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Sobering lack of progress seen on women and alcohol
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Top experts gathered on International Women’s Day to plot a course that would alleviate the harms of alcohol for women. The full-day National Roundtable on Girls, Women and Alcohol was organized by Ann Dowsett Johnston, the 2010 Atkinson fellow who penned a groundbreaking special report on women and alcohol for the Toronto Star. The 14-part series exposed the substance abuse risks faced by women …
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Oregon liquor agency faces troubling questions, inside and out
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Over the past two years, profits from liquor sales sent $ 370 million into the state's general fund, to cities and counties, and to drug and alcohol abuse programs. OLCC Chair Cassandra Skinner didn't return phone calls and declined to be interviewed …
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Back with bad boy?
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… she begins to think 'abuse' is normal.” Some victims even see this sort of aggression by a partner as a sign that they are wanted. … These “aggressive victims” could also be abusing substances like alcohol or cocaine. Most often, says Sheth, it's …
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Cop-killer expresses no regret for slaying
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The Secret Under Your Addiction
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The usual problem makers include alcohol, street drugs such as heroin, cocaine, crack, and methamphetamine. Prescription drugs compete with street drugs and these include all of the oxy's, as in oxycodone, as well as the hydro's, as in hydrocodone …
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Substance abuse deaths rival vehicle fatality stats in state
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However, the long-term effects of alcohol abuse are both harmful and life threatening. Kidney and liver failure, heart disease, high … Physically, meth attacks nearly every part of a user's body both internally and externally. Internally, meth speeds …
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How to Fix The Other Energy Crisis: Yours
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A Safe Bet: Treat Pathologic Gambling Like Alcohol Addiction – Medscape
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A Safe Bet: Treat Pathologic Gambling Like Alcohol Addiction Medscape In the report, experts from the Royal College of Psychiatrists (RCPysch) in Wales and the charity Alcohol Concern call for routine screening for gambling problems in substance abuse services, creation of a national database to record problems …

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The Partnership at Drugfree.org Collaborates With Former NBA Basketball Player, Father and ESPN Sports Analyst, Chris …
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~Mullin to Host Live FACEBOOK Chat on Substance Abuse and Recovery~NEW YORK, March, 7, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Partnership at Drugfree.org, a national nonprofit helping parents solve the problem of teen drug and alcohol abuse , is partnering with former professional basketball player, father and ESPN sports analyst, Chris Mullin. He will be the featured guest on the next “Meet The …
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Others revisiting alcohol policy
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UK is one of several institutions nationwide that is revisiting its alcohol policy.
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The Greying Elephant in the Room: Substance Abuse and Older Adults

Vignette with a social work intern and an older adult client from _The Greying Elephant in the Room: Substance Abuse and Older Adults_. Copyright 2009 NYU School of Social Work. DVD distrib. Council on Social Work Education (CSWE). www.cswe.org

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