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WASHINGTON – The Drug Enforcement Administration urges its DEA-registered practitioners and members of the public to be cautious of telephone calls from criminals posing as DEA or other law enforcement personnel threatening arrest and prosecution for supposed violations of federal drug laws or involvement in drug-trafficking activities.

(The Washington Post, March 11) Unfortunately, campus authorities and researchers are reporting a practice that turns the full-stomach drinking strategy on its head: Rather than filling up before a night of partying, significant numbers of students refuse to eat all day before consuming alcohol.

On January 1, 2014, it became legal in Colorado and Washington State for adults 21 and over to buy marijuana for non-medical use in communities that chose to implement the new law. 

(Inside Higher Ed, February 18) Since the release of the (now rescinded) April 2011 Dear Colleague letter on sexual violence, hardly a week has passed without news of a campus sexual assault or a lawsuit or federal investigation about one.

(OU Daily, February 3) Abuse of prescription stimulants among college students is extremely common, especially for those who struggle with addiction and mental illness.

(The Index, February 6) Not even a full two weeks after a historic midterm election, Kalamazoo College students, staff, and faculty received an email regarding the passing of Proposal 1, the ballot initiative to legalize the use of recreational marijuana statewide.

Today, Jim Carroll, the newly sworn-in Director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), released the Administration’s National Drug Control Strategy, which establishes the President’s priorities for addressing the challenge of drug trafficking and use.

(The Transcript) More than half of college students with an ADHD drug prescription reported being asked to sell their medication to peers and friends, according to research done by the Society for the Study of Addiction.

In 1986, the shocking death of the greatest basketball player who never played professional basketball, Leonard “Len” Bias, shocked the nation.

(CNN, December 12) Fentanyl is now the most commonly used drug involved in drug overdoses, according to a new government report.