There is no doubt that the designated drivers, overall, have saved many lives. Surprisingly, however, there are those who, despite offering to remain sober during a party, will drink. This endangers not only their lives but the lives of their passengers. Yes, even designated drivers have been pulled over for drunk driving. Despite how people [...]
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People who take alcohol are not alert. It impairs their ability to react even when it seems to them they are more alert because of it Alcohol has some medicanal value. It can be grossly overestimated. Don’t let anyone who has been drinking drive you in a car of fly you in a plane. Drinking [...]
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Hello teens, My name is Jason. As a thirteen-year-old I began to drink. About a year later I began to use drugs. At first these things made me feel like I had finally arrived. I felt comfortable in my own skin. All my troubles and the negative thought patterns which hung over me seemed to dissipate [...]
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1st Big Mistake – Not Talking Soon Enough The first and biggest of the three mistakes that parents make when talking drugs to kids is to leave it later than they should to start the dialogue. Drug prevention and education begins ideally when your child is still in the womb. A caring mother to be [...]
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There is no community that goes unscathed by drinking and driving. Injuries and deaths due to impaired driving accidents are again on the rise, and Narconon wants to reach out to help find solutions to this problem. In Canada, in 2007, 2767 people were killed in drinking and driving accidents, and 194,177 people were injured. In the United States in 2008, 34% of traffic fatalities were due to alcohol impairment. Narconon believes far too many people suffer as a result of drinking and driving and offers possible solutions.
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Regardless of how and when alcoholism and/or drug abuse begins, rehabilitation is needed to end it. There are stories quite often in and around Chatham-Kent which involve people who have gotten into trouble by using drugs and alcohol. Many people are then surprised to learn that it is someone they know, or a friend of a friend. Those are the lucky ones, however, because drugs and alcohol also often lead to tragedy. As frightening as rehabilitation may seem, it is far more frightening to think about death as a result of drug and/or alcohol abuse.
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The drug challenge for school kids in Canada today appears to be, not so much shady dealers in cocaine, or pushers of heroin hovering around the schoolyard, but the alcohol and drugs to be found in the family home, and the all pervasive “soft” drug marijuana. The facts about drugs in schools is that most drugs sold and exchanged in schools are sourced from family and friends, medical drugs that are widely used and prescribed, and to be found in the family home.
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A mother who interrogates her teen doesn’t “hate” them, as the teen may suspect, but rather, loves them enough to care. A mother who often discusses the dangers of drinking and/or doing drugs isn’t nagging, but rather, loving you enough to constantly remind you of the dangers.
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