Posts Tagged ‘Children’

Children pay cost of family alcohol abuse
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Children are victims of alcohol-related harm in more than one-fifth of Australian households, study finds.
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Scotland seeks 50p alcohol price
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The Scottish government has confirmed that it wants to set a minimum price for alcohol of 50p per unit.
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Minimum alcohol price in Scotland to be set at 50p a unit
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A bottle of wine will be at least 4.69 and four cans of lager 3.52 under Scottish ministers' proposals
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Scotland sets minimum alcohol price to cut abuse
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The Scottish government unveiled plans today to set the minimum price of alcohol at 50p per unit. Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon said the controversial measure would save 500 lives a year.
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Alcohol Abuse Research in the News

Middle-class children most likely to try alcohol by 12
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Middle-class children are far more likely to have drunk alcohol by the age of 12 than those from lower social groups, research has found. By Laura Donnelly, Health Correspondent More than one in three of those born in professional households had downed …
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Is 'Almost Alcoholic' a Useful Concept?
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The data supporting the spectrum model, however, come from an entirely different perspective — epidemiological research. The recent embodiment of this perspective is the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism's NESARC (National …
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Kids Alcohol Abuse in the News

Amberly's Place encourages residents to speak out for abused children
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Children whose parents abuse alcohol and other drugs are three times more likely to be abused and more than four times more likely to be neglected. While Amberly's Place is seeing a rise in child abuse cases, it doesn't mean an increase in child abuse.
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Alcohol abuse hits home
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He was all of this and more — until alcohol took it away. Fred had always been a drinker but when his kids moved away from home to study and after a second relationship break-up, he became lonely and unfortunately found solace in a highly selfish …
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Underage drinking in Abilene is everyone's problem, experts say
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Birmingham Maple Clinic Reports on SAMHSA Findings on Children and Alcohol
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Birmingham Maple Clinic recently reported that a SAMHSA study has found that 7.5 million children in the US currently live with a parent who has an alcohol disorder. Birmingham Maple Clinic, providers of professional mental health services in Michigan, …
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New South Florida Drug, Alcohol Rehab Center 'Into Action Treatment' Offers …
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Into Action Treatment, located in Boynton Beach, FL, is a beautiful new Florida drug rehab center offering solution focused treatment to help drug addicts and alcoholics recover from addiction, permanently. Featuring a 45 or more day program …
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Signs Of Alcoholism in the News

Children and drug abuse: part one
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Nine out of 10 of today's 2.9 million New York state adult addicts and alcoholics say they started using before the age of 18. So says the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. So what's a parent to do? First off, it's been my experience …
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Rising unemployment puts Cameron's work programme in the spotlight
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"Yes, if you pull the stops out, they will be taking people on," Amanda tells her, and she agrees to sign up. Nationally, there have been reports of people doing unpaid work experience in large supermarkets, in a way that sounds potentially …
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Olmsted County to Step Up DWI Enforcement
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Children Of Alcoholic in the News

Keeping Film Aspirations Intact While Building a Life of Sobriety
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On the bottom shelf sit well-thumbed paperbacks with titles like “Adult Children of Alcoholics” and “Narcotics Anonymous.” The top shelf is lined with Shakespeare plays and a copy of “Screenwriting Tricks of the Trade.” And on the middle shelf, …
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Alcoholic turns life around, starts nonprofit Kelly House
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By Brandy Swart After battling addiction most of her adult life, Mary Kelly was forced to change her ways or face losing her children. Growing up in a home of violence, Kelly lived in fear as a child. “My dad was an alcoholic. …
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MOH to confront boozing
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