The U.S. Department of Justice awards more than $6 million for prescription drug monitoring programs.The U.S. Department of Justice announced this week the release of $6.2 million to help states fight prescription drug abuse. The money was awarded to 22 states to support prescription drug monitorin…

The Drug Enforcement Administration cracks down on illegal internet drug traffickingThe National Survey on Drug Use and Health released the latest in a series of reports on the rising prescription drug abuse epidemic in the United States. The survey indicated that about 6 percent of young adults us…

A study claimed one in every 100 Londoners aged within 15 and 44 could be using the drug.

Crack in the U.K.Researchers from Imperial College published research in the Society for the Study of Addiction, which said there could be 46,000 crack cocaine users in London, which has a substantial prob…

I got a call today from a reporter regarding my letter to editors about effective drug education curriculums missing from America’s schools.Having been uninformed, she wondered why I would send out something to media pulications asking for more money to keep our kids off drugs. I reiterated that we…

Anthony Atala web page He describes his work at The Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine here.
SENS 2
Session 1: Tissue regeneration and engineering

Anthony Atala MD

First SENS 2 Speaker

Dr.
Abstract of Dr. Atala’s Presentation

Selective cell growth and novel biomaterials have le…

Drug prevention must be taught every year to make a lasting impact on substance abuseThe Monitoring the Future annual survey reports that overall drug use among teenagers has continued to slowly decline over the last several years, yet more than half of high school seniors tried an illicit drug in 2…