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Where There's Smoke: School District concerned about changing perceptions of marijuana
WDBJ7 ReporterHigh School is beginning to take on a life of it's own in Roanoke County. "I've heard that there are some people who do end up coming to school high." Sally Greenberg is a freshman at Hidden Valley High School and she's noticed that more and more of...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Teaching and Learning, Marijuana Use, Recreational Substance Use, Music
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Senator finds SD law is hazy about smoking
Sen. Craig Tieszen wants the Legislature to add a definition of smoking to South Dakota’s code of laws. He’s not aiming at electronic cigarettes or trying to change any of South Dakota’s regulations on where smokers can light up....Tags: U.S. Senate, Crime, Law and Justice, U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Republican Party, Stan Adelstein
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Docs should counsel youth about not smoking: panel
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should talk to school-aged kids and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, a government-backed panel said today. The draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive...Tags: Human Rights, Health and Safety at School, Internists, Quitting Smoking, Health Treatments
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Madonna to Chilean fans: No smoking, or else no show!
Madonna is known for speaking her mind, even if it means tongue-lashing her own fans on occasion. So when the Material Girl spotted a few people smoking during a sound check at Chile's National Stadium on Wednesday, she didn't hesitate to voice her...
Tags: Santiago (Chile), Chile, Madonna
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Fair Board to consider tobacco, bong ban
Vendors at the swap meet and Orange County Fair could be barred from selling tobacco and other smoking products, depending on how the Fair Board votes Thursday A board member has called for a prohibition on drug paraphernalia like bongs, in addition to...Tags: Dave Ellis
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Minorities unequally disciplined in high school
On a spring morning last semester, a teenage girl wound up in the nurse's office at Hinsdale South High School, throwing up after smoking marijuana before school. Three other students smoked pot with her, she told the dean. All four got in trouble...
Tags: Recreational Substance Use, Chicago Public Schools, Civil Rights, Law Enforcement, Students
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Amanda Bynes Charged with Driving with Suspended License
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES (KTLA) -- Actress Amanda Bynes has been charged with two counts of driving with a suspended license, TMZ is reporting. One of the charges stems from an incident on September 16th when Bynes was pulled over outside the Burbank Airport. When...Tags: Bob Hope, Prosecution, Motorvehicle Accidents, Personal Service, Amanda Bynes
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Football Dangers: An Increasingly Guilty Pleasure
The Hartford CourantAre you ready for some football? First, however, are you ready for some autopsies? The opening of the NFL training camps coincided with the closing of the investigation into the April suicide by gunshot of Ray Easterling, 62, an eight-season NFL safety...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Medical Research, Mental Health, Football, New Orleans Saints
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Police looking for man who abducted girl in Village of Wills
Daily American Staff WriterParents say they fear for their children's safety after hearing news of an abduction in Somerset Township Thursday. State police are looking for a white male who abducted a girl along Wills Church Road around 4 p.m. The girl was released a short distance...Tags: Kidnapping, Salt, Parenting, Health
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Mailbag: Do not widen freeways in Costa Mesa
Next month, the Costa Mesa City Council will take a formal position regarding the proposed controversial expansion of the San Diego (405) Freeway through Costa Mesa. It is critical for the residents to become educated and speak out about what impact...Tags: Transportation, Road Transportation, Horatio Alger, Tobacco Products, Corporate Officers
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Free stop smoking program offered in Frederick
The Frederick County Health Department offers the "Stop Smoking for Life" program. Participants in the program will gain an understanding of the unique challenges of nicotine addiction, learn to identify tobacco triggers, develop a quit plan, learn to...Tags: Quitting Smoking, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Health Treatments, Health
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Cancer risk of eating meat wildly overstated
It is irresponsible to claim, as the letter writer from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) does, that eating meat is equivalent to smoking cigarettes ("Unhealthful foods kill more Americans every year than tobacco," May 13). In...Tags: Lung Cancer, Abusive Behavior, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, Cancer
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