Suffolk: Children Aged 12 Treated for Alcohol Abuse

Published January 7, 2013

Suffolk: Children aged 12 treated for alcohol abuse

Filed under: drug treatment program statistics

The statistics, for the last three years, show 355 children were given specialist care because of concerns over their drinking. But the figures, released by Suffolk PCT following a … There were 130 youngsters seen in 2009/10 – when at least one child …
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Young adult suicide numbers concerning

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In a report in Addiction Treatment Magazine, the Centers for disease Control and Prevention (CDC), states that more than 33,000 people commit suicide every year in the United States. Put in the context of time, this means that one suicide … The …
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Pilot suspended after failing breath alcohol test at Twin Cities airport

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… accident or return from alcohol rehabilitation. Some are selected for random tests. More than 10,000 pilots are tested each year and about a dozen flunk the alcohol part — a number that has remained mostly steady for more than a decade, according …
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Latent TB patients ineligible for meds

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ONE-THIRD of patients diagnosed with latent tuberculosis in the last two years were not eligible for drug treatment after doctors decided the medication would do more harm than good. Winnipeg Regional Health Authority statistics show 125 out of the 392 …
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