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Friday September 3rd 2010

Posts Tagged ‘drug use’

Youth Drug Use to Climb Soon?

I was in the field of drug and alcohol prevention and still have some connection to it through my current work, and this makes absolutely perfect sense, based on what we know about attitudes and behavior. Attitudes about a drug have a direct impact on its use. If people think society as a whole doesn't have a problem with a particular activity, [...]

Not particularly newsworthy…

The fact that 2% of the Alabama National Guard has tested positive for drugs so far, in a program that has tested about half of those in service is not really news. The article indicates this is "slightly higher" than the 1.5% average for all active military...I wouldn't think there is a statistically significant difference. It's always nice [...]