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New Substance Abuse Helpline Provides Young Adults in Salamanca, NY with …
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Hundreds of teenagers across New York fall victim to drug and alcohol abuse on a daily basis. Many of them don't know where to turn for help. The new Salamanca Adolescent Rehab Helpline has been established to provide valuable information on where …
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New Substance Abuse Helpline Offers Hope for Young Adults
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For many years, teens who suffered from an alcohol or drug addiction in Lodi, NJ often had no place to turn for help. But a new helpline is giving hope to young adults struggling with substance abuse. The Lodi Adolescent Rehab Helpline now provides …
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Victim: As many as 200 abused in Winslow
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Joseph Baca, who was among the first to sign a settlement agreement with the diocese in 2004, says he paid a steep price for the sexual abuse he experienced as a boy there. Baca, 55, said he lost much of his life to alcoholism and drug addiction, and …
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Newton author recalls rough childhood
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When Kathy Wiens drives in downtown Wichita and sees people who are homeless or possibly caught in lives of alcoholism, drug addiction or prostitution, there is a connection, a feeling of empathy she feels with people on the street. "That could have …
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Guam Not Ready For 5000 More Marines: GAO
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An Innovative Helpline in Coppell Pointing Substance Abusers in the Right Direction
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The Coppell Adolescent Rehab Helpline can aid someone looking for drug and alcohol rehab. (PRWeb January 01, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11455472.htm
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New Adolescent Substance Abuse Helpline Assists Young Addicts in Lufkin
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The Lufkin Adolescent Rehab Helpline provides teens with information on drug and alcohol treatment programs. (PRWeb January 01, 2014) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/01/prweb11455347.htm
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Drinking just three pints of beer in a weekend can cause FIVE TIMES as much damage to teenagers' blood cells
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Even a relatively small amount of alcohol damages teenagers' blood cells which effect the body's ability break down toxins, scientists in Mexico found.
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Tayside and Fife’s £8.5m cost of drink & drugs
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Across Tayside and Fife in 2012/13, more than 2,300 people with drug and alcohol problems claimed £8.5 million in incapacity or disability benefits. Getty Images/iStockphoto
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Wichita surgeon rehabilitating career scarred by drugs, alcohol
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WICHITA – Kolten Weaver is 5-foot-5 and a bit over 110 pounds, and as a teenager, filled out a calendar punctuated by pursuits ranging from wrestling, swimming and skating to hunting and riding motorcycles.
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Charities expect alcohol abuse rise
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More people are expected to seek help from drug and alcohol charities over the new year.
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Weekend binge not good for your DNA
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A pioneering study in Mexico analysed the effect of weekend alcohol consumption in students aged between 18-23 on the lipids comprising cell membrane and its genetic material – DNA. The students were divided into two groups: the control group made up of the students who did not drink alcohol and the study group of those who drank at weekends. "First we realised that the ones who drank sustained …
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UPV/EHU-University study shows that weekend alcohol consumption may affect DNA
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A preliminary study led by a UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country researcher in collaboration with the Autonomous University of Nayarit, in Mexico, indicates that weekend alcohol consumption may affect DNA.
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Rise in alcohol abuse help expected after festivities – BBC News
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Rise in alcohol abuse help expected after festivities BBC News More people are expected to seek help from drug and alcohol charities over the new year. Three of the biggest services in Wales – Cais in north Wales, Sands Cymru in Swansea and Inroads in Cardiff – say they are preparing for their busiest time of year.

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