Drug Abuse

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Waco ISD bus involved in accident, no injuries reported
Updated: Feb 04, 2014 2:58 PM PST. Teenagers smoking weed and popping pills is a growing problem nationwide. Many school districts have student-only drug awareness programs, and nothing else. But China Spring ISD is going beyond those basic.
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Hoffman Among Thousands Of Addiction Victims
An admitted drug addict who first sought professional help more than two decades ago, Hoffman apparently succumbed to his illness with an overdose despite a return to rehab last March. A father of three with a thriving … and awareness, doctors say …
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Drug program begins with voluntary test
MARION — Local agencies are teaming up to promote drug awareness in county middle schools and high schools by offering voluntary drug tests. Parents will sign up their students to be part of the random tests as part of the “Prevention, Not Punishment” …
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Rez students participate in National Drug Facts Week
In celebration of National Drug Facts Week, students from Arapahoe Middle School were encouraged to be drug and alcohol free and learned about the dangers of substance abuse. The assembly-style presentations were organized by the Eastern Shoshone …
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Changing Course: Keeping Kids Out of Gangs
Gang-involved youth are more likely to engage in substance abuse and high-risk sexual behavior and to experience a wide range of potentially long-term health and social consequences, including school dropout, teen parenthood, family problems and …
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Native American Groups Ask For Child Welfare Probe
But statistics continue to show the disproportionate removal of Native children from their families. Native American … Researchers found that suspected abuse or neglect involving Native American families was reported to child protective services at a …
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Wausau schools PEER program aims to keep kids out of 'prison pipeline'
The program utilizes community services to facilitate alcohol and other drug awareness and mental health counseling, critical to the success of some students. Further, the program utilizes a teacher and a school social worker to facilitate the academic …
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State launches drug abuse prevention initiative at Wheelersburg School
The four programs are, “Know!,” a drug prevention and awareness partnership developed by the Drug-Free Action Alliance and targets parents and caregivers of middle school students and empowers them to raise the children substance-free; “Parents 360 …
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Fitzpatrick Recognizes Red Ribbon Week – Congratulations to all the schools and communities actively involved in this year’s Red Ribbon Campaign — the week of Oct. 23rd to 31st. This national progr…    Read more...

Question by JJcD: “Must read book?”?
Im doing a report on must-read books, and I need your opinions on what a must-read book is to you.

What is the title of a book you consider to be a must read? What made that book so memorable? What makes it a must read?

Im not trying to ask too much, but for the assignment im also required to provide name(first name is sufficient), and college the individual attended/is attending.

Best answer:

Answer by Lady_Eagle410
College: St. Louis Univ.

Book: Something Wicked This Way Comes-Ray Bradbury

Reason: It has all the thematic elements needed to keep the reader’s attention. I really like suspense, and it was a great book. The most meomorable thing was the side-show characters such as the Dust Witch, and her slime trail and the whole concept of the ‘evil carnival’ and the cliche theme “be careful what you wish for”    Read more...

Question by : what is the premises and conclusion in the statement?
Many mental health practitioners are promoting the notion that alcohol abuse, drug abuse, over-eating, gambling, anorexia, bulimia and smoking are diseases. By using the disease model, its proponents believe that people are more apt to seek help because having an “illness” is more acceptable than having psychological or behavior disorder. I am reminded of the effects of saying that people with emotional difficulties were “sick,” and suffering from a “disease.” Psychology and psychiatry moved a long way forward when we listened to Thomas Szasz declare that mental illness was a myth, to Karl Menninger discussing degrees of personality organization, and to Benjamin Rush when he spoke of problems in living. Now it appears we are moving backwards. What will be the next “disease” to appear in the news media?

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Question by guess who: is there any relation between alcohol drinking and BRAIN CANCER?
im asking if drinking alcohol increases ur chance of having a brain tumor. if it does plz put some more detail on how it does… and if u looked it up put the website too plz and thank you:)

Best answer:

Answer by Mads
No relation at all
Alcohol is associated with an increased risk of a number of cancers. 3.6% of all cancer cases and 3.5% of cancer deaths worldwide are attributable to alcohol drinking. Breast cancer in women is linked with alcohol intake. Alcohol also increases the risk of cancers of the mouth, esophagus, pharynx and larynx, colorectal cancer, liver cancer, stomach and ovaries.
Acetaldehyde is produced by the liver as it breaks down ethanol. The liver then normally eliminates 99% of the acetaldehyde. An average liver can process 7 grams of ethanol per hour. For example, it takes 12 hours to eliminate the ethanol in a bottle of wine, giving 12 hours or more of acetaldehyde exposure. A study of 818 heavy drinkers found that those who are exposed to more acetaldehyde than normal through a defect in the gene for alcohol dehydrogenase are at greater risk of developing cancers of the upper gastrointestinal tract and liver.    Read more...