Posts Tagged ‘binge drink’

Binge drinking vs. critical thinking
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

Penn State's method of paying local bars to close is not a panacea for alcohol abuse by students. But it shows how schools are trying new ways to end binge drinking. They must renew their focus on clear, critical thinking.
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Destination Hope Announces Two Online Interactive Tools that Showcase the Effects of Substance Abuse on the Body
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Many addicts are unaware of the impact drugs and alcohol have on the human body. These interactive tools allow people to learn about the effects by organs and systems. (PRWeb February 27, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/02/prweb11617247.htm
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28 February 2014
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

Tyrone minor manager Mickey Donnelly says the GAA must do more to highlight the blight of alcohol abuse.
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Alcohol Abuse In Young People in the News

Booze-fuelled aggression on the increase
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Warwick RSL Club manager Jo Schwenke and regular pub patron Tony Hausfeld believe the attitudes of young people are to blame, rather than drinking hours. Mrs Schwenke said more accountability should be placed on patrons who break the law.
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Study Claims to Find First Deaths Linked to Marijuana
Filed under: alcohol abuse in young people

Researchers studied 15 people whose deaths were reportedly linked to marijuana use and found that in 13 cases, cause of death was unrelated. In the last two cases, researchers said the drug was to blame for the deaths of a 23-year-old and a 28-year-old …
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DrinkWise's cynical campaign shouldn't fool anyone
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Drinking games raise fears of alcohol abuse
Filed under: Alcohol Abuse

Last semester, the Wake Forest campus had the highest numbers of alcohol abuse in years. This semester started off with similarly high numbers. In January alone there were 34 students treated for alcohol related incidents, which was a higher number than Student Health anticipated.
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Alcohol abuse campaigner caught twice over limit
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A FORMER alcohol misuse campaigner who was found drunk behind the wheel of her car twice in the space of three weeks was spared a jail term yesterday.
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Soaring numbers of over-40s are taking heroin, using cannabis and binge drinking
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A report from DrugScope has revealed that the population of heroin users is ageing – and their health is rapidly deteriorating.
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Teenage Alcohol Abuse Stories in the News

Stakes are higher as spy series The Americans launches Season 2
Filed under: teenage alcohol abuse stories

“Yes, I had to stop drinking for many days when she had a knife in her hand,” Rhys said, straight-faced. “We did a couple of weeks of martial arts training. I'd done a little bit prior to that and, if I may speak on Ms. Russell's behalf, her dance …
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Struggling with an 'uncertain' future
Filed under: teenage alcohol abuse stories

Brown still frequently visits his former transition worker, Brad Napier, at his office in the Broadway Youth Resource Centre, and Napier still tries to help Brown out — even though the teen is no longer allowed to be on his caseload. Brown has no …
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Our View: Colorado rolls in marijuana dough
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Is Binge Drinking Alcoholism in the News

Alcohol consumption study shows disturbing trends among NS youth
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The study by the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness has found that youth are drinking before they become teenagers, and binge drinking is often encouraged by peers. According to the study, alcohol use by Nova Scotians increase by 17.6 per …
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Alcohol – A Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde?
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In general, the dangers of alcohol are most evident when we indulge in more-than-moderate drinking, and when we also engage in binge drinking (e.g. not drinking all week, and then drinking more than the acceptable limits in one night). Alcohol drank in …
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Heavy Drinking Alcoholism in the News

I downed paint stripper to get high: Recovering alcoholic, 50, couldn't stop …
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After decades of heavy drinking she had to cut down rather than stop drinking suddenly and got support with group therapy, counselling and voluntary work organised by WCADA. Then last year Jackie, who has been re-united with her sons since going …
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Alcoholic liver disease on the increase in young women
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Setting a minimum alcohol unit price would reduce deaths and cut hospital admissions among heavy drinkers but have almost no impact on those who drink moderately, a British study has found. Fixing the minimum price to 45 pence (82¢) per unit would …
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State liquor commission urges bar-entry age at 21
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