Shake, rattle and roll at Eastport A Rockin’
Bonnaroo in Manchester, Tenn., and Lollapalooza, now in Chicago, are rock concert Meccas, as was the iconic 1967 Monterey Pop Festival and the three soggy days of Woodstock in 1969.

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Corbett lauds treatment centers at event
LAUREL RUN – At the dedication of Clearbrook’s new drug and alcohol treatment facility on Monday, state Attorney General Tom Corbett stressed the importance of rehabilitation in the war on drugs.

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Valley treatment facility closing
A Wabash Valley residential facility to treat drug and alcohol addictions will be closing its doors.

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Turtle Bay Cafe offers drug, alcohol addicts help with recovery
On Thursday morning, the Turtle Bay Cafe’s staff was alive with enthusiasm and the hope the community would come out to support the cafe’s grand opening.

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Gillard won’t play religion card
Prime Minister Julia Gillard says she has no intention of pretending to believe in God to attract religiously-inclined voters.

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Board votes against King
Renovating elementary school would cost $3 million more than constructing a replacement

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Clearbrook to dedicate treatment center in Laurel Run
Treatment center marks expansionWILKES-BARRE – Clearbrook Inc. will dedicate a new adult-care center for treatment of drug and alcohol addiction today in Laurel Run.The 26,000-square-foot building cost about $4.75 million, has 67 beds and can treat up

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Fighting the ticket
West Vancouver Police Department Const. James Bartlett, who made among the highest number of arrests for drunk driving last year, will lose one day off a week for most of the year in order to attend court as a witness in his cases.

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Wine Connoisseur Denies Alcoholism Until Love Enters His Life
Jack Summers denied he had a drinking problem—he was simply a wine connoisseur. He could not see that his lifestyle was in a downward spiral until he fell in love with another wine lover who shared his many interests—and his addiction.

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Prominent Kiwis call for drinking culture reform
Two former governors-general are among a group of prominent Kiwis calling on politicians to shake up New Zealand’s alcohol laws.

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Alcohol And Drugs ‘Stifle Artistic Creativity’
The idea that alcohol and drugs can stimulate artists, writers and musicians to create great works of art is a “dangerous myth” and can actually stifle creativity, a psychiatrist has said. Dr Iain Smith, a consultant in addiction psychiatry at Gartnavel Royal Hospital in Glasgow, was speaking at the International Congress of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in Edinburgh…

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New Zealand to ban prison smoking
New Zealand is to ban smoking in prisons from 1 July 2011, but critics say that the ban will make jails more dangerous.

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News Releases
Ottawa, Ontario – June 28, 2010 – With support from the Canadian Centre on Substance Abuse (CCSA), the University of Saskatchewan (U of S) and the National Native Addictions Partnership Foundation (NNAPF), YWCA Saskatoon Women of Distinction Awards were presented to Colleen Dell, Research Chair in Substance Abuse & Associate Professor at the U of S Department of Sociology & School of Public …

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Traffic deaths down across Wisconsin, but up in Brown County
Since the first fatal crash of 2010, at 7:40 a.m. on New Years Day, Brown County has been on pace to record the highest number of road deaths in recent memory. So far, 20 people have died.

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Theater events this week
PROFESSIONAL THEATERSARASOTA”BEEHIVE, THE ’60s MUSICAL”: A walk down memory lane for fans of

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Rocky River-based Community Challenge celebrates 25 years
Community Challenge is celebrating 25 years of working to keep kids and teens away from alcohol, tobacco and drugs. Started in 1985 by a group of concerned community members, the Rocky River-based organization is best known for programs throughout the West Shore that promote good parenting, family bonding and healthy choices such as monthly parenting workshops.

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Meth leaves physical, mental effects
The effects of using methamphetamine are highly addictive and dangerous, said Dr. John Colaluca of Palmetto Addiction Treatment and Recovery Center.

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The needle and the damage done
Drug abuse touches millions of people worldwide each year. The UN has reported that around 185 million globally over the age of 15 were consuming drugs by the end of 20thcentury. As in the case with …..

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Pause About Female Bishops in UK
*An amendment on women bishops put forward this week by the Archbishops of Canterbury and York has met with harsh criticism from those who feel there should be no compromise. The Archbishops propose allowing male bishops to oversee traditionalist parishes in an amendment to the draft Measure on women bishops to be debated at the [...]

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