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Alcohol Abuse: South Africa: ‘Police and Liquor Traders Should Work Together’ – Shongwe
The Mpumalanga MEC for Community Safety Security and Liaison has called on police officers and liquor traders to work together in the fight against alcohol abuse harm that is destroying communities. MEC Vusi Shongwe was speaking at a rally organised to empower liquor traders near White River.
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Alcohol Abuse: Community Members Learn About Teen Drug Trends
Columbia, SC (WLTX) — The Lexington-Richland Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council held a training session on new trends in drugs.
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Alcohol Abuse: Drink companies’ sport sponsorship ‘requires scrutiny’
THE culture of major sports events and summer festivals being heavily sponsored by drinks companies needs to be closely scrutinised if the problem of alcohol abuse if to be adequately tackled, a public health specialist has stressed.
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Alcohol Abuse: Drunk on Facebook? That could be a problem – Calgary Herald
College students’ Facebook pages might hold clues to which of them are at risk for alcohol dependence and abuse, according to a new study. Researchers found that students who had pictures or posts about getting drunk or blacking out were more …
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Alcohol Abuse: Drug fight gets federal assist through grant – Abington Mariner
The war against alcohol and drug abuse by the Weymouth Youth Coalition will continue under a five-year, $ 725,000 federal Drug Free Communities grant that the town recently received. Weymouth Drug Free Communities coordinator Lyn Frano said the funding …
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Alcohol Abuse: National Report Sheds Light on Student Alcohol and Drug Use – msnbc.com
“This report, and in particular the findings on excessive use of alcohol and cannabis, validate the long-term commitments CCSA and our government have taken toward substance abuse,” said Michel Perron, Chief Executive Officer, CCSA. “Substance …
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Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol abuse contributes to suicide rates – Daily Reflector
Editor’s Note: This is the last of four articles in observance of Recovery Month. Our country has long had a love affair with alcohol. Pigskin weekends have returned, another college semester has begun, and for many the temptation to partake of liquid …
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Alcohol Abuse: Program tries to make dent in substance abuse by young students – Daily Oklahoman
That threat is substance abuse. Alcohol and drug abuse begins at a surprisingly early age. The first-time use of alcohol in the United States is now 11.9 years for boys and 13.1 years for girls. The age at which there is a regular pattern to drinking is …
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Alcohol Abuse: UNH Is Buzzing About Energy Drink Sales Ban – Huffingtonpost.com
But Huddleston issued a statement Thursday saying that there was no clear evidence that the drinks are exacerbating alcohol abuse and that sales data showed students aren’t purchasing multiple servings, which might have suggested binge drinking.
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Alcohol Abuse: Clay Action CoalitionTeen Leadership Conference – Florida Times-Union
A handful of Clay County teenagers spent their Saturday afternoon learning about alcohol and tobacco abuse, peer pressures, tactical approaches to making changes within their communites and how to influence change as part of the Clay Action …
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Alcohol Abuse: Reframing Alcoholism: Researcher Argues Against ‘Disease’ Label – LiveScience.com
“It really doesn’t matter what illness you have; people have a sense of loss,” said Dr. Ihsan Salloum, chief of the Division of Alcohol and Drug abuse at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine; who also called the Young’s article “more …
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Alcohol Abuse: Drug abuse costs criminal justice system 0M – Charleston Gazette
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new study says drug and alcohol abuse cost the state’s criminal justice system nearly $ 430 million in 2010, which paints a “quite grim” picture that could get far worse. In a series of reports, the West Virginia Prevention Resource …
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Alcohol Abuse: Alcohol abuse under scrutiny at national conference
A national group fighting alcohol abuse is in Raleigh this week to fight new strategies to combat this problem. They say a top priority should be keeping alcoholic beverages out of the hands of kids.
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Alcohol Abuse: Substance Abuse Drives Costs in W.Va. Legal System
Drug and alcohol abuse costs W.Va. extra money.
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Alcohol Abuse: Campaign focuses effort to combat alcohol, drug abuse among Cabell youth
HUNTINGTON — The Cabell County Substance Abuse Prevention Partnership’s newest effort to combat alcohol and drug abuse among youth is to tell the story about what kids are doing right.
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Info On Alcoholism: Community Calendar: Sept. 14, 2011
Call 397-0545, e-mail info@htcb.org or visit www.htcb.org. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council for South Louisiana is a non-profit organization providing prevention education, referral and assessment services. Programs offered through the group, …
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