Bullock Names Top Advisers

Published December 24, 2012

Bullock names top advisers

Filed under: Drug Abuse Seattle

Smillie previously was coordinator for the prescription drug prevention program in the Justice Department under Bullock and oversaw implementation of the statewide “Invisible Epidemic” campaign, fighting widespread abuse of prescription medications. A …
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Strategy, timing key to states' pot legalization

Filed under: Drug Abuse Seattle

State studies were done showing legalization could bring in half a billion dollars a year for schools, health care and substance-abuse prevention. The list of co-sponsors was unimpeachable: Steves, McKay, Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes, the former …
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Easing Of Marijuana Laws Complicates Parents' Advice To Kids

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But whether your child is 9 or 19, conversations about drugs are even more important to have now, says Dr. Leslie Walker, a pediatrician and chief of adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children's Hospital. She says marijuana is the No. 1 drug that sends …
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