| Drug Rehab Leading Public To New Way of Thinking
Unique medication-free program is getting results in 2007. Canadian, OK (PRWEB) November 4, 2007 -- Anyone caring for or treating an addicted person knows that depression and drug or alcohol addiction frequently go hand in hand. Some traditional medical and psychiatric based programs diagnose and treat the depression an addict is experiencing as the root cause of the person's drug or alcohol problem. Narconon Arrowhead, one of the country's leading drug and alcohol rehabilitation centers, has taken a new position that depression is more often a symptom that shows up after a person becomes addicted. "Most addicts are in a deteriorating or poor state of health. While high, they are in a euphoric, painless state of mind, numb to the damage drugs or alcohol are doing to their bodies.
Students Suspended Over Candy Cocaine Public Service Announcement
Two Waynesburg Central High Schools student said they were suspended for 10 days for making a public service announcement in which one of them was videotaped snorting fake cocaine they made from candy. John DiBuono said he recorded the incident as part of a school TV Workshop project. The purpose of the project was to make an anti-drug public service announcement. The other student, Zachary Schloemer, said he crushed a package of Smarties candy and pretended he was snorting the resulting powder as if it were cocaine. The only words spoken during the spot were "Don't do drugs." .
State revokes Nick Hogan's license
Earlier this month, Hogan, who's real name is Nick Bollea, surrendered to police. The 17-year-old was booked as an adult with reckless driver in an August crash that left his friend, John Graziano, with serious injuries. Police say Bollea had alcohol in his system at the time of the crash. Bollea is out of jail on bond. .
DUI checkpoint to give away turkeys Tuesday
Sobriety checkpoints play an important role during the holiday season in preventing drug- and alcohol-related accidents. But a checkpoint scheduled for Tuesday in Salinas at an undisclosed location will be a little different. This time, the Salinas Police Department and the Safe Teens Empowerment Project in Salinas (STEPS), a program of Sun Street Centers, are collaborating to give away turkeys. .
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More women and their children fleeing abuse will be able to benefit from Women's Place of St. Catharines and North Niagara's newly renovated and expanded 34-bed emergency shelter that focuses on a safe, supportive environment. "Our government is proud to help provide safe and supportive housing to women and their children who are experiencing family violence," said MP Rick Dykstra. "This funding is helping Women's Place give women living in St. Catharines and North Niagara hope, dignity and a path to a safer, better and stronger future." The $4.5 million project to expand the services at Women's Place received more than $1.8 million through Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation's Shelter Enhancement Program and $228,204 in federal homelessness funding.
Holidays Can Present Drinking Opportunities for Teens
With all the fun and excitement associated with the holidays it's sometimes easy to forget that the season is among the most dangerous in many ways. It can be a time when widespread availability of alcohol at holiday parties can create problems for families. Teenagers or younger children may view these parties as opportunities to sneak alcohol, spike their soda or juice drinks when nobody is looking, or convince a relative to assist them in getting an alcoholic beverage. Some parents, feeling it is part of the holiday spirit, may be more inclined to let their teenagers have an alcoholic drink to share in a family toast. .
Former Hopi chairman talks about his bout with cancer
FIRST MESA, Ariz. In 1981, at the age of 33, Ivan Sidney became the youngest man ever to be elected chairman of the Hopi Tribe. In October 2006, during the 10th month of his third term, he was ousted following a painful alcohol-related incident in Winslow. He makes no bones about it. Its not something hes proud of. But he survived. As a matter of fact, Sidney has survived a lot of pain since his birth in 1947, but nothing quite so painful or quite as humiliating as cancer, he said. Of course, when first diagnosed several years ago, Sidney had no idea that he was one of thousands of victims known as downwinders. During the era of atomic testing at Nevada Test Site, it was not uncommon for radioactive clouds to rain down poisonous trails of fallout across the Hopi Reservation.
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