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President Obama Seeks Over $1 Billion to Combat Drug Epidemic Author: Shernide Delva President Barack Obama will make a budget request to Congress for $1 billion dollars to fight drug abuse and overdoses. The amount of overdoses in the United States is currently at an all-time high. More than 47,000... Learn More

Nearly $700 Million Will Be Invested in Wellness Care [caption id="attachment_18107" align="aligncenter" width="444"] (This content is being used for illustrative purposes only; any person depicted in the content is a model)[/caption] Author: Shernide Delva Last month, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced an initiative to provide... Learn More

National Drug Take Back Day Author: Justin Mckibben September 27, 2014 from 10 AM to 2 PM, thousands of DEA-coordinated collection sites will be available across the country, and consumers are encouraged to use this unique opportunity to safely and legally dispose of any unneeded... Learn More

In the News: Obama Administration Orders 1000 Pounds of Pot for Research Sounds like the “Industrial Marijuana Revolution” in America seems to be expanding more every day. The Obama Administration has already put in the directive for hundreds and hundreds of pounds of marijuana to be produced for this coming year, well... Learn More

In the News: Attorney General Willing to Discuss Rescheduling Marijuana The Obama Administration seems to be open to discussion regarding making changes to the current scheduling of marijuana, specifically; removing it from the federal government’s “dangerous drug list.” Attorney General Eric Holder was clear, however, that any decision or action... Learn More

Two Major Ways Obamacare is Changing Addiction Treatment There has been a lot of debate on whether or not the Affordable Care Act (ACA), dubbed “Obamacare,” is a good thing or not. And really, it depends on who you ask. One thing that can’t be denied is the... Learn More

In the News: White House Drug Czar Calls For Increased Naloxone Availability Gil Kerlikowske, former Seattle Police Chief, says that law enforcement, alone, won’t solve the problem of fatal drug overdoses and that the Obama administration will focus on prevention and treating addiction. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WASHINGTON —February 11, 2014 White House “drug czar,”... Learn More

Opinion: Is the War on Drugs Over? Rick Perry, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal and even Obama have been all over the media and news on their opinions with the war on drugs and telling us what their position is on it. So does this mean the war... Learn More

In The News: Thousands Sign Petition Asking for Justin Bieber to be Deported [caption id="attachment_9235" align="aligncenter" width="300"] image credit: MIAMI-DADE CORRECTIONS & REHABILITATION DEPARTMENT / HANDOUT/EPA[/caption] Born in London, Ontario and raised in nearby Stratford, Bieber has been quoted as saying that Canada is “the best country in the world.” There is an online... Learn More

In the News: Obama Says Marijuana Less Dangerous Than Alcohol In a recent interview that appears in The New Yorker magazine, President Obama said that marijuana is “not very healthy,” however, he believes it isn't as harmful as some people insist. When the president was asked if marijuana is less... Learn More

Addiction News: April 25th, 2013 US Customs plane helps stop 3,300 lbs of cocaine [SFGate] Obama Drug Czar Wants Treatment and Arrests at the Same Time [ABC News] Obama Drug Policy Reform To Be Outlined By Gil Kerlikowske, Nation's Drug Czar [Huffington Post] 3... Learn More

President Obama Seeks Over $1 Billion to Combat Drug Epidemic

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