Drug Abuse: Illegal Drug Use Is Topic – Nashua Telegraph
Illegal drug use is topic – Nashua Telegraph
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Illegal drug use is topic
Nashua Telegraph Prescription pills like oxycontin and Percocet are becoming a drug of choice for more young people and are killing drug addicts in New Hampshire. Opioid addiction is widely recognized as one of the biggest challenges now facing health and treatment … |
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Drug use `7 times higher` among gays – Zee News
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Drug use `7 times higher` among gays
Zee News Feelings of “rejection” and “fear” as well as “shame around sex” could be factors leading to substance abuse, said David Stuart, education, training and outreach manager at London Friend, the UK's only targeted LGBT drug and alcohol service. He added … |
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PTSD, substance abuse link – Eastern Echo
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PTSD, substance abuse link
Eastern Echo Results from a recent study conducted by the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System and the University of Michigan Health System suggest young veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder and substance abuse are at a greater risk of an … |
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Honoring the Dallas Mavericks on their 2011 NBA Championship Win (2012)
thefilmarchive.org January 9, 2012 The Dallas Mavericks (often referred to as the Mavs) are a professional basketball team based in Dallas, Texas. They are members of the Southwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Basketball Association (NBA). According to a 2012 Forbes Magazine report, they are the fourth-most valuable basketball franchise in the United States, valued at approximately 7 million; the franchise is surpassed in value only by the New York Knicks, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls. Since their inaugural 1980–81 season, the Mavericks have won three division titles (1987, 2007, 2010), two conference championships (2006, 2011), and one NBA Championship (2011). For much of the 1980s, the Mavericks boasted a very good team in the highly competitive Western Conference. Led by Mark Aguirre, original draft pick Brad Davis, Rolando Blackman, Derek Harper, Sam Perkins and Detlef Schrempf, the Mavericks made the playoffs six of seven times from 1983 to 90, winning the Midwest Division in 1986–87 and reaching the Western Conference Finals in 1988. However, they never made it deeper in the playoffs, due to the dominance of the Los Angeles Lakers at the time. The 1990s were known as the Mavs’ “dark ages”. They never reached the playoffs from 1991 through 2000, bottoming out with an 11–71 record in 1992–93 and a 13–69 mark in 1993–94. Much of their freefall was blamed for various off-court and on-court distractions, particularly Roy …