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Porter County heroin deaths up but suicides down
Murders were down, but motor vehicle fatalities were up. Those were some of the statistics from Porter County Coroner Chuck Harris's year-end report of deaths in the county for 2013. Of the 1,487 deaths in 2013, … While young people are told to avoid …
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Teens take a stand against violence
Called Love Bites, it's a prevention program for domestic and family violence and sexual assault, designed and run by the National Association for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (NAPCAN), and applauded by teachers, police and community workers …
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Motherhood: The Untold Story
Free-speech advocates who attacked the 1998 bill have long argued that privately used filtering software and parental supervision are more effective means to control adolescent behavior on the Internet. Indeed, all nine justices …. It found that …
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Drug abuse forums aim to educate, save lives
Their stories are filled with death and lessons learned the hard way. People in recovery and others affected by drug abuse will speak to students and residents at a number of forums in April to raise awareness about the growing local and national epidemic. Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Man charged with child abuse, drug trafficking
Meth, heroin and cocaine found in truck, along with two children, police say Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Man charged with child abuse, drug trafficking
A man faces drug trafficking and child abuse charges after deputies saw a young child sitting in the bed of… more » Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

Question by Ellie Alice: I tried to watch a rated R movie with my friends and they didn’t let us?
Me and friends have seen many rated R movies together, not through sneaking in, our parents bought us the tickets to the movie. But this time we tried getting our parents to buy tickets to Machete Kills and the movie worker did not allow us, then as we got in the theatre they did not leave us alone. They followed us just about everywhere. Me and my friends were so pissed off we just left. I don’t know why they didn’t let us in, but they didn’t. Why’d they do this?! We did have a parent accompanying us to buy us tickets?!

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Answer by meL
The parent has to be accompanying DURING the film. Not just for ticket sales.    Read more...

Operation Medicine Drop in Moore County Set for March 17-22
Operation Medicine Drop is an effort coordinated by North Carolina Department of Insurance, Safe Kids North Carolina, NC State Bureau of Investigation, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, Riverkeepers of North Carolina and local groups to prevent …
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Springfield police: Man bragged about sex with children
… came March 5, when a tip came through on the Missouri Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline that John C. Heisler, 40, bragged to neighbors that he had committed sexual acts with children younger than 7 years old while he was on an “elongated drug binge.”.
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Question by anynomous: what narrow research questions can be asked about teen pregnancy/sex, alcohol/drug abuse, or teen suicide?
questions that are researchable and not too narrow/broad and that can be answered in about 10 pages.

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Answer by Nikki G
You could ask “Is there a connection between drug abuse and teen pregnancy?”

Is Trigger Warning Mania the Terrifying Future of Activism?
… PTSD, slavery, victim-blaming, abuse, swearing, child abuse, self-injury, suicide, talk of drug use, descriptions of medical procedures, corpses, skulls, skeletons, needles, discussion of “isms,” neuroatypical shaming, slurs (including “stupid” or …
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Rx abuse (2/8/2011) part 1 – Reps. Dave Burke, Terry Johnson and Danny Bubp held a press conference to discuss the rampant incidence of prescription drug abuse in Ohio.