Popular Culture: One-Third of Hit Songs Contain Drug Use References
Pop music is full of drug references, researchers have found, most of them positive. Stop the presses!
Drug Use
Drug War Chronicle Book Review: "Addiction-Proof Your Child: A Realistic Approach to Preventing Drug, Alcohol, and Other Dependencies," by Stanton Peele (2007, Seven Rivers Press, 258 pp., $14.95 PB)
Dr. Stanton Peele has written an excellent, level-headed handbook for parents, educators, and anyone else worried about teen drug use. Read it now!
Law Enforcement: FBI Lowers Bar on Past Marijuana Use by Would-Be Agents
Looking to be an FBI agent? The rules on disqualifying applicants based on past drug use, especially marijuana use, just got a little more lax.
Drug Use: One in 12 US Workers Uses Drugs, SAMHSA Says
One out of 12 full-time workers in the US reported using drugs within the past month, according to survey data released by SAMHSA.
Feature: Border Blues -- Canada, US Both Bar People Who Used Drugs -- Ever
Planning to cross the US-Canadian border? No matter which direction you're going, they don't want you if you ever used drugs.
Feature: In Britain, Labor's Decade-Long Drug War a Failure, New Report Finds
As Britain's 10-year drug strategy comes up for renewal or replacement next year, the latest in a long line of reports assailing it has come out.
The Presidency: Past Drug Use Would Disqualify Nominee for Only 19% of Americans, Poll Finds
Past drug use by a presidential candidate is close to the bottom of the list of concerns for voters, a Gallup poll has found.
Drug Use: Baby Boomers Most Likely to Have Shot Up
Who shoots drugs? Teenage black junkies? Middle-aged white guys? You might be surprised.
Film: "Rock Bottom: Gay Men & Meth"
A film by Jay Corcoran
"Cautionary ...disturbing,...remarkably candor. [director] Jay Corocoran has never shied away from ...painful and political touchy aspects of gay male sexuality."
--Steven Holden, New York Times