Furious Seasons (Free subscription) | 05/13/2008
I suspect a few of you are aware that last Friday John Walters, America's Drug Czar, held a press conference and issued a report claiming that marijuana was leading to depression among teens. His office also once again floated its...
iTWire - Latest Headlines (Free subscription) | 05/12/2008
On Wednesday, May 9, 2008, the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) released the report “ Teen Marijuana Use Worsens Depression: An Analysis of Recent Data Shows...
CNN (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Teenagers who use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for serious health disorders, including worsened depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide, according to a White House Office of National Drug Control Policy report released Friday.
CNN (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
Teenagers who use marijuana put themselves at higher risks for serious health disorders, including worsened depression, schizophrenia, anxiety and suicide, according to a White House Office of National Drug Control Policy report released Friday.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 05/09/2008
TEEN 'SELF MEDICATION' FOR DEPRESSION LEADS TO MORE SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS, NEW REPORT REVEALS Depressed Teens Using Marijuana, Other Drugs to Relieve Symptoms WASHINGTON, May 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Millions of American teens report experiencing weeks of hopelessness and loss of interest in normal daily activities and many of these depressed teens are using marijuana and other drugs, making...
ACLU (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
WASHINGTON – The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy is conducting the latest in a series of regional summits designed to convince local educators to begin drug testing students randomly and without cause – a policy unsupported by the available science and opposed by leading experts in adolescent health, including the Academy of Pediatrics,...
FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog (Free subscription) | 05/05/2008
From the Unnecessary Epidemic, The Oregonian Tomorrow the United States Attorney General and United States Drug Czar will be hosting an important anti-meth conference in America’s heartland. Attorney General Michael B. Mukasey and John Walters, the U.S. Drug Czar, will host high-ranking officials from the world's largest producing and some of the principal consuming nations of methamphetamine [...]...
PoliBlog (Free subscription) | 04/30/2008
Via the BBC: Strong euro behind cocaine flows The euro’s strength against the dollar may explain a rise in the availability of cocaine in Europe and a decline in the US, a US anti-drugs official says. John Walters, director of US national drug control policy, said the amount of cocaine seized at the US south-western borders [...]
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 04/26/2008
Last updated April 25, 2008 4:53 p.m. PTAds aim to curb meth use in Indian communitiesTHE ASSOCIATED PRESSALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- An ad campaign has been launched in hopes of raising awareness and curbing the use of methamphetamine in American Indian communities across the nation.The National Congress of American Indians, the Partnership for a Drug-Free America and federal officials unveiled...
Democratic Underground (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Source: [b]BBC[/b] The euro's strength against the dollar may explain a rise in the availability of cocaine in Europe and a decline in the US, a US anti-drugs official says. John Walters, director of US national drug control policy, said the amount of cocaine seized at the US south-western borde...
About Home Guard (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
... the Fire Research Station (FRS) site which provides information on FRS projects, a summary of the Office of the National Drug Control Policy’s report ‘What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs: 1988-1995′ and flood-related information from the Dartmouth Flood Observatory site. Citation Details Title: Home on the page. (Security Management Online Web site)...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 04/11/2008
Source: Reuters By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, April 11 (Reuters) - The euro's strength against the dollar may be contributing to a decline in availability of cocaine in the United States and a rise in Europe, the U ...
Reason Magazine - Hit & Run (Free subscription) | 04/10/2008
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has a new, mildly amusing anti-pot website featuring a faux documentary called Stoners in the Mist (parts of which, I assume, will also be featured in anti-drug PSAs). Although the jokes are mostly ripped off from Cheech & Chong and such pothead-depicting movies as Fast Times at Ridgemont High , I suppose I prefer...
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
Every day, 2,500 youths ages 12 to 17 abuse a prescription painkiller for the first time, U.S. "drug czar" John Walters said Thursday.
Cincinnati Enquirer (Free subscription) | 04/03/2008
The family medicine cabinet is the newest supply source for teens and pre-teens looking to get high, U.S. �drug czar' John Walters said Thursday.
