Survey: Tobacco, alcohol and drug usage down among Erie County students

Survey: Tobacco, alcohol and drug usage down among Erie County students
Erie County adolescents are drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes and taking most illegal drugs less often than they were two years ago, according to a youth survey being released today.
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Children suffer from domestic violence, even if they are not the intended targets
Mental Health America Roanoke Valley offers help for those “forgotten victims” of domestic abuse. October is domestic violence awareness month. W e hear stories all the time about physical and emotional abuse within marriages, and sometime the outcome of that is deadly. However, t he situation is much worse when children are involved. And they don’t have to be on the receiving end of the abuse …
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Michael Nagler: How and why we should say no to war
Following reports that U.S. soldiers killed and dismembered Afghan civilians, evidently for sport, one story said, “Army officials have not disclosed a motive” for the outrage. Let me try.
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