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Alcohol Sales In Scotland At An All-Time High, This Is Bad News For The NHS, Warns BMA

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Following reports by Health Scotland that alcohol sales in the country had reached an all-time high, surpassing England and Wales in volume sales, tough action to deal with the cost of alcohol in Scotland was called for yesterday by doctors leaders…

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Reuters Examines How Russia’s ‘Drug Problem’ Has ‘Become An AIDS Problem’

Friday, January 28, 2011

Reuters, in a piece exploring the issue of heroin use in Russia describes how the country’s “drug problem has now become an AIDS problem.” Despite having what Reuters refers to as “one of the world’s biggest heroin problems, with up to three million addicts according to local non-governmental organizations …

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Electronic Cigarette Maker Agrees to Stop Marketing to Minors

Friday, October 29, 2010

Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr

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Nurses Increasingly Target Of Violence; Texas Nurse Case Settled

Thursday, August 12, 2010

The Associated Press: “Violence against nurses and other medical professionals appears to be increasing around the country as the number of drug addicts, alcoholics and psychiatric patients showing up at emergency rooms climbs. Nurses have responded, in part, by seeking tougher criminal penalties for assaults against health care workers. …

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Also In Global Health News: Ill Russian Prisoners; Afghan Drug Users Risk Awareness; China’s AIDS Activists Face Pressure; Foreign Aid Documentary;

Thursday, July 15, 2010

More Than Half Of Russian Prisoners Ill, Many With HIV, TB “Almost half of inmates in Russia’s notorious prison system are ill, many infected with HIV or with tuberculosis, the country’s Federal Prison Service said late Tuesday,” Reuters reports. Out of 846,000 prisoners, 55,000 are infected with HIV and 40,000 inmates have tuberculosis, the article states…

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AAPCC Members Warn Of Danger Of Contaminated Cocaine

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Toxicologists across the country are sounding the alarm about a contaminant increasingly found in cocaine that is impairing cocaine users’ immune systems, subjecting them to various infections and, in some cases, causing death. The U.S.

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More Town Hall Meetings Than Ever Being Held Across America To Address The Dangers Of Underage Drinking

Friday, April 2, 2010

In recognition of Alcohol Awareness Month in April, communities throughout the nation are conducting town hall meetings to discuss what can be done to prevent and reduce underage drinking. This year more than 1,700 community-based organizations will conduct town hall meetings across the country up from 1,500 in 2008, the last time this national event took place…

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