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Alcohol Abuse: Understanding the Consequences During Alcohol Awareness Month

Understanding the consequences during Alcohol Awareness Month
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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and experts are hoping to educate people about the consequences. Carmella Mataloni has the details.
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Michigan Liquor Control Commission Approves TIPS Online Alcohol Server Training Program
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ARLINGTON, Va. , April 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Health Communications, Inc. (HCI) today announced that eTIPS On Premise – Michigan, an online responsible alcohol training and certification program, was …
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Alcohol Abuse: Boomers Face a Higher Risk of Alcohol Abuse – Huffington Post

Boomers Face A Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse – Huffington Post
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Boomers Face A Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse
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You're at 14 a week, “so you've doubled what [the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism] is suggesting is low-risk drinking. That's pretty significant.” (Assess your own risk level by taking the quiz at the NIAAA's Rethinking Drinking
Alcohol Awareness Month Message Being Heeded By Newtown Youth Year The Newtown Bee
Parents Key in Preventing Underage DrinkingThe Roundup
Alcoholism not exclusive to menBlair Enterprise Publishing

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Letter: Prevent alcohol abuse by youth – The State Journal-Register
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Letter: Prevent alcohol abuse by youth
The State Journal-Register
This month reminds us that alcohol use by teens is prevalent and directly linked to traffic fatalities, alcohol overdose and other problem behaviors. Treatment providers, doctors, counseling professionals, court services professionals and community
April is Alcohol Awareness MonthSalemNews.net
Health and safety tips for Alcohol Awareness MonthSafety.BLR.com
Wyoming Co. agency recognizes April as Alcohol Awareness MonthThe Daily News Online

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Alcohol Abuse Elderly in the News

What's Going On
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Drug abuse help — If you or a family member is struggling with substance abuse, HELP is a phone call away at Twin City Area Narcotics Anonymous Helpline 800-365-1035. See the website WWW.tcana.org for meeting schedules and additional information. This …
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Syria conflict: 'We will be martyrs' say rebel fighters from inside the
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There is little to stay for; the buildings are burned out carcasses and there is no food or drinking water. “My last meal was 48 hours ago, and it consisted of grass unfit … Drinking water is found in stagnant old wells or contaminated with sewage …
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Alcohol Abuse: Public Health: Half Measures | Editorial

Public health: half measures | Editorial
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The government's general ban on selling alcohol for less than the cost of duty and VAT is a puny gesture After four years in office and more false starts than the Grand National, the government finally has a start date for its national alcohol strategy. From 6 April, there will be a general ban on selling alcohol, as some supermarkets do, for less than the cost of duty and VAT . It is not a move …
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What Is Triple CCC?

Question by ?Mommy of 3?: What is Triple CCC?
About 1:30 am my mom called and said that my sister, cousins, and a friend had taken a lot of pills called Triple C and they were all at the hospital. One of the boys so bad that he was in ICU. I know it’s a form of Cough and Cold Coricidin, but what are the lasting effects of someone taking this. This boy took 30 pills.
he was in ICU for a little while, I guess until his heart rate went down. He’s out of the hospital now.

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Answer by cryptoxmit
Although DXM can be safely taken in 15- to 30-milligram doses to suppress a cough, abusers tend to consume as much as 360 milligrams or more. Taking mass quantities of products containing DXM can cause hallucinations, loss of motor control, and “out-of-body” (disassociative) sensations.

Alcohol Abuse: Letter: Prevent Alcohol Abuse by Youth – the State Journal-Register

Letter: Prevent alcohol abuse by youth – The State Journal-Register
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Letter: Prevent alcohol abuse by youth
The State Journal-Register
This month reminds us that alcohol use by teens is prevalent and directly linked to traffic fatalities, alcohol overdose and other problem behaviors. Treatment providers, doctors, counseling professionals, court services professionals and community

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Drug and alcohol abuse on police radar – Coffs Coast Advocate
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Drug and alcohol abuse on police radar
Coffs Coast Advocate
Under Easter long weekend operations, alcohol related violence (Unite) and drugs (Gigantes), police were out in force. "We deployed a drug detection dog at the 'Bliss N Eso' Circus Under The Stars concert where 1800 patrons were screened for drugs," …

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Boomers Face A Higher Risk Of Alcohol Abuse – Huffington Post
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