The Knesset Labor, Social Affairs and Health Committee instructed the Health Ministry on Tuesday to complete within four months its proposals for regulating the use of marijuana (cannabis) for medicinal purposes.

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Like humans, fruit flies that get intoxicated on alcohol can become addicted and keep drinking regardless of the consequences -- findings that could help researchers better understand how alcoholism works.

After allocating billions of dollars over the past few decades to eradicate drug crops and fund other interdiction efforts in Latin America, Congress is considering a policy review to "take a fresh look at our counternarcotics efforts here at home

Clinical supervision has become the cornerstone of quality improvement in the substance abuse treatment field. In addition to providing a bridge between the classroom and the clinic, clinical supervision improves client care, develops the professionalism of clinical personnel, and imparts

Proponents of a new approach to drug policy need look no further than the results of the annual Monitoring the Future (MTF) study, which reports increased youth use of marijuana and a flattening out of many other types of illicit