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The article offers recent updates. The European Cancer Leagues (ECL) and European Alcohol Policy Alliance (Eurocare) has launched an alcohol and cancer website located at www.alcoholandcancer.eu. A joint statement on compulsory drug treatment centres (CCDUs) in East and Southeast Asia was issued by twelve UN agencies in 2012. A new legislation was signed by California Governor, Jerry Brown, on reducing the number of preventable deaths resulting from accidental drug overdoses.