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Delray Recovery Center Releases Alcohol Addiction in The US Facts Infographic

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Half of the high school seniors in the U.S. reported drinking alcohol within the last 30 days. Binge drinking, which is defined as drinking five drinks in a row, was reported by 11 percent of eighth graders, 22 percent of 10th graders and 27 percent of …
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Trenton Health Team awarded .2M to help improve substance abuse treatment

Filed under: alcohol addiction

Patients with severe patterns of drug and alcohol abuse will be referred to treatment centers, while patients at risk of developing problems will undergo voluntary counseling at the clinics, Alli said. “The focus of this, though there is a treatment …
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Children of deployed military personnel report more alcohol, drug use

Filed under: alcohol addiction

Previous studies have found that with a parent's multiple deployments come higher levels of depression and more thoughts of suicide among children. But the new study is the first to focus on alcohol and drug use, senior author Stephan Arndt told …
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