Posts Tagged ‘alcohol abuse and alcoholism’

Drug and Alcohol Abuse Conference – ErieTVNews
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Drug and Alcohol Abuse Conference ErieTVNews Drug and alcohol abuse remains a major problem not just nationally, but right here in Erie County. Today more than 150 people got an update on the problem during the 5th annual conference sponsored by PennDOT and the Erie County Drug and Alcohol …

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Alcohol Consumption In The US Starts As Early As Second Grade, Varies By … – Huffington Post
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Alcohol Consumption In The US Starts As Early As Second Grade, Varies By … Huffington Post According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, 93.4 percent of adolescents ages 12 to 14 who drank alcohol in the past month got it for free. In many cases, underage drinkers access alcohol through family members or find it at home.

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Effects Alcohol Abuse in the News

Varenicline for alcohol dependence ? CV events and suicide concerns linger
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"Varenicline does appear to help reduce drinking in alcohol-dependent individuals, at least in some of them," lead investigator Dr Raye Z Litten (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism [NIAAA], Bethesda, MD). "Of course, we would like to …
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No Link Found Between ADHD Drugs, Future Substance Abuse
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The researchers report that children with ADHD are two to three times more likely than children without the disorder to develop serious substance-abuse problems in adolescence and adulthood, including the use of nicotine, alcohol, marijuana, cocaine …
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National Institute On Alcohol Abuse in the News

The claim that the incidence of rape resulting in pregnancy is 'very low'
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… rate of pregnancy. The most widely cited study of this question (embedded below) was published in 1996 by the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which determined a national rape-related pregnancy rate of 5.0 percent per rape among …
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Underage Drinking Laws on Campus
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It is no secret that alcohol use is prevalent on college campuses. According to the National Institute On Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, eighty percent of college kids drink alcohol, and over fifty percent of them have partaken in binge drinking in the …
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Woman, 36, bears child of 11-year-old boy
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Lawyer: Brewster man attacked cabbie because of PTSD, alcoholism – The Journal News | LoHud.com
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Lawyer: Brewster man attacked cabbie because of PTSD, alcoholism The Journal News | LoHud.com The young Southeast filmmaker who attacked a Muslim taxi driver in Manhattan was plagued by alcoholism and post-traumatic stress disorder after recently returning from Afghanistan, his lawyer said. Michael Enright had followed his childhood friend, … Anti-Muslim cabby slasher pleads guilty, will serve 9 years for attempted …New York Post Man Who Stabbed Taxi Driver Pleads Guilty To Hate CrimesNY1 Film student pleads guilty to hate crime in anti-Muslim attack on NYC taxi …Minneapolis Star Tribune all 39 news articles »

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Lawyer: Brewster man’s NYC cabbie slash caused by alcoholism, PTSD – The Journal News | LoHud.com
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Spray paint – and success
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I took my two whole days off this week with only a couple of work calls to address yesterday. Sunday I took apart a fan the looked like a rust bucket and sanded it down with a wire brush attached to drill. I decided to do this in my studio and pretty soon everything was covered with brown dust inclu …
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“Sobriety Movement Stands To Liberate Future Generations Of Native Americans”
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from the Seattle Times, posted in 1990. Still cool. Tried finding the film they spoke of but can’t find anything online. By Nancy Butterfield, a Chippewa Indian, writes on Native American affairs. She lives in the Tacoma area. THE recent “clean and sober” celebrations that ushered in the New Year, i …
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Drinking Statistics In The United States
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Alcohol Abuse And Alcoholism in the News

Death By Zip Code
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I had assumed that recessions wouldn't necessarily result in increased deaths, people losing their health insurance, getting stressed out, unemployment, drinking and these kinds of things. And I was curious that when I looked in the peer reviewed …
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Alcohol addiction could doom Putin's dreams
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Mikhail Gorbachev, in 1985, increased controls on alcohol consumption and imposed a partial prohibition through a massive anti-alcohol campaign. That campaign, which included severe penalties against public drunkenness and alcohol consumption, …
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Middle-Aged Drinking Takes Toll on ‘Ladettes’

The ladette generation is swapping pints for wine – leading to a rise in women with drinking problems, campaigners say.he “ladette” culture of the 1980s and …