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Physical Effects Of Alcohol Abuse in the News

Cigarette Taxes Deter Heavy Drinking, Study Says
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To assess the impact that increases in cigarette taxes between 2001-02 and 2004-05 had on drinking behavior, researchers analyzed data from more than 21,000 drinkers who took part in a survey from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.
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The Search for Alcoholism's Miracle Drug
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McHugh's story is a familiar one to doctors who treat alcoholism, like Peter Banys, Director of Substance Abuse Programs at the VA. “It's always a crisis,” Banys says. “And it can be a marital crisis, a family crisis, or job termination.” Alcoholism is …
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What are you doing to stop family or sexual violence?
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Alcohol Abuse Intervention in the News

You are here
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Life Beyond Abuse classes offered. Call to preregister. All services free and confidential. Domestic Violence Intervention Program: Women's group, a resource and legal advocate program, meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday; call Paula at 782-3993 or Jackie at 782 …
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Lithonia Congressman Announces .2M Recidivism Grant
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STAND – based on Covington Highway in Johnson's 4th Congressional District – is one of the metro Atlanta's leading community-based organizations focused on HIV, domestic violence, substance abuse intervention and comprehensive re-entry services for …
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A prevention-first approach to child sexual abuse
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At the family level, among the factors that increase risk for CSA and other negative outcomes are young and single parents and parental substance abuse. Fortunately, there are evidence-based interventions that effectively address many of the problems …
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Substance Abuse Treatment, Pennsylvania, for Drug Recovery

http://www.drugrehabvideo.com Are you suffering and need help with substance abuse treatment outside of Pennsylvania? Start your recovery now and get positiv…

 

Viewpoint: How the Drug Treatment System Failed Cory Monteith
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The Vancouver coroner's office revealed that “Glee” star Cory Monteith died of a toxic mixture of alcohol and heroin, weeks after leaving rehab for substance misuse. His death highlights the dangers of the post-rehab period, and why patients are …
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Recovery Associates, Which Provides Services for People in Need of Drug and …
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Professional substance abuse support for men, women and adolescents living in and around Country Bay, FL, will be available through through Recovery Associates' multiple treatment tracks. Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Google+ Share on …
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Close Up: Tana Umaga Returns to NZ

Former All Black captain and proud Wainuiomata boy Tana Umaga may have moved to Auckland, but he is giving back to the community where he grew up. Today Tana…

 

Binge drinking in college may lead to heart problems later
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Researchers surveyed 38 healthy college students who did not smoke and divided them into two groups: those who had a history of binge drinking and those who drank no more than five alcoholic beverages over the course of an entire year. There were 17 …
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So what can we do about our DUI mess in Montana?
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The substance abuse professional should have the offender's driving and criminal histories available for review. An alcoholic needs more intensive monitoring than a person who drank too much at a wedding reception and has no other history of substance …
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Effects Teenage Alcohol Abuse in the News

Heroin problem exploding in Louisville, Southern Indiana
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The potency of today's heroin and its powerful effects have even fueled a street term, “zombies,” for heroin addicts. In training … From a middle-class family and steadily employed during his addiction, the 24-year-old man doesn't fit the stereotype …
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How Social Media Has Transformed College Football Recruiting
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When today's college football coaches and administrators were growing up, teenagers had to keep a journal to record the daily happenings in their lives. Millennial recruits are also doing the same, only in 140-character bursts on their very public …
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Marijuana marks a milestone; first banned in California 100 years ago
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Essex County's 'What keeps you drug and alcohol free' poster contest winners …
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ADAPT was created by the New Jersey Division of Mental Health and Addiction Services in 2011, and is comprised of youth, parents, educators, law enforcement officials, substance abuse professionals, faith-based and government representatives, and other …
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Metro Brief: Ward 7 residents asked to support youth anti-alcohol abuse initiative
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Council Member Yvette M. Alexander joined the Ward 7 Safe & Drug-free Communities Coalition (W7SDCC) to promote Sign-Off, a new campaign to prevent purchases of alcohol by minors and overall reduce consumption by persons under the legal age.
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