throughout their adolescence. The findings were published in Addiction…
DEC 06, 2016 (WASHINGTON) –DEA Acting Administrator Chuck Rosenberg today announced results from the 