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Paying substance abuse treatment providers for results, not services, may lead to improved quality of care, according to the first published study of a novel performance-based contracting system implemented by the State of Delaware in 2002.

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The Vermont Senate Judiciary Committee rejected calls for marijuana decriminalization but approved legislation that would lower the penalties for possession of the drug, the? Burlington Free Press reported Feb. 8.

On a 4-1 vote, the committee agreed to eliminate the possibility of jail time for individuals caught with an ounce or less of marijuana, instead making them eligible for a court-ordered diversion program.

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Medical staff members in California are getting protection from retaliation for filing formal complaints against health facilities about subpar treatment or conditions. The medical and hospital communities disagree about whether this change to the state’s health care whistle-blower law will interfere with peer review.

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For the second straight year, medical liability insurance rates are easing nationwide, with nearly 84% of company-reported rates holding steady or dropping in 2007. That’s according to the latest Medical Liability Monitor survey, the largest of its kind to track how much insurance carriers charge physicians.

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Think lowering the drinking age in the U.S. from 21 to 18 is a bad idea? In Great Britain, one health official says that 16-year-olds should be allowed to consume alcohol legally, the BBC reported Oct. 11.

John Ashton, director of public health at the Cumbria National Health Service (NHS) Primary Care Trust, said that most 16-year-olds are already drinking and that treating them like adults could promote responsible drinking and prevent problems like unprotected sex and antisocial behavior.

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The new Support 21 coalition, launched by Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), the American Medical Association, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, is aimed at countering growing calls for lowering the national drinking age from 21 to 18.

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U.S. prisons now house a record 2.1 million inmates, but a U.S. Census report says that prison growth began to level off during the early 2000s, the Washington Post reported Sept. 27.

The 2006 census data in the American Community Survey showed that the prison population grew 4 percent since 2000, a far more modest increase that the 77-percent growth between 1990 and 2000. Experts generally agree that tough drug sentencing laws led to the spike in prison populations during the 1990s.

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