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Teenager wants folks to trust about drugs
Dear Amy: I go to a small middle school/high school. It's a pretty drug-free environment, at least the one that my friends and I inhabit. However, my parents (particularly my mom) are under the impression that all my friends (one in particular) are...
Tags: Reviews, Lifestyle and Leisure, Holidays, Drug Use
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'Pre-drinking' or 'pre-funking' common among young alcohol users
They call it "pre-drinking," "pre-partying" or "pre-funking," and it usually involves chugging cheap alcoholic drinks before heading out to a bar, club or sporting event. While addiction experts estimate that 65% to 75% of college-age youths engage in...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lifestyle and Leisure, Loyola Marymount University, Swiss Confederation, Health and Safety at School
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Dangers Posed By Prescription Drug Abuse By Kids
FOX 17 Senior Web ProducerTeen prescription drug abuse can devastate families, destroy marriages and can leave a child dead or severely disabled. Many parents would probably be shocked to hear that they may be their son or daughter’s drug dealer. Aaron Rubin started abusing...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Abusive Behavior, Lifestyle and Leisure, Muscle Relaxers, Drug Use
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How legal pot in Colorado may impact Kansas
KWCH 12 Eyewitness NewsIn Colorado, marijuana supporters are celebrating after voters approved a constitutional amendment legalizing recreational marijuana use. "I would rather see them legalize marijuana than alcohol," Colorado resident Gary Dockins says. Dockins and his...Tags: Politics, Lifestyle and Leisure, Elections, Marijuana Use
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Letters to the Editor: Nov. 1
Travis Poole understands school issues To the editor: Of all the elections coming up next week, none is more important that the choices we make for the four open positions on the Washington County Board of Education. I have known and worked with Travis...Tags: Real Estate Buyers, Lifestyle and Leisure, Credit and Debt, Columbia University, Services and Shopping
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History teaches relativity of truth
In the first line of his classic “Closing of the American Mind,” Allan Bloom wrote that there is one thing every incoming college student knows, and that's that truth is relative. Bloom's observation still holds true. I recently asked a group of...Tags: Theodore Roosevelt, Lifestyle and Leisure, International Law, Drug Use
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Britney Spears Hooked On Drugs In 2007, Former Confidante Testifies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pop starBritney Spears' former confidante encouraged her to kick her drug habit five years ago, and brought drug-sniffingdogs to her Malibu home and flushed a bag of white powder down the toilet, he testified Tuesday. "She had...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Britney Spears, Drug Use
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Weight loss surgery tied to increase in drinking
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who had weight loss surgery reported greater alcohol use two years after their procedures than in the weeks beforehand, in a new study. "This is perhaps a risk. I don't think it should deter people from having surgery,...Tags: Obesity, Medical Procedures and Tests, University of Pittsburgh, Lifestyle and Leisure, Body Mass Index
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Glued Toddler Mom Gets 99 Years in Brutal Attack on Daughter
KTLA NewsDALLAS, TX (KTLA) -- A mother of five who plead guilty to gluing her toddler's hands to a wall and beating her into a coma was sentenced to 99 years in prison Friday. Elizabeth Escalona, 23, pleaded guilty in July to injury to a child for brutally...Tags: KTLA, Punishment, Judges, Injuries and Wounds, Crime, Law and Justice
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Easing of pot laws poses challenge for parents
DENVER (AP) — Michael Jolton was a young father with a 5-year-old son when Colorado legalized medical marijuana in 2000. Now he’s got three boys, the oldest near adulthood, and finds himself repeatedly explaining green-leafed marijuana ads and...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, Fashion Shows, Heroin, Entertainment
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Emanuel explains support of decriminalizing pot possession
Clout StreetA majority of Chicago aldermen have signed on to an ordinance that would allow police to write tickets instead of make arrests for small amounts of marijuana possession, a strong indicator the measure will pass when the City Council votes on it next week....Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Lifestyle and Leisure, Crime, Law and Justice, Drug Trafficking, Services and Shopping
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Alaskans Turn In 1,838 Pounds of Unused Prescription Medication
Channel 2 NewsAlaskans turned in 1,838 pounds of prescription medication during the fifth Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) National Prescription Take-Back event on September 29. Rates of prescription drug use in the U.S. are alarmingly high. More Americans...Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Pharmaceuticals, Drug Use, Drugs and Medicines, Prescription Drugs
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