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Your Brain on Booze
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"Alcohol is an interesting drug because the distance between the dose that causes a small buzz and the dose that can kill you is not very big," says Aaron White, a neuroscientist with the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. Let's stumble through that short span between buzzed and blitzed by looking at the amount of alcohol present in your blood stream, which is referred to as …
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Update On Binge Drinking Among College Students: From Bad To Worse
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Recent data on college age drinking from NIH, specifically the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)–its first update since an initial review in 1976– has brought to light the significant consequences of binge drinking among college students. While the incidence of regular drinking has remained stable, the incidence of binge drinking has sharply increased. With it, the …
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Long-Term Effects of Alcohol

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Legal Drinking Age Of 21 Saves Lives, Even Though It's Flouted
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"If we choose to decrease the legal drinking age, there will be consequences," says William DeJong, the study's lead author and a professor of community health sciences at the Boston University School of Public Health. People may find it difficult to …
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Attorney general Eric Holder calls for wider use of heroin anti-overdose drug …
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said his agency was stepping up efforts to stem sharp increases in deadly heroin overdoses, trafficking in the drug and abuse of prescription narcotics at the root of what he called an "urgent public health crisis." As …
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The quiet crisis in children’s lives
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ALCOHOL abuse undermines children’s sense of safety in their communities, writes Dr Sharon Bessell.
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Danger of Alcohol Intoxication at Teen Parties

http://www.veemd.wordpress.com Dr. Vandana Bhide of the Mayo Clinic appears on WJXT news4jax.com to discuss the dangers of teen drinking. Alcohol has a more …

 

Students DARE to just say no
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Sixty-six Kenai students from Mountain View Elementary School received diplomas which confirmed their commitment to “just say no” to drugs, cigarettes and alcohol. Fifth-grade students from Martine Dikes, Renee Christensen and Rebecca Walker's class at …
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'Fatal Vision' author Joe McGinniss dies at age 71
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Optimistic almost to the end, he had for months posted regular updates on Facebook and Twitter, commenting on everything from foreign policy to his health. The tall …. He struggled financially at times and battled depression and alcohol abuse. A 1993 …
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Forum to highlight alcohol abuse treatment options – Journal and Courier
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Forum to highlight alcohol abuse treatment options Journal and Courier Mental Health America will host a three-member panel to discuss local treatment options for alcohol abuse during the next installment of the agency's ongoing monthly forum series. Featured panelists for the Wednesday event include Dr. Nizar El-Khalili, …

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Alcohol abuse: The quiet crisis in children’s lives – The Daily Telegraph
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Alcohol abuse: The quiet crisis in children's lives The Daily Telegraph In two more advantaged communities, a significant proportion of children also identified excessive alcohol use as a problem. These children were, however, far less likely to have experienced or witnessed first-hand public drunkenness and alcohol … and more »

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Alcohol abuse app aims ‘to promote culture change’ in Angus – The Courier
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Alcohol Abuse Youth in the News

To Experts' Dismay, Teens Embrace Marijuana As 'Healthy' And 'Non-Addictive'
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This conflict was on full display at a recent forum at Seattle's Town Hall, when 17-year-old Savannah Kinzer, a junior at Seattle Academy, asked a panel of substance abuse experts whether teens should be allowed to try drugs in a safe setting, where no …
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In spite of history
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In the last five years, the number of heroin users in the U.S. has nearly doubled, jumping from an estimated 373,000 to 669,000, according to surveys by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. The Boston Globe reports that the …
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Greenville Students, Leaders Discuss Underage Drinking
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