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Alcohol Abuse: Duluth Panel: Substance Abuse Eats 15 Percent of State Budget – Duluth News Tribune

Duluth panel: Substance abuse eats 15 percent of state budget – Duluth News Tribune
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Duluth panel: Substance abuse eats 15 percent of state budget
Duluth News Tribune
The state has a compelling economic reason to take on substance abuse, Jesson said. She noted that the annual cost of alcohol abuse alone in Minnesota is $ 5 billion, and that 15 percent of the cost of state government is attributable to substance abuse.
Officials Look For Better Ways To Treat Substance AbuseWDIO-TV

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/C O R R E C T I O N — Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc./ – Sacramento Bee
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/C O R R E C T I O N — Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc./
Sacramento Bee
Strange was part of a 4 month pilot program in the Kansas City Municipal Veterans Court that allowed combat veterans diagnosed with alcohol abuse issues to wear 24/7 monitoring bracelets. The pilot, run by Blue Springs-based Electronic Sentencing

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Book Addresses Struggles of Family Members Affected by Alcoholics – Hometownlife.com

Book addresses struggles of family members affected by alcoholics – Hometownlife.com
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Book addresses struggles of family members affected by alcoholics
Hometownlife.com
(Page 2 of 2). Writing became cathartic and it “reminded me how I looked at family members affected by alcoholism,” she said, adding that she joined the Society of Childrens' Book Writers and Illustrators and the South Lyon Writers group, which met at

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Predrinking Linked to Heavier Alcohol Consumption – Doctors Lounge
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Predrinking Linked to Heavier Alcohol Consumption
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8 in Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. Florian Labhart, from Addiction Info Switzerland in Lausanne, and colleagues assessed alcohol consumption and drinking location at six time points (5 p.m. to the next morning) on Thursdays, Fridays
'Predrinking' Nearly Doubles Booze Consumption: StudyiVillage Entertainment
'Pre-Gaming' Risky for Young AdultsMyHealthNewsDaily
Drugs, unsafe sex and a hangover: The risks of 'pre-loading' at homeMetro

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Alcoholism: Q&A: Recovering Alcoholic Shares Story at Event – Greenfield Vedette

Q&A: Recovering alcoholic shares story at event – Greenfield Vedette
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Q&A: Recovering alcoholic shares story at event
Greenfield Vedette
Talkington Foundation dinner social event – held at the Civic in Neosho – “Jim,” a person in the audience who is in Alcoholics Anonymous and has been for some time, opted to talk to the Neosho Daily News about his journey from alcoholism to being

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Moderate drinking cuts new brain cells by 40 percent – Examiner.com
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Moderate drinking cuts new brain cells by 40 percent
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Learning and memory difficulties are common in people with the disease of alcoholism. The study indicates that people don't have to be alcoholic to do damage to brain structures and that social drinking may be more harmful to people than is currently
Will Moderate Drinking Rot Your Brain?Forbes

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Acting in ‘Smashed’ Masterfully Portrays Alcohol Addiction – the Seattle Times

Acting in ‘Smashed’ masterfully portrays alcohol addiction – The Seattle Times
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Acting in 'Smashed' masterfully portrays alcohol addiction
The Seattle Times
'Smashed,' with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Kay Place, Octavia Spencer. Directed by James Ponsoldt, from a screenplay by Ponsoldt and Susan Burke. 85 minutes. Rated R for alcohol abuse, language, some
Review: SmashedMilwaukee Magazine

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Combat Veterans Find Sobriety, Redemption Through Kansas City Pilot Program – Sacramento Bee
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Combat Veterans Find Sobriety, Redemption Through Kansas City Pilot Program
Sacramento Bee
Strange was part of a 4 month pilot program in the Kansas City Municipal Veterans Court that allowed combat veterans diagnosed with alcohol abuse issues to wear 24/7 monitoring bracelets. The pilot, run by Blue Springs-based Electronic Sentencing

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Alcohol Abuse: Acting in ‘Smashed’ Masterfully Portrays Alcohol Addiction – the Seattle Times

Acting in ‘Smashed’ masterfully portrays alcohol addiction – The Seattle Times
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Acting in 'Smashed' masterfully portrays alcohol addiction
The Seattle Times
'Smashed,' with Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Aaron Paul, Nick Offerman, Megan Mullally, Mary Kay Place, Octavia Spencer. Directed by James Ponsoldt, from a screenplay by Ponsoldt and Susan Burke. 85 minutes. Rated R for alcohol abuse, language, some
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Report: Prescription drug abuse up in Iowa, alcohol offenses down – Quad City Times
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Report: Prescription drug abuse up in Iowa, alcohol offenses down
Quad City Times
DES MOINES — Marijuana and abuse of prescription drugs rose in Iowa, while the number of meth labs and alcohol-related offenses declined, according to the 2013 Iowa Drug Control Strategy report released Thursday. Sixty-two Iowans died of drug-related
Iowa prescription drug abuse problem growsSan Francisco Chronicle
State Report Notes Growing Prescription Drug Abuse ProblemKCRG

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Alcoholism: “Smashed” Powerful but Short Study of Alcoholism – UT the Daily Texan

“Smashed” powerful but short study of alcoholism – UT The Daily Texan
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"Smashed" powerful but short study of alcoholism
UT The Daily Texan
November is apparently the month of the alcoholism message movie, and between last week's harrowing “Flight” and Sony Pictures Classics' unsettling “Smashed,” the topic has been getting a lot of play on the big screen lately. It's hard not to draw
'Smashed' review: Alcoholism comes back down to earthOregonLive.com
Critic's Rating: 2 1/2 stars 'Smashed' takes unfamiliar route to familiar storyMilwaukee Journal Sentinel
Review: SmashedSlackerwood

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Q&A: Recovering alcoholic shares story at event – Boonville Daily News
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Q&A: Recovering alcoholic shares story at event
Boonville Daily News
Talkington Foundation dinner social event – held at the Civic in Neosho – “Jim,” a person in the audience who is in Alcoholics Anonymous and has been for some time, opted to talk to the Neosho Daily News about his journey from alcoholism to being