UCI Senior Flourishes With Starring Role
... senior flourishes with Starring role His father, Stephen Starring, who played six seasons as an NFL receiver, including 5 years for the 1985 Super Bowl runner-up New England Patriots, struggled with an addiction to crack cocaine and has not… Continue reading
AAP Outlines Fetal Damage With Drug Abuse
... Outlines Fetal Damage with Drug Abuse National survey data from 2009-2010 show that the most common type of substance abuse was cigarette use, reported by 16.3% of pregnant women (ages 15 to 44), followed by alcohol use at 10.8%.… Continue reading
Why Was Maya Angelou’s I Know Why the Black Bird Sings Challenged or Banned?
... 2002, a number of school districts banned the book for language and being too explicit in the book’s portrayal of rape and other sexual abuse. In 2003, it was challenged as required reading in a Hamilton, Montana, high school… Continue reading
Department of Mental Health Offers 'School for Addiction Professionals'
... of Mental Health offers 'School for Addiction Professionals' In an effort to help educate Mississippi's Addiction, Treatment, and Prevention Professionals about alcohol and drug abuse and prevention, the annual Mississippi School for Addiction Professionals, hosted by the Mississippi Department… Continue reading
Editorial: County Report Proves the Obvious; Drug, Alcohol Abuse Prevalent
... proves the obvious; drug, alcohol abuse prevalent The report also noted that homeless people in the county suffer from disproportionately high rates of substance abuse, which exacerbates the problem of chronic homelessness. It also noted that drug mortality and… Continue reading
Rallying to End Drug Abuse Among Youth
... to End Drug Abuse Among Youth The money runs treatment programmes, research on child addiction, outreach in centres for rehabilitation, drug education in school and training practitioners on how to rehabilitate abusers. "The major criteria are that a country… Continue reading