Military cracks down on alcohol abuse amid age-old bingeing habit
"The Department of Defense appreciates the hard work of the Institute of Medicine in assessing substance abuse programs and policies in the Military Health System," Cynthia O. Smith, a DoD spokeswoman, responded in an email. "We are in the process of …
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Children Services to tackle parental substance abuse
The effort will offer in-home drug and alcohol assessments, cross-train child welfare workers and substance-abuse specialists, bring the Strengthening Families program to the county and involve a control group that won't receive the same intensive …
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GSU awarded grant to fight alcohol abuse and drunk driving
“We are excited about this grant because it allows us to expand our prevention efforts to include the prevention of alcohol-related crashes,” said David McDermott, administrative coordinator for the Office of Alcohol and Other Drugs Programs at Georgia …
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GSU awarded grant to fight alcohol abuse and drunk driving
“We are excited about this grant because it allows us to expand our prevention efforts to include the prevention of alcohol-related crashes,” said David McDermott, administrative coordinator for the Office of Alcohol and Other Drugs Programs at Georgia …
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Graduates of Porter County addictions program say goodbye to drugs, alcohol
VALPARAISO — These were goodbye letters of a different sort, a farewell to addiction and lives ruined from substance abuse. “Dear Xanax and Vicodin,” wrote one graduate of the Porter County Jail's Chemical Dependency and Addiction Program, “when we …
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Federal Funding for DSHS Drug & Alcohol Programs Could Be Threatened By …
According to the Washington State Department of Health, the rate of retailers illegally selling tobacco to kids has risen to its highest mark in more than a decade – clocking in at roughly 16-percent for 2012. This rate,which is calculated yearly, is …
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