Alcohol Abuse: Returning Veterans’ Alcohol Abuse Addressed in Virtual Reality Study
Alcohol Abuse: Returning Veterans’ Alcohol Abuse Addressed in Virtual Reality Study
The spoils of war for returning veterans may include addictions, injury and the constant images of horrific events they witnessed. Now a UH joint study funded by the Veterans Health Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development service looks to address these issues through the use of virtual reality.
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Alcohol Abuse: Amy Winehouse Autopsy Inconclusive; Toxicology Tests Next
The U.K.’s Metropolitan Police Service reports that Amy Winehouse’s autopsy took place at St Pancras Mortuary today. An official inquest into the late singer’s death was opened. Is this another celebrity death due to drugs and alcohol abuse?
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Alcohol Abuse: Minister backs alcohol pricing move
Setting minimum prices for alcohol could help cut the near £700 million wasted each year tackling its misuse, the health minister has said.
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Alcohol Abuse: Operation Unite – NSW Police Commissioner launch pt 2
NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione and State Coroner, Magistrate Mary Jerram, are warning the public to behave responsibly and avoid the dangers of alcohol-related behaviour — which can result in death — during this weekend’s latest stage of Operation Unite, an Australia and New Zealand-wide blitz against drunken violence. NSW Police Commissioner, Andrew Scipione, is the state spokesperson for Operation Unite. He has welcomed State Coroner, Magistrate Mary Jerram’s calls for people to drink responsibly, because the harsh reality is alcohol-related behaviour can ultimately result in deaths. “No-one knows better than our State Coroner about the fatal impact alcohol abuse can have on young lives, particularly violent behaviour on out streets,” Commissioner Scipione said. NSW State Coroner, Magistrate Mary Jerram, does not want to see further victims of alcohol-fuelled violence in the morgue. “I’ve seen too many grief stricken families in my court over the years trying to make sense of a night that claimed their loved-one as a result of excessive drinking,” Magistrate Jerram said. “People must heed the warnings, if you get involved in drunken violence, chances are you will end up arrested, seriously injured or in the morgue. “Once you’re dead, it’s too late to learn a lesson about alcohol-related violence. So, let the unfortunate deaths of others be a lesson for everyone else, know your limits and stick to them,” Magistrate Jerram said. According to a report from the …
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