NotMYkid Drug Prevention Workshop Is Tonight
NotMYkid drug prevention workshop is tonight
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Additionally, 50 percent of teens who come home after 10 p.m. on school nights report marijuana or other drug use occurring, according to the 2008 Center for Addiction and Substance Abuse report (CASA). “The NotMYkid program is unique… Continue reading
Port St. Lucie Struggles to Deal With Sober Living Homes in Neighborhoods
Port St. Lucie struggles to deal with sober living homes in neighborhoods
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But in the short term, the city is starting to buckle under to federal laws that allow drug and alcohol rehab treatment centers to build transition homes for recovering addicts in… Continue reading
Neil McKeganey: Staying Tough on Drugs
Neil McKeganey: Staying tough on drugs
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For the advocates of drugs legalisation, the arguments seem disarmingly familiar and persuasive: our drug laws have failed to stem the flow of illegal drug use; many of those substances that are currently illegal are less harmful than… Continue reading
DARE Goes to Middle School
DARE goes to middle school
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Project ALERT is a substance abuse prevention program geared toward students in the seventh and eighth grades. If this sounds similar to the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, it is — just for an older group and more effective,… Continue reading
One Puff Away From a “Smoke-Free” Campus
One puff away from a “smoke-free” campus
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Anytime you deal with an addiction substance, you need to help it go away.” Missouri Southern has an eight week program in place for students to take online for tobacco cessation. “There are … “We… Continue reading
Actually, Pot May Not Lower IQ After All
Actually, pot may not lower IQ after all
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Socioeconomic differences among study participants in terms of education level, occupation and income weren't taken into account, says Ole Rogenberg of the Ragnar Frisch Center for Economic Research in Oslo. These factors … Dr. Norma Volkow,… Continue reading
Commentary: Our National Amnesia With Gun Massacres
Commentary: Our national amnesia with gun massacres
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Government finds it beneficial to pass laws regulating all sorts of private activity, from owning vehicles to manufacturing prescription medicine, but no one refers to such laws as automobile control or drug control. … the firearms… Continue reading
Minister Must Prioritise Appointment of CDA Board
Minister Must Prioritise Appointment of CDA Board
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Experts predict that the problem will escalate beyond the HIV/AIDS pandemic as more people become addicted and fewer people seek help. Yet the Minister of Social Development seems to have … With no board to operate… Continue reading