Oct 26, 2017 – KSAT – San Antonio is on the way to joining 13 other large cities and five states around the nation that ban tobacco sales to people under 21 years of age. Results from an online survey conducted by San Antonio Metro Health show that 77
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Alcohol-free tailgate at University of Texas unites Austin’s sober community toward recovery
Oct 23, 2017 – The Daily Texan — Saturday was not Miriam Rivero’s first UT tailgate, but it was the first where she felt comfortable as a student in recovery from addiction. Rivero attended an alcohol-free tailgate, hosted by sober fraternity Alpha 180 and the Recovery First Tailgaters, to celebrate … Continue to full story .......
San Antonio hopes to ban tobacco sales to those under 21 and, join other cities and states who have raised age to 21
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The opioid epidemic may be even deadlier than we think; it already kills more than guns or cars
April 26, 2017 — The opioid epidemic has led to the deadliest drug crisis in US history — deadlier than the crack epidemic of the 1980s and 1990s. Drug overdoses now cause more deaths than gun violence and car crashes. They even caused more deaths in 2015 than HIV/AIDS did … Continue to full story .......
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Collegian abuse of Adderall rises 67 percent
Feb. 29, 2016–The DailyItem.Com — More and more, college students hope to focus better on studying by taking a drug used to treat attention deficit disorder. But the drug, a stimulant called Adderall, is addictive, and some professionals suggest it can lead to use of harder drugs. Dr. Margaret Jarvis,
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