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HopeNetworks encourages you to get involved!
Contact Louisiana
Alliance to Prevent Underage Drinking.
The single drug linked to the
largest percentage of state costs is alcohol. We were able to identify
$9.2 billion in state spending linked to only to alcoholCASA-Shoveling Up the Costs Substance Abuse.
Kids at risk, and the dangers of drinking-
Researchers find three chromosomal
areas with links to alcoholism vulnerability
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Alcohol
and Youth, A national crisis......
The
development of alcohol use problems, including
alcoholism, is influenced by multiple genes (i.e.,
what we inherit), the environment (i.e., where and how
we live), and interactions between the two.
NIAAA Alcohol Alert NO.48, 7/2000
A Louisiana
Nightmare.
Promoting Sex and Alcohol--What does
this really say? Well, for one 17year old who
appeared in the "Girls Gone Wild" video-It says
"Lawsuit"!
More
Recovery
Issues for those with a family history, personal hi story
of alcoholism and addiction.
Cheap
beer, what does that have to do with America's number
one public health problem?
Family
History and Intense exposure to risks in the
environment are toxic for some!


NEW
Landmark report and call for action by the NAS on
Alcohol Risks to Youth overview here
10/15---LSU
Student dies Alcohol Poisoning-Outraged members in the state of Louisiana say "Stop Alcohol from Killing our kids!!"
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