Suffolk: Children aged 12 treated for alcohol abuse
CHILDREN as young as 12 have needed specialist treatment for alcohol problems in Suffolk, new figures reveal. Comments; Email; Print. To send a link to this page to a friend, you must be logged in. The statistics, for the last three years, show 355 …
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Alcohol treatment surges in south-east region
The number of people being treated for alcohol and cannabis abuse has surged in the south-east, figures show. By Cormac O'Keeffe. Abuse of benzodiaze-pines — legal tranquillisers — has risen, while heroin treatment numbers have dropped after several …
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Md. lawmaker claims marriage votes spurred alcohol abuse
A Maryland lawmaker told a local newspaper last week that legislators who voted for the state's same-sex marriage bill contributed to his alcohol abuse. Delegate Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel County) told the Maryland Gazette in an interview the newspaper …
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