Medical
Marijuana: Should getting high be legal?
By TYLER MORRISON
and MELANIE GOSS
The legalization of marijuana has been a source of social
and political conflict in the U.S. for decades.
Consequences
of alcohol abuse can leave a community with a collective hangover
By
KRISTINA COURTNAGE
Like a drop of water ripples the surface
of a pond, the effects of using drugs and alcohol are not limited to the
user. When a person chooses to drink or use drugs, it has an effect on
the friends, family, and community surrounding that person.
Not quite
Bugs Bunny: Alcohol slogans among the most familiar to children and teens
By AMIEE SLOBODEN
and HEATHER SHUTE
During the 1995 Super Bowl, three animated frogs were
introduced on television, croaking in sequence “Bud,” “wei”
and “ser.”
The World Health Organization reported that a year later, children aged
9 to 11 were almost as familiar with the now-named Budweiser frogs as
they were with Bugs Bunny. And more familiar with what the three frogs
croaked than they were with the slogans of Smokey the Bear and Kellogg’s
Frosted Flakes’ Tony the Tiger
Alcoholics
emerging at younger and younger ages
By
CHRISTINA FREDERICK
One in three people, or 14 million Americans, have an
alcohol abuse problem or are alcoholic, according to the Web site College
Drinking: Changing the Culture by the U.S. Department of Health and Human
Services (www.collegedrinkingprevention.gov). This means that 53 percent
of Americans know someone who is alcoholic or –has an alcoholic
family member.
Effectiveness
of D.A.R.E. program questioned, despite notoriety
By MEGAN FREILING and HEATHER
SHUTE
Some consider Drug Abuse Resistance Education successful, boasting
presence in 80 percent of school districts nationwide and $700 million
in federal aid.
D.A.R.E.: Progressive
curriculum addresses changing pressures children face
By
MEGAN FRIELING and HEATHER SHUTE
Ask a high school student what she should do when
offered drugs and her response will resemble the teachings on D.A.R.E.
within the kindergarten through 12th grade educational system.
Drugs
used to treat common ailments often abused
By LEAH ANDERSON
Stimulant drugs are generally used as treatment for obesity,
narcolepsy and attention deficit disorder. Students around the country,
however, are also abusing these same drugs.
Addictions
By LEAH ANDERSON
The generally accepted view of addiction has shifted slightly during the
past 20 years, which means that some drugs once considered non-addictive
are now considered to be addictive.
Beer can be good
for you
By HAZEN HYLAND
Moderate alcohol in the blood stream keeps blood thin and helps raise
the level of "good" cholesterol, warding off clots that can
cause heart attacks.
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