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Survey: Majority of retailers comply with tobacco age law
Louisville :: KY :: USA | about 23 hours ago
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The Daily News, lswitzer@bgdailynews.com /783-3240 Sunday, December 6, 2009 12:05 AM CST State officials this week touted a new survey that showed Kentucky retailers have reached record-level compliance with a state law that prevents tobacco sales to...
Tags: Kentucky Youth Tobacco, Healthy Kentucky, Western Kentucky University, Warren County, youth smoke, substance abuse, tobacco using, Carol Douglas, abuse prevents, tobacco sales, Louisville, Tobacco smoking, Smoking, Passive smoking, Cigarette, Social Issues, Tobacco, Smoking ban, Dipping tobacco, Cigar
Supportive mothers ensure runaway teens' return
Mumbai :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility Teen years can be tumultuous, when adolescents begin to flex their mental muscles, testing boundaries and turning to peers rather than parents for advice...A frequent cause of that, Milburn said, is indeed family abuse, said a university release. 'Parents...
Tags: Norweeta G. Milburn, homeless adolescents, newly homeless, India, Mumbai, Busking, Adolescence, Social Issues, Substance-related disorders, Socioeconomics, Substance abuse, Homelessness
Helping Wolfe Center accomplish its goal
Napa :: CA :: USA | 4 days ago
Credibility Dear editor, We at Wolfe Center would like to thank the Napa Valley Vintners for their continuous support of Napa County’s only substance abuse prevention and treatment program for teens. We are truly grateful to be the recipients of a $100,000 grant...
Tags: Wolfe Center, Auction Napa Valley, substance abuse, Napa County, Napa Valley Vintners, Napa, Napa Valley AVA, Napa County California, Napa California, Social Issues
Big Brother Champ -- Freedom Is a Reality
Boston :: MA :: USA | 5 days ago
Credibility Once considered a flight risk, the season 9 champion will now be allowed to live at a substance abuse treatment facility in Massachusetts ... Undergo the substance abuse treatment program -- Must abide by all rules at the facility and successfully complete...
Tags: substance abuse, big brother, Adam Jasinski, Boston, Drug rehabilitation, Oxycodone, Opioids, Analgesics
Help available for addicts
Dalton :: GA :: USA | 8 days ago
Credibility According to a substance abuse treatment locator at www.findtreatment.samhsa.gov/facilitylocatordoc.htm, there are 26 substance abuse treatment facilities within a 50-mile radius of Dalton, including hospitals, though not all specialize in treating meth.
Tags: Dalton Daily Citizen, substance abuse, abuse treatment, meth users, Thomas Wyatt, Dalton, Phenethylamines, Amphetamines, Methamphetamine, Dopamine, Intervention, Addiction, Drug addiction, Drugs
New high
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 16 days ago
Credibility The truth, however, is that such legislation will just add to an already bulking list of controlled substances that law enforcement officials are impossibly expected to enforce on the population. And about as soon as the ink dries on legislation to make...
Tags: controlled substances, Hutchinson, Drug prohibition law, Addiction, Substance abuse, Coricidin, Drug control law, Drugs, Controlled substance, Social Issues
Clinical Therapist Works beyond Call of Duty
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 17 days ago
Credibility The consortium is a group of agencies within the Austin and Humboldt Park communities. Cardona offers his time twice a month and works with individuals that have issues with substance abuse or have a history of substance abuse and mental illness. Since...
Tags: substance abuse, Silvana Tabares Isidro Cardona, mental illness, Dr.Isidro Cardona, Chicago, Drug addiction, Substance-related disorders, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Counselor certification debated
Oklahoma City :: OK :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility But people working in addiction counseling say the changes would devastate the work force and cause up to 40 percent of counselors to leave the field, a trend that would hardest hit people needing help with their addictions. The Oklahoma Health Care...
Tags: Joel Rutledge, Debbie Spaeth, substance abuse, Oklahoma Health Care Authority, CADC, Steve Buck, Ric Pierson, mental health, abuse services, drug counselor, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, School counselor, Lay community counsellor, Psychotherapy, Clinical psychology
State invests in drug treatment for youth
Monroe :: LA :: USA | 20 days ago
Credibility It's the highest rate in the nation according to the Pew Center on the States. Despite all the prison cells, only 144 beds in the entire state are dedicated for the treatment of adolescent drug abusers, a leading driver in Louisiana's swollen prison...
Tags: substance abuse, Mike Gomilla, drug treatment, drug abuse, Jerry Jones, Louisiana, Monroe, Robert Kostelka, Illegal drug trade, Probation officer, Substance-related disorders, Jackson Parish Louisiana, Lincoln Parish Louisiana, Social Issues
New drug has area officials on lookout
Hutchinson :: KS :: USA | 21 days ago
Credibility Until that happens, though, those who work with substance abuse programs say minors, adults and especially those in probation programs will be using the drug, which some have claimed offers a more intense high than its illegal counterpart. The drug is...
Tags: Shirley Faulkner, THC, Hutchinson High School, abuse programs, Johnson County Sheriff's Office, substance abuse, synthetic cannabinoids, Hutchinson, Antiemetics, Psychedelics dissociatives and deliriants, Tetrahydrocannabinol, Cannabis, Cannabinoids, Medicinal plants, Social Issues
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