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When it comes to our drinking habits, we are in collective denial
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It sometimes appears we are getting less, not more, enlightened about alcohol abuse. For the first time that I can remember, leading commentators have begun to question the idea that there is such a thing as addiction at all. Chief among these is Peter …
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Elderly also face prescription drug abuse
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Benzodiazepines, or Valium, and narcotics, like Librium, are two of the most commonly prescribed drugs abused by the elderly. … Alicia P. Toups is executive director for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana, 730 Belanger St., Houma.
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BILL VASICEK: High-risk drinking needs communitywide response
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The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism defines binge drinking as a pattern of drinking that brings a person's blood alcohol concentration to 0.08 percent or above. This typically happens when men consume five or more drinks and when …
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