Students Alerted to Drug Danger

Researchers study science and clinical treatment of FAS
It’s long been known that alcohol use in pregnancy can lead to children with mental retardation and birth defects, but researchers who study fetal alcohol syndrome have not made definitive progress on preventing the disorder, detecting it early, or effectively treating it, say researchers from Georgetown University Medical Center.

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Council, other officials support drug court
LAUREL — The Laurel City Council has passed a resolution in support of establishing a Jones County drug court. A group called Concerned Citizens for a Better Mississippi went to the Jones County Board of Supervisors in May, proposing a drug court here patterned after one in Walnut Grove.

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Students alerted to drug danger
Dealing with drugs is a lot more complicated than just saying no. That is what 240 Grade 6 students from Orillia and area learned during their Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program offered by the OPP.[…]

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