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Rights Group: Forced Labor in Vietnam Drug Centers – Boston Globe

Drug Abuse: Rights group: Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers – Boston Globe

Rights group: Forced labor in Vietnam drug centers
Boston Globe
Several large escapes from Vietnam's drug rehabilitation centers have been reported in recent years. The centers, which began opening after the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, are one facet of Vietnam's ongoing campaign against drug abuse,
Vietnamese rehab centres 'abuse detainees'Sydney Morning Herald

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Drug Abuse: Tomblin unveils drug task force plans – Beckley Register-Herald

Tomblin unveils drug task force plans
Beckley Register-Herald
It will deal with all of the drug problems we have in West Virginia and hopefully come up with a few solutions.” Browning said if the sources of drugs are eradicated and those with substance abuse problems are treated, eventually the problem can be
Tomblin Announces New Drug Task ForcesWest Virginia MetroNews
Tomblin Announces Six Regional Drug Task ForcesWOWK

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Plans for Salem Methadone Clinic Dropped – Boston Globe

Drug Abuse: Plans for Salem methadone clinic dropped – Boston Globe

Plans for Salem methadone clinic dropped
Boston Globe
Plans to open a methadone clinic in a Salem neighborhood to treat drug addicts have been abandoned. Community Substance Abuse Centers said it will drop its legal challenge to the Zoning Board of Appeals' denial of a special permit.

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Drug Abuse: SAMHSA to spin results of 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health on Thursday – Drug WarRant

SAMHSA to spin results of 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health on Thursday
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The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will unveil the results of the latest (2010) National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) at a press conference on Thursday, September 8. This is an annual affair where,
National Survey on Drug Use and Health to be Unveiled in Conjunction with 22nd Newswise (press release)

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Social Networking Increases Risk of Teen Drug Abuse: Study – msnbc.com

Drug Abuse: Social networking increases risk of teen drug abuse: study – msnbc.com
On a typical day, 70 percent of teens ages 12 to 17 — 17 million teenagers — spend from a minute to hours on Facebook, Myspace and other social networking sites, according to The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at …
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Drug Abuse: Networking sites boost drug abuse risk – BusinessWorld Online
WASHINGTON — Time spent social networking increases the risk of teens smoking, drinking and using drugs, according to a national survey of American attitudes on substance abuse. On a typical day, 70% of teens ages 12 to 17 — 17 million teenagers — spend …
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Drug Abuse: Lowell drug-abuse roundtable gets funding – Lowell Sun
LOWELL — The Lowell Roundtable on Substance Abuse Prevention will receive $ 125,000 in federal funding to help combat youth substance abuse, U.S. Rep. Niki Tsongas, D-Lowell, announced yesterday. The roundtable is one of 38 organizations in the …
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Drug Abuse: SJC Rejects Conviction in Lowell Murder – Boston Globe

Drug Abuse: SJC rejects conviction in Lowell murder – Boston Globe


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SJC rejects conviction in Lowell murder
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The ruling, which follows a related SJC decision last year, sharpens the divide between mental illness and drug abuse in considering insanity defenses and potentially opens the door for appeals on similar grounds for convicts whose mental health and
New trial in 2004 landlord killingWWLP 22News

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Drug Abuse: WC substance abuse ‘fuels mental illness’ – Primedia Broadcasting – Eyewitness News

WC substance abuse 'fuels mental illness'
Primedia Broadcasting – Eyewitness News
Western Cape Health Department officials fear the province may have the highest incidence of mental illness in the country due to high levels of substance abuse. About 75 percent of patients admitted to psychiatric institutions have a history of drug
Minister Botha: 51% of Psychiatry Admissions at New Somerset are Substance Cape Gateway

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Drug Abuse: Somerville to Begin Alcohol Compliance Checks – Boston Globe

Drug Abuse: Somerville to begin alcohol compliance checks – Boston Globe

Somerville to begin alcohol compliance checks
Boston Globe
By Matt Byrne, Town Correspondent Somerville Police and city substance abuse prevention workers will perform alcohol compliance checks starting next month, the city said. Part of a series of annual programs geared at enforcing consequences for alcohol

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Drug Abuse: Welsh Government to combat child drinking – Nursing in Practice

Welsh Government to combat child drinking
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At least 1200 children are admitted to Welsh A&E departments for alcohol and drug abuse each year, new research has found. The figures, obtained by BBC Wales, show more than 800 children have attended casualty every year for the past three years to be
1200 Welsh Children Being Treated For Alcohol And Druges Each Year In eGov monitor
Child alcohol and drugs 'worry'BBC News

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Causes of Drug Abuse: Amy Winehouse: Was Quitting Alcohol Cold Turkey Deadly? – Boston Globe

Causes of Drug Abuse: Amy Winehouse: Was quitting alcohol cold turkey deadly? – Boston Globe
While the cause of 27-year-old singer Amy Winehouse’s death last … The family told a British paper that Winehouse — known to abuse both drugs and alcohol — quit drinking cold turkey instead of tapering off, as her doctor recommended.
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