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• Take the Medicine Chest Challenge

  (January 3, 2012)

  The Second Annual American Medicine Chest Challenge (AMCC) was launched on September 1, during a meeting with community partners and affiliates around the country. Organizers are urging adults to accept […]

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• Medical Marijuana Updates

  (December 14, 2011)

  In the Buckeye State, three initiatives to legalize medical marijuana are underway. Ohio House Bill 214 would allow qualified patients to possess 200 grams of marijuana and 12 mature plants. […]

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• Early Use of Alcohol, Marijuana Linked to Later Abuse

  (March 22, 2011)

  Statistics from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) show that adult individuals who began using alcohol at age 14 or younger quadrupled their chance for past year […]

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• DOT Changes Drug & Alcohol Testing

  (February 1, 2011)

  Reminder:  The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Final Rule outlining the changes to its drug and alcohol testing program became effective October 1, 2010. The alterations include: testing for MDMA (Ecstasy) […]

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• Pain Meds May Lead to Heroin Usage

  (January 5, 2011)

  Drexel University’s School of Public Health may have found a link between prescription drugs and the abuse of heroin and other injected drugs. The study finds that four out of […]

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