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Dear Mark
My wife just told me about your web
page and I must say I'm impressed. I to have quit. Two years ago July 10 my
wife and I took a trip to the outer banks in North Carolina. This is a
longer story than I thought. Anyways this is my second family and I was about
to lose the most wonderful lady in the world because of drinking and smoking
pot. I have my own business and it was going to pot. So I had decided that
when we go away i would do it. I asked my wife to book us into no smoking
rooms because I also smoked 2 packs a day.
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Leonard
Pitts Jr. / Syndicated columnist
Huffing and puffing, anti-smokers go
too far
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I'll make
this as clear as I can.
I hate
smoking. Always have. It probably doesn't help that my
parents, both smokers, died of cancer but truth is, I was no
fan of the habit even before that. From the time I was a
small boy, I considered smoking the filthiest custom
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Alcohol and Smoking: Why They Go
Together
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A recent
study found that nicotine is especially rewarding in smokers in
recovery from alcoholism |
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It’s no
secret that "smokers drink and drinkers smoke." In fact, the
heaviest drinkers are also the heaviest smokers. According to
information provided by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, between 80 and 95 percent of alcoholics smoke cigarettes, a
rate that is three times higher than among the population as a
whole.
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TRAFFIC / **** (R)
BY ROGER EBERT
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O
ur laws against illegal drugs function as a price support
system for the criminal drug industry. They do not stop
drugs. Despite billions of dollars spent and a toll of
death, addiction, crime, corruption and lives wasted in
prison, it is possible today for anyone who wants drugs to
get them. "For someone my age," says a high
school student in the new film "Traffic,"
"it's a lot easier to get drugs than it is to get
alcohol."
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Illegal Drug Use
in U.S. Down, But Fight Not Over
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Illegal drug use
in the United States has dropped 50 percent in the last two
decades, but the war against drugs is not over because millions
of Americans still take illegal substances, White House drug
policy director Barry McCaffrey said on Thursday.
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Dr Steven R. Miller Ph.D
Alcohol
Treatment
programs
Treating alcoholism
can save tax money
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Treating
alcoholism saves tax dollars, according to the Division of Alcohol and
Substance Abuse in Washington state.
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A study this year
estimated the total economic costs of alcohol and illegal drugs at $2.54
billion.
But it found that
treatment cut medical costs from an average of $9,000 five years to
$3,500.
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Voices of Women who
Gamble in Ontario
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Do you play bingo,
slots, scratch tickets, casino or other games of chance?
We are seeking female
participants for a Provincial study on gambling.
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Cigarettes
Get More Leading Roles in Hollywood Films
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Lights,
camera, cigarette--action? Despite the onslaught of
anti-smoking ads since the tobacco settlement of 1997, a new
study shows that cigarette use in Hollywood blockbusters
such as Men in Black and My Best Friend's Wedding are on the
rise. |
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Hollywood
Stars Seen Encouraging Youngsters to Smoke
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Hollywood
stars who smoke in films encourage young fans to do the
same, according to a new U.S. study published on Friday. |
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And despite a
ban on tobacco companies paying film-makers to place their
products in the movies, there is no sign that the practice
is becoming less common, according to the research published
in the British medical journal, The Lancet. |
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Prohibition
Fever
A
legacy project for the W. era.
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What
do guns, drugs, and alcohol have in common? They are all
highly portable, highly prized by many people, despised by
others, and can be abused. Each has been the object of
societal sanctions. As we head into the new millennium, with
a new president who promises to reduce the unintended harms
caused by government, it is time for America to recognize
some lessons about prohibition.
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America
wavers on get-tough drug sentences
America's war
on drugs is facing a new front line - and it's not in
Colombia or Mexico. It's here at home, in the hearts and
minds of an increasing number of Americans who think the
"war" has gone horribly wrong.
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Toxicology
report shows RCMP officer died of overdose
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COURTENAY. B.C. - RCMP
on Vancouver Island are reeling from the news that the region's
drug awareness officer died of an overdose.
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Scandal!
They Haven't
Tested Ritalin on the Children It's Prescribed For!
Scandal!
They're Going to
Test Ritalin on the Children!
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Steven Hyman,
director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in
Rockville, asks, "How can we tolerate a situation in which
drugs are prescribed to an increasing number of preschoolers
without safety and efficacy data?"
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Childhood
obesity soars in UK
More children are
getting overweight
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The proportion of
children classed as overweight or obese rocketed between the
mid-80s and mid-90s, a study has found.
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Marilyn Manson says we're all stars in the Dope Show. But even if that's true, Marilyn's only the latest in a long line of performers to cash in by pushing drug imagery--pro, con, and indifferent. (What, exactly, does being a star in the Dope Show mean, anyway?) Match drug lyrics and performers in Do It Now's music trivia game, Name Dope Tunes! | Today's Thought
Sunday,
January 7, 2001
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