(Kentucky) Kentucky’s Parents and Youth: Partners in Preventing Underage Drinking

(Kentucky) Kentucky’s Parents and Youth: Partners in Preventing Underage Drinking – This video, driven largely by interviews with youth from around Kentucky, highlights three ways that parents can reduce the likelihood that their children wi…

Case explores rights of fetus versus woman

Filed under: drug rehab treatment- lowering the drinking age

Under a Wisconsin law known as the "cocaine mom" act when it was adopted in 1998, child-welfare authorities can forcibly confine a pregnant woman who uses illegal drugs or alcohol "to a severe degree," and who refuses to accept treatment. … In 2011 …
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Ossining Hosting Prescription Drug Takeback On Saturday

Filed under: drug rehab treatment- lowering the drinking age

“Medicines that languish in home cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse.” Ossining Communities That Care is a coalition of individuals and organizations working together to prevent underage drinking and reduce the use of …
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How much power should Native tribal courts exercise in rural Alaska?

Filed under: drug rehab treatment- lowering the drinking age

AFN leaders met with Parnell in September, asking if the state would enter agreements with tribal courts to deal more effectively with alcohol and drug abuse, domestic violence and suicide. “The simple answer is yes,” Gov. Sean Parnell told the AFN …
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