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Professor: American Indians plagued by addiction

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About 18 percent of American Indian or Alaska Native adults need substance-abuse treatment, almost twice the national average, according to figures from the federal government. Deaths from alcoholism, diabetes, homicide and suicide are two to six times …
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Partnership Against Substance Abuse holds event Wednesday

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Exhibitor booths and speakers will answer questions about substance abuse, addiction, prevention, and treatment. This event is open to the community to empower people with information that could save a life. Note: Speakers and events are NOT …
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Pot lobby's talking points masking hidden dangers – AZCentral.com

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Three-fourths of all prison inmates are substance abusers, according to the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, and many smoke pot. But most of them got arrested for crimes they committed because they were drunk or …
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