Angela Plassmann: Drugs Hurt My Family

Angela Plassmann: Drugs Hurt My Family – Northampton Ward 3 City Councilor Angela Plassmann tells the School Committee how drug abuse severely impacted her teenage daughter. She asks the city to do …

Sobering lack of progress seen on women and alcohol

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The 14-part series exposed the substance abuse risks faced by women and largely ignored or stigmatized by the public. … fats and tanning beds, and blissfully unaware of the harms associated with liquor,” she told an audience of nearly 50 policy …
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FAA to close 149 air traffic towers under cuts

Filed under: drug abuse warning network

Airport directors, pilots and others in the aviation sector have argued that stripping away an extra layer of safety during the most critical stages of flight will elevate risks and at the very least slow years of progress that made the U.S. aviation …
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DC Week: FDA Gives Drugs a Bad Week

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A bipartisan group of eight senators wrote the Government Accountability Office on Monday requesting it study the coordination between federal, state, local, and non-profit stakeholders on prescription drug abuse, and recommend ways to increase …
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