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Binge Drinking Puts the Brain, and Life Itself, at Risk 7 Nov 2009 14:11 GMT
... Binge Drinking Puts the Brain, and Life Itself, at ... According to the U.S. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, alcohol-related deaths have increased in this group ...
Experts: More Women Hiding Alcohol, Drug Abuse 7 Nov 2009 06:56 GMT
... As more women enter the workforce, more are turning to self-medicating ... but quickly moved to pills, sniffing and smoking cocaine, and then finally, heroin. Taylor said ... more and more women are becoming hidden addicts. Last summer, a Long Island, N.Y., mother, ...
Narconon of Georgia Celebrates Red Ribbon Drug Awareness Week 7 Nov 2009 20:17 GMT
... Narconon of Georgia Celebrates Red Ribbon Drug Awareness Week Submitted ... to educate people on the dangers of drug abuse, commented Mary Rieser, Executive Director for The ... need for alcohol, tobacco and other drug addiction and violence prevention, early intervention, and treatment ...
Narconon Drug Rehab of Georgia Graduate Featured on Local News 7 Nov 2009 00:11 GMT
... ATLANTA, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently a Narconon of ... news show about his experience with prescription drug abuse. The special report focused on the growing ... has spent the last year helping other addicts get clean. "Kids don't have to worry ...
Significant dent on the Lake Geneva drug scene 7 Nov 2009 01:11 GMT
... - Law enforcement agencies made a significant dent on the ... a significant dent on the Lake Geneva drug scene this week, an official said. It ... more widespread in the region. The highly addictive drug has been linked to more than ...

$21bn tobacco suit: Court dismisses companies' prayers 7 Nov 2009 09:37 GMT
... $21bn tobacco suit: Court dismisses companies’ prayers JUSTICE Bukola Raliatu ... court for an order to regulate tobacco smoking especially as it affects youth and under-aged ... music, cinema and fashion, to attract and addict young and underage persons into smoking.” “The ...
Who's fooling who? 7 Nov 2009 18:29 GMT
... By MBUTU KARIUKI Posted Friday, November 6 2009 at 14:46 ... hibernating in some pig-shed like structure dubbed “smoking zone” gulping for oxygen as you supply ... since died. The issue of alcohol and drug abuse is serious and not many of us seem to ...
Smoking among youth rises 7 Nov 2009 11:12 GMT
... Posted Nov 07, 2009 @ 04:16 AM Teen tobacco usage ... schools, 26 percent of students admitted to smoking cigarettes in the last 30 days, up ... product, we do have concern. Youth become addicted much quicker than adults — and the ...
FREE QUIT SMOKING WORKSHOP AT MINNIE HAMILTON - One-Day "Great American Smoke-Out" Event 7 Nov 2009 05:36 GMT
... The Original Hur Herald is now available on CDROM. FREE QUIT SMOKING WORKSHOP AT MINNIE HAMILTON - One-Day "Great ... as well as the nature of nicotine addiction and resources in West Virginia that can ...
Believe it or not, there are drawbacks to legalizing drugs 7 Nov 2009 06:59 GMT
... By JAY AMBROSE Scripps Howard News Service Legalize drugs, advocates ... toward a more humane society in which drug abuse is treated as an illness, not a crime. You ... as alcohol. It’s true that drinking and smoking are hugely damaging themselves. But that’s hardly ...

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Another NY Mom Arrested For DUI With Kids In Car 7 Nov 2009 03:00 GMT
... Ray Griffin of the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence (NCADD) in Westchester. At the NCADD, ... in Westchester. At the NCADD, experts say alcohol abuse is an illness that requires treatment. ...
Local underage drinking the target of county plan 7 Nov 2009 06:17 GMT
... Across Berkshire County, efforts to curb underage drinking and ... and positive data on youth alcohol and drug use, and other risky behaviors. It also ... communities to be aware that drug and alcohol abuse is not just a youth issue. ...
Pot addict turns songwriter 7 Nov 2009 15:12 GMT
... There was a point in his life when Saugus resident Gary ... more than 20 years later, Crosslin is drug free. He is happily married, a father ... Germany that Crosslin, a Saugus native, began smoking marijuana. “I only had to do it ...
Castle Hill hospital worker suspended over laughing gas abuse 7 Nov 2009 06:55 GMT
... Castle Hill hospital worker suspended over laughing gas abuse ... Hospital, Cottingham, when he repeatedly abused the drug - also known as laughing gas - ... investigators he recognised he was developing an addiction to nitrous oxide. "He admitted it gave ...
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: People should help keep tobacco from minors 7 Nov 2009 06:33 GMT
... LETTER TO THE EDITOR: People should help keep tobacco from minors Posted Nov 07, 2009 @ ... ways to attract our kids to their addictive, deadly products. Without local funding for prevention, ...
Discover How To Get Your FAA Medical Pilot Certificate - Flight Training - Private Pilot Course 7 Nov 2009 09:46 GMT
... that you have not mental or neurological issues. There can be no evidence of drug abuse, alcoholism, psychosis or epilepsy. You cannot suffer from diabetes or any type of chronic heart disease. ...
Alternative Center nearly supporting itself 7 Nov 2009 12:19 GMT
... and 72-hour driver intervention programs in a joint effort with the local Urban Minority Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Outreach Program. In addition, the center has undertaken cost-cutting measures in staff and expenses. ...
Stress is unseen enemy to troops 7 Nov 2009 19:54 GMT
... AM CST Last updated: November 7, 2009, 5:50 AM CST Suicides, divorces, domestic violence, alcoholism and drug abuse are all part of the norm among soldiers deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and ...
Drunken Fruit Flies Reveal Alcoholism Genes 7 Nov 2009 00:33 GMT
... for drugs aimed at preventing or eliminating alcoholism. In addition, this discovery sheds new light ... of this work, we have a potential drug target for curing this insidious condition." Tatiana V. ...
Kent moved from Mass. to Florida 7 Nov 2009 15:50 GMT
... Associated Press - November 7, 2009 10:34 AM ... has said he suffered from depression and alcohol abuse. Copyright 2009 The Associated Press. All ...

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Kent Moved From Mass. To Florida 7 Nov 2009 16:35 GMT
... A disgraced ex-judge in Galveston serving time in a ... has said he suffered from depression and alcohol abuse. ___ Information from: Houston Chronicle, (© ...
From wine to water 7 Nov 2009 01:32 GMT
... THE ROOM WAS not exactly full, but for a Friday lunchtime there was a fair smattering ...
Wow! Andre Agassi Admits Using Crystal Meth, Lying To ATP (Video) 7 Nov 2009 06:36 GMT
... Eight-times grand slam winner Andre Agassi left the ... Wednesday when he admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men's governing ... the moment he took crystal meths, a highly-addictive amphetamine, for the first time when his ...
Joe Perry: Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith 7 Nov 2009 01:14 GMT
... Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry said today that singer Steven ... power ballads only to be derailed by drug and alcohol abuse. After Tyler completed rehab in 1986, ...
After 38 years, Long Beach man finally has a home 7 Nov 2009 01:56 GMT
... Ron Skaggs fiddles with his new keys in the ... breakdown and a tailspin of drugs and alcohol abuse. And although Skaggs said he has ...