Drug Abuse: Drug Use ‘7 Times Higher’ Among Gays – Newstrack India
Drug use ‘7 times higher’ among gays – Newstrack India
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Drug use '7 times higher' among gays
Newstrack India London, September 23 (ANI): Gay people are seven times more likely to take illegal drugs than the general population, a new survey revealed. Conducted by the Lesbian and Gay Foundation (LGF) and the University of Central Lancashire, the poll also found … Drug use 'seven times higher' among gays |
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Learn the connection between youth tobacco use, peer pressure – Houma Courier
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Learn the connection between youth tobacco use, peer pressure
Houma Courier You might not like their music or the way they look, but if you let them make these relatively minor decisions, they are more likely to listen to you about the ones that really matter — like alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and abuse. During the … |
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Whitney Houston’s funeral a star-studded, music-filled farewell
The life of superstar Whitney Houston was celebrated Saturday in a traditional Baptist “homegoing” ceremony, filled with tears, laughter and inspirational music at her childhood church in Newark. For nearly four hours, Houston’s friends and family paid tribute to the 48-year-old singer, who died Feb. 11 in her Beverly Hills hotel room. Police have yet to give an official cause of death. “We are here today, hearts broken, but yet with God’s strength we celebrate the life of Whitney Houston,” the Rev. Joe A. Carter told about 1500 mourners at the New Hope Baptist Church, including luminaries Oprah Winfrey, Mary J. Blige, Jennifer Hudson and Jordin Sparks. Kevin Costner, Houston’s co-star in “The Bodyguard,” said she worried about being liked and being good enough. “Call it doubt, call it fear — I’ve had mine and I know the famous in the room have had theirs,” he said. “It was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble in the end.” Many directly addressed Houston’s daughter, Bobbi Kristina Brown, speaking of the singer’s love for her, as the 18-year-old clutched her grandmother Cissy Houston in the front row of the church. Her father, Bobby Brown, did not stay for the service, according to The Associated Press. In a statement put out by Brown’s representative, he explained: “My children and I were invited to the funeral of my ex-wife Whitney Houston. We were seated by security and then subsequently asked to move on three separate occasions …