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Alcoholism Makes Muscles Weaker, Due to Drug's Long-Term Cellular Damage

Alcoholism Makes Muscles Weaker, Due To Drug's Long-Term Cellular Damage
The younger drinker's illusion of superhuman strength known as “beer muscles” acquires new meaning after decades of alcohol abuse, as cellular damage weakens muscle strength over time. In a new study published Monday in The Journal of Cell Biology, …
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Book Review: Best Kept Secret
Best Kept Secret reiterates a common misconception – that only those who come from tumultuous backgrounds succumb to alcohol and substance abuse. “I'm not an alcoholic,” Cadence rationalizes in one chapter. “Alcoholics live under bridges and swig …
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Idaho-alcoholism treatment centers – http://www.transformationstreatment.com/idaho-alcoholism-drug-abuse-treatment/ Idaho is the 13th largest state in the United States and has a total populatio…

 

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Events Saturday

National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day Events Saturday
Local and federal agencies will once again partner together for National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day this Saturday. Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

U.S. panel to take on rising prescription drug, heroin abuse
(Reuters) – A panel of the U.S. House of Representatives has scheduled a hearing for April 29 on a rising tide of prescription drug and heroin abuse in the United States. The House Energy and Commerce Committee "will review the growing concerns regarding heroin and prescription opioid abuse and related deaths," the panel said in a statement on Tuesday. Data from the National Institute on Drug … Prescription Drug Abuse – Yahoo News Search Results

 

Lucas County Commissioners, Other Officials Address Prescription Drug Abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse … – Toledo Blade

Lucas County Commissioners, other officials address prescription drug abuse
Toledo Blade
In the United States more than 15 million people abuse prescription drugs – more than the combined number who reported abusing cocaine, hallucinogens, inhalants and heroin, according to national health statistics compiled by county officials. Every day
Lucas County touts drug take back day, awareness for growing epidemicnorthwestohio.com

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Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell – Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Drug-related death, illness statistics grim in Mercer, McDowell
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
PRINCETON — Southern West Virginia's persistent drugabuse problem is now evident in state statistics: Both Mercer County and neighboring McDowell County have some of the highest rates for drug overdoses and drug-related health problems.

Drug Abuse Statistics – Google News

BioCorRx Treatment: A Boon to Drug Addiction

BioCorRx Treatment: A Boon to Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is an epidemic that has afflicted many millions of people across the globe. In the United States, more than 24 million people above 12 years old are suffering from this malaise, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services …
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Efforts Increased to Reduce Heroin, Prescription Drug Addiction in Macomb … – the Macomb Daily

Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb … – The Macomb Daily

Efforts increased to reduce heroin, prescription drug addiction in Macomb
The Macomb Daily
Doctors are being pressured to reduce their liberal distribution of drug prescriptions because of an “epidemic” of abuse. Dependence on opiates such as Vicodin and OxyContin is blamed for turning prescription drug addicts into heroin addicts. Heroin

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A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime – Pacific Standard

A Growing Number of Americans: Drug Abuse Is a Health Issue, Not a Crime
Pacific Standard
While no one thinks drug addiction is a good thing, more and more people are starting to think that the war on drugs—a war that costs U.S. taxpayers $ 51 billion per year—needs a fresh approach. Ever since President Nixon deemed drug abuse “public …

Simpsons, Which Episode? “to Alcohol! the Cause of and Solution to All of Life’s Problems!”?

Question by Harry L: Simpsons, which episode? “To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life’s problems!”?
In which season/episode does Homer say:
“To alcohol! The cause of and solution to all of life’s problems!” ?

Best answer:

Answer by redhed311
That would be “Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment” from Season 8.

Alcohol Screening Day sheds light on drinking problems
James Peters, ASAP prevention coordinator, left, and Shannon Winter, ASAP substance abuse counselor, center, assist Sgt. 1st Class William Colbert, 596th Signal Company, and Mike Jimpson, Army retiree, as they fill out the National Alcohol Screening …
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ART Treatment for Alcohol Problems
“For people who report problem drinking in negative emotional situations, such as depression, anxiety or stress, we have developed a promising treatment approach that shows greater reductions in alcohol use when compared to standard treatment,” says …
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