1. News and Notes.
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INTRAVENOUS drug abusers , *DRUG control , *PUBLIC health , *SMOKING laws , *TWENTY-first century , *STATUS (Law) , *DRUG use testing laws , *CANNABIS (Genus) , *PACKAGING laws , *MEDICAL marijuana laws , *GOVERNMENT agencies , *CONFERENCES & conventions , *SMOKING , *SUBSTANCE abuse , *TOBACCO products , *ECONOMICS ,PHILIPPINE politics & government - Abstract
The article presents news briefs related to addiction and addiction research as of August 2017. Canada passed legislation reforming the process of creating supervised consumption rooms for injecting drug users. A World Health Organization (WHO) report found that tobacco use and tobacco-related health conditions are highest in China. Smoking in public places has been banned in the Philippines via an executive order signed by President Rodrigo Duterte.
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- 2017
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