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Even a Little Pot Use Ups College Dropout Risk
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In a recent issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, Arria and her colleagues reported that students with high levels of marijuana use (more than 17 days a month) were twice as likely as those with minimal use (less than a day a month) to …
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Freshman Get a Dose of Truth About Prescription Drug Abuse
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Eric Kanefsky, Acting Director with the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs, along with representatives from the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence in Middlesex County, the Foundation for a Drug-Free World, the New Jersey …
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Teens meet to talk alcohol , drug abuse
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Students talked about prescription drug abuse , when kids take their first sips of alcohol , and how word about parties spreads via social media.
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New Substance Abuse Prevention Campaign Focuses on Alcoholism
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Gateway Foundation Drug Treatment Supports Alcohol Awareness Month in AprilCHICAGO, March 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — More individuals than the entire population of Illinois, or 14 million American adults, meet the criteria for alcohol abuse or alcohol dependency, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Furthermore, nine out of 10 individuals with …
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Toronto Mayor Rob Ford says report of alcohol abuse problem ‘an outright lie’
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Mayor Ford made the comment hours after a story surfaced in the Toronto Star that said he was asked to leave the military ball last month
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Drug, alcohol council requests additional funding
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Though they’ve been around for years, the Leavenworth Cities-County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council decided to do things a little differently in 2013, one of the group’s members told the Leavenworth County Commission Monday.
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Raise awareness of violence against Indian women
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The high rates of poverty, family dysfunction and alcoholism on Indian Reservations always seemed mysterious to me, a puzzle in need of explanation. After reading Erdrich's book, they are a lot less mysterious. What reading “The … are written and …
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REGION CAN DO BETTER TREATING OUR WOUNDED AND THEIR FAMILIES
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We've all heard the stories of returning Vietnam veterans, many of whom spiraled into the triad of homelessness, alcoholism and drug abuse, which I contend was due to the lack of national plans to reintegrate them into society. What must we do …
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The Partnership at Drugfree.org Collaborates with Top Marketing Agency Hill Holliday on The Medicine Abuse Project
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~ Multi-Year Effort Will Help Prevent Half a Million Teens from Abusing Medicines by 2017 ~NEW YORK, March 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Partnership at Drugfree.org, a national nonprofit helping parents solve the problem of teen drug and alcohol abuse , will work with top marketing agency Hill Holliday on the next wave of creative for The Medicine Abuse Project, a national action …
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Bill to raise alcohol taxes dies in House
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. — House Health and Human Resources Chairman Don Perdue, D-Wayne, gave a eulogy Monday for a bill to raise taxes on beer, wine and liquor to fund alcohol and substance abuse treatment programs statewide. Perdue pulled the bill (HB2016) of…
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18th Annual National Kick Butts Day! – Santa Barbara Independent
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Santa Barbara Independent

18th Annual National Kick Butts Day! Santa Barbara Independent Press Release Guidelines. March 20h is National Kick Butts Day! The Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse is participating in this national awareness day in local schools through creative activities aimed at continuing conversations about healthy … SEARHC Joins National Kick Butts Day InitiativeCapital City Weekly all 85 news articles »

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Jerry E. – AA Speakers – “AA Tapes” – 12 Step Recovery – Alcoholism

From the book Alcoholics Anonymous: “In spite of the great increase in the size and span of this Fellowship, at its core it remains simple and personal. Each…

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