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- Gun-Buyer Background Checks Missing Data ; Ohio Among States Underreporting Drug Abusers, Mentally Ill.
Ohio screens out mentally ill people who try to buy firearms, but the state isn't reporting all known drug abusers to a national system that could prevent them from buying guns, a first-of-its- kind survey of 50 states found. Mayors Against Illegal Guns said in its report "Fatal Gaps" that federal agencies and states in some cases ignore federal law and fail to report records about potentially dangerous people to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System, or NICS.
- Dayton Daily News
- November 28, 2011
- Arizona Aftermath: Federal Agencies Don't Report Known Drug Abusers to Gun Background Check Database, Says Mayors Against Illegal Guns
Only three federal agencies supply any records of drug abusers to FBIAgencies erroneously following memorandum by then-Attorney General Janet Reno that was superseded by law passed to close gaps exposed by Virginia Tech massacre NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Arizona gunman charged with killing six people and attempting to assassinate Representative Gabrielle Giffords was able to buy a gun despite a history of drug abuse that should have prohibited the purchase. FBI data released today by a bipartisan coalition of more than 550 mayors shows that his name was among many thousands missing from the national instant background check system because federal agencies are wrongly following a Clinton-era memo that was superseded by law in 2007.
- U.S. Newswire
- January 21, 2011
- The dope on drug sentencing: new approaches simplify sentencing, get more drug abusers treatment and save states money.
Drug abuse and the criminal justice system are inextricably entwined. As much as 80 percent of what states spend for prisons, parole and probation i...
- State Legislatures
- Vol. 37 Nbr. 10, December 2011

- County Gets Grant to Help Young Drug Abusers
An innovative program to help young drug abusers has received a start-up grant that could total $900,000 from federal health officials. Clark County got a $300,000 grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration to establish a family- centered treatment and recovery program. The funding is renewable for up to three years.
- The Columbian
- October 21, 2010
- Medicare Hit Hard by Drug Abusers -- Can Be Targeted
WASHINGTON - Medicare's popular prescription program has an unsavory underside: It's an easy target for drug abusers seeking to feed their own addictions or sell painkillers for profit, congressional investigators said in a report released Tuesday. The Government Accountability Office found that about 170,000 Medicare recipients each received prescriptions from multiple doctors for 14 frequently abused medications in 2008.
- The Commercial Appeal (2007-Current)
- October 05, 2011
- 38 USC 7333 - Sec. 7333. Nondiscrimination against alcohol and drug abusers and persons infected with the human immunodeficiency virus
- US Code - Title 38: Veterans' Benefits
- Reflections On 25 Years of Hiv and Aids Research Among Drug Abusers
Booth: Since early in the HIV epidemic, street outreach workers, often indigenous to the target population, have served both to recruit drug injectors for interventions and to conduct interventions. The typically unstructured nature of outreach interventions present challenges in determining the nature of services actually delivered. It is recommended that both qualitative and quantitative methods be utilized to monitor intervention service delivery. Des Jarlais: The threat of AIDS has led to profound behavioral changes among drug users. These changes need to be seen primarily not as responses to public health interventions, but in terms of the competencies of drug users themselves. A Drug User Competency Model of HIV Prevention would include: 1. Competency in understanding HIV transmis...
- Journal of Drug Issues
- Vol. 39 Nbr. 1, January 2009
- Database Would Track Interstate Doctor Shopping: Identify Prescription Drug Abusers Across Nation
West Virginia could be online with a new interstate database meant to crack down on so-called doctor shopping as early as August, lawmakers were told Tuesday. The state pharmacy board is working on final software and server upgrades that will help medical professionals find out who is abusing prescription drugs, David Potters, the board's executive director, told lawmakers at a monthly committee meeting.
- Charleston Daily Mail
- July 13, 2011
- County Opens Special Court for Drug Abusers
Kanawha County Wednesday became the 23rd county in the state to operate a special court for non-violent substance abusers. The drug court program is designed to offer non-violent adult offenders a community-based rehabilitation treatment program, according to the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals.
- Charleston Gazette
- May 14, 2009
- Army More Selective Amid Economy: ; Felons, Drug Abusers No Longer Accepted
WASHINGTON - The Army last month stopped accepting felons and recent drug abusers into its ranks as the nation's economic downturn helped its recruiting, allowing it to reverse a decline in recruiting standards that had alarmed some officers. While shunning those with criminal backgrounds, the Army is also attracting better-educated recruits. It is on track this year to meet, for the first time since 2004, the Pentagon's goal of ensuring that 90 percent of recruits have high school diplomas.
- Charleston Daily Mail
- April 21, 2009