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| Ohio Tobacco Funding Case Reaches State Supreme Court |
| The Ohio Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week over the fate of the state’s Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Foundation, which was stripped of its funding by state lawmakers. |
| Feds Set to Spend $12 Million Annually on Ignition-Interlock Devices |
| The Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2010 includes $12 million in annual funding for development of alcohol-detection devices that could be installed in all cars. |
| Advocacy Groups Merge to Support Implementation of Healthcare Reform |
| Two closely aligned groups advocating for addiction and mental-health programs in national healthcare reform have agreed to a merger. |
| Budget Cuts Gut Mo. Alcohol Enforcement |
| The Missouri legislature has cut over $1 million from its Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Control, leaving just five agents to monitor 12,000 liquor licenses. |
| Montana Tax for Treatment Plan Dropped |
| The Montana Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention has decided not to ask voters to approve a ballot item that would have used alcohol taxes to pay for addiction treatment and prevention. |
| 3rd Annual Mass. Advocacy Leadership Training Institutes |
| Are you concerned about alcohol and other drug addiction in Massachusetts? If so, you are cordially invited to apply to participate in a free one-day Advocacy Leadership Training Institute. Seats still available for Peabody and Pittsfield trainings. |
