PRINTABLE PAGE Lethal Cocktail: the Tragedy and the Aftermath of GHB Originally published in The Detroit News, December, 1999Part 2 of 2 Judi Clark, Samantha’s mother, uses her daughter’s death to show others the evils of GHB. Silent now, Samantha…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Lethal Cocktail: The Tragedy and the Aftermath of GHB Originally published in The Detroit News, December, 1999Part 1 of 2 The streets were alive with teen-agers looking for a Saturday night hangout. As usual, they complained there was…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Study: 1,400 Students Killed In Alcohol Related Accidents By Ken GuggenheimOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 9, 2002 WASHINGTON (AP) — A study showing 1,400 college students are killed each year in alcohol-related accidents should change the…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Welfare Ban for Drug Felons Harms Children, Study Says Poverty: A federal law that bars aid in such cases affects 37,825 women in California, 40% of national total. By Greg Krikorian, Times Staff WriterOriginally published in the Los…
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PRINTABLE PAGE House of Death By John Reinan, HealthScoutNews ReporterOriginally published by HealthScoutNews, July 8, 2001 SATURDAY, July 7 (HealthScoutNews) — In hindsight, the sock was a clue. Laurie Bowden knows that now. But 11 years ago, when she found…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Hazelden Closing Speaks to Dilemma in Youth Treatment Originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(24):1, 5-6, 2002 Introduction This month’s announcement that the nationally renowned Hazelden Foundation will discontinue its adolescent outpatient recovery services in and…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Long-Term Alcohol Abstinence Reverses Some Brain Structural Changes Originally published in Reuters Health, November 19, 2001 WESTPORT, CT — Long-term abstinence from alcohol reverses some of the structural changes in the brain associated with heavy consumption, according to…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Use Of ‘Date Rape’ Drug Surges By Donna LeinwandOriginally published in USA TODAY, January 28, 2002 GHB, the highly addictive “date rape” drug outlawed by Congress two years ago, is becoming increasingly popular on college campuses and at…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Continues to Be A Major Public Health Concern Originally published by Reuters Health, May 23, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Many US children continue to be born with birth defects and developmental disabilities associated…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Researchers Find Clues Linking Child Abuse to Addiction Originally published in Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly 14(2), 2002 A five-year study conducted by researchers at McLean Hospital in Belmont, Mass., is providing a better understanding of the link…