Holiday weekends like the Fourth of July are often cause for cookouts and celebrations with family and friends. But that could spell trouble for underage kids, especially boys. The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) looked at data from the 2009 Independence Day weekend, when the holiday fell on a Saturday. It found ….
Read more ›The DSM-V is set to label problem gambling an addiction. Nobody has ever bet enough on the winning horse. – Unknown wise person I used to gamble. Back when I did, I was also an active alcoholic and a chain smoker. Camel filters, if you’re wondering. And we had a running joke, my wife and ….
Read more ›This is what you shall do. by Walt Whitman (from the preface to Leaves of Grass, 1885). “This is what you shall do; Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate ….
Read more ›Prison once again a place for addicts and the mentally ill. Readers may remember the dark day of January 1, 2008, when the U.S. set an all-time record: One out of every 100 adults was behind bars. That’s more than 2.3 million people. That’s 25% of all the prisoners in the world-and the world includes ….
Read more ›Child surgery makes smoking parents more likely to try quitting. Here’s a strange one: Doctors at Mayo Clinic wanted to find out whether children undergoing surgery had any effect on the smoking behavior of their parents. And it did-but the effect appears to be short-lived. The Mayo researchers began from the already well-tested proposition that ….
Read more ›The patron saint of modern recovery, Betty Ford died at the grand old age of 93 last week. Famous for many things, outspoken First Lady, cancer survivor (breast cancer), dancer, and ERA activist; most agree her legacy will be the world famous treatment center that bears her name. Mrs. Ford co-founded the non-profit Betty Ford ….
Read more ›Big Alcohol Wants a Piece of the Health Market For a long time now, snack food companies have been spending billions to convince shoppers that their fattening food offerings are fit and healthy nutrition alternatives. Big Alcohol, which has played around the edges of all this with “lifestyle” beer commercials, has been pushing into the ….
Read more ›I mean milk in your eye. In a bid to win mother of the year, a Westerville, Ohio woman has been accused by authorities of spraying deputies with her own breast milk while drunk at a wedding reception. Stephanie Robinette, 30, was arrested Saturday, June 25, on five charges after she allegedly hit her husband ….
Read more ›The ACLU squares off against law enforcement over how to measure marijuana impairment. What’s your blood cannabis content? You don’t know, and neither does anybody else, without a fair bit of effort. There’s no device to blow into, no quick chemical field test. You’re impaired by marijuana if the officer says you’re impaired by marijuana, ….
Read more ›Wow, talk about a local “on your side” piece. This video from Detroit’s Fox station is awesome. Watch these bailed out auto makers hard(ly) at work. Chrysler Auto Workers in Trenton Caught Smoking and Drinking During Lunch Breaks: MyFoxDETROIT.com
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