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The U.S. Department of Labor has announced that this year's national Drug-Free Work Week is taking place Oct. 20 through 26. The purpose of Drug-Free Work Week is to educate employers, employees and the general public about the importance of being drug-free as an essential component of a safe and healthful workplace.

The National Youth Anti-Drug Campaign's television ads, designed to keep young children and teens away from marijuana, have not only failed in their purpose but may have actually increased teens' risk of trying the drug, a new study concludes.

The latest research from the North American Opiate Medication Initiative (NAOMI) suggests that hydromorphone -- an opiate found in prescription cough medicines like Dilaudid -- is more effective than methadone in reducing rates of illicit drug use and improving abstinence retention rates among opiate addicts.