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ONDCP’s National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign has launched a new youth-targeted ad campaign to educate teens about the dangers of multiple substances, including drugs and alcohol, and help them to live „above the influence.“ (Source: Join Together, 5/15/09)

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Alcohol-Related Brain Damage: Recovery Adversely Affected By Smoking
Alcohol-use disorders (AUDs) can damage the brain, particularly the frontal and parietal cortices, although this damage is at least partially reversible with sustained abstinence from alcohol. Chronic smoking is extremely common among individuals with AUDs. A new study has used longitudinal magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of brain blood flow to show that smoking makes it harder for brain blood flow to recover from long-term heavy drinking. (Source: Medical News Today, 5/12/09)

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The first budget plan submitted to Congress by President Barack Obama includes an overall increase in funding for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) but calls for elimination of the Department of Education’s Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities (SDFS) state grants program as part of $17 billion in cuts to programs deemed wasteful or ineffective. (Source: Join Together, 5/10/09)

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Former Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate as President Barack Obama’s ‚drug czar. The Senate voted 91-1 to approve Kerlikowske’s nomination as director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. During his confirmation hearing, Kerlikowske promised a balanced, science-based approach to fighting illicit-drug use and faced few difficult questions from lawmakers. (Source: Join Together, 5/11/09)

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Hillary Clinton’s got it right: „Our insatiable demand for illegal drugs fuels the drug trade.“
The Chairman’s Corner to find the solution to the nation’s drug epidemic. Then share your thoughts and opinions, agreements and disagreements, on the subject by posting a comment on our Web forum.
Share this blog with your friends, colleagues and constituents. Encourage them to participate for that’s how we can all learn from each other in our common effort to confront openly, effectively, and without stigma, our nation’s greatest disease – addiction. The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 3/27/09 With our comment

Seattle Police Chief Gil Kerlikowske has been officially announced as President Barack Obama’s „drug czar“ by the White House, but unlike his recent predecessors, he will not serve as a member of the president’s Cabinet. Kerlikowske’s appointment still must be approved by the Senate. (Source: Join Together, 3/11/09)

Seattle Police Chief R. Gil Kerlikowske will be the Obama administration’s nominee as the next director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), the White House has confirmed. (Source: Join Together, 2/13/09)

According to popular stereotype, young teenagers are shortsighted, leaving them prone to poor judgment and risky decision-making when it comes to issues like taking drugs and having sex. Now a new study confirms that teens 16 and younger do think about the future less than adults, but explains that the reasons may have less to do with impulsivity and more to do with a desire to do something exciting. (Source: Medical News Today, 2/9/09) Deutsche Webseite: Forschung – Jugendliche

A case-crossover analysis in a Swiss hospital emergency department (Lausanne). Results: Alcohol use in the six hours prior to injury was associated with a relative risk of 3.00 (C.I.: 1.78, 5.04) compared with no alcohol use, a dose-response relationship also was found. „The most surprising result of our study was the inverse relationship between cannabis us and injury.“ Source: BMC Public Health, 1/29/09

Edward H. Jurith, the longtime lead lawyer for the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), has been named the interim director of the agency by President Barack Obama. (Source: Join Together, 1/29/09 German website: Internationales