The U.S. Department of Education will award a pair of grants to support school-based prevention programs aimed at Native Hawaiian youth.

The Indian Health Service has $600,000 available for grants to programs working to prevent methamphetamine use and suicide among American Indian and Native American youth.

Including addiction treatment in national healthcare reform will save the nation billions of dollars in emergency care and other health costs, according to a new white paper.

Co-sponsored by several Maine organizations, the one-day institute is open to anyone who is concerned about alcohol and drug related problems in Maine and would like to make a difference by advocating for prevention, treatment and recovery policies, funding and services.

The National Institute on Drug Abuse will award grants of up to $200,000 to fund collaborations under its Integrating Translational Neuroscience and Adolescent Drug Abuse Treatment program.

Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives have proposed eliminating the National Drug Intelligence Center (NDIC) to save $220 million over the next five years.

The National Association of State Alcohol and Drug Abuse Directors (NASADAD) is calling on House and Senate appropriators to increase funding of the federal addictions (SAPT) block grant by $150 million in FY2010.

Up to 10 grants of $40,000 each will be awarded to nonprofit organizations in Berks, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties that provide healthcare access to underserved populations.

Massachusetts is planning to close three former state hospitals, and advocates contend that the revenues from those sales should be directed to addiction treatment and prevention programs.

Alcohol-related problems cost the city of San Francisco an estimated $175 million annually, and officials are now considering charging an alcohol-impact fee, according to the Marin Institute.