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Archives
Monthly Archives: July 2010
Two crises and one solution: How alcohol tax increases can help save state budgets and reduce underage drinking
“Schools, city stare into abyss” screams a headline in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the hundreds of millions of dollars in budget shortfalls foreseen in the next few years. “Schwarzenegger declares California fiscal emergency” yells Reuters. But the … Continue reading
Floatopia: When alcohol and water don’t mix
You don’t have to be an expert to know that water and alcohol don’t mix, not when you’re swimming in the former and drinking the latter. So when I hear about Floatopias – throngs of people on rafts … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Binge drinking, Prevention, Substance abuse
Tagged alcohol, alcohol abuse, college drinking, drowning, floatopia
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Big Tobacco’s unrelenting campaign against our children
Yes, Big Tobacco is still trying to get your children to smoke cigarettes, even though laws enjoin them to stop. How can they help it? They’ve got to replace all those smokers who quit or die. When you … Continue reading
Marijuana vs. Alcohol: A made-up story brought to you by the MJ lobby
One of the craziest arguments from the marijuana lobby is that young people should smoke marijuana because it’s less dangerous than alcohol. We were recently subjected to the strange spectacle of a group of mothers in Colorado pushing … Continue reading
Green buildings full of smoke
If it’s a “green” building, shouldn’t it – by definition – be smoke-free? Green buildings are not just about reducing the carbon footprint. Green standards for building are promulgated by the International Code Council, which states as its … Continue reading
Underage drinking parties on wheels
One weekend night, police in Pacific Beach in San Diego came upon a party bus with drunken teenagers spilling out and falling down on the pavement. The police boarded the bus and found more alcohol than at a … Continue reading
Posted in Alcohol, Alcohol abuse, Binge drinking, Prevention, Substance abuse, Underage drinking
Tagged alcohol, DUI, intoxication, limo, minors, party bus, underage drinking, youth alcohol, youth drinking
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Poor children deserve better than second-hand smoke
Tobacco and poverty go hand-in-hand the world round, and one of the main reasons is that tobacco causes so much sickness and disease that sap families’ ability to work and succeed. Plus, tobacco is expensive, but the addict … Continue reading
Do we really want a stoned workforce?
A friend is having work done on his house, and the electrician and the carpenter were fine, but the tile guy, although very skilled, didn’t keep his appointments, never did exactly what he said he would do, left … Continue reading
Posted in Drug abuse, Marijuana, Marijuana legalization, Medical marijuana, Prevention, Substance abuse
Tagged marijuana, productivity, workforce
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Ballplayers and MLB: Addicts and enablers
Congress is pushing Major League Baseball and the Major League Baseball Players Association to ban smokeless tobacco, which already has been banned at all other levels of America’s Favorite Pastime. Most baseball fans would concur, not for health … Continue reading
Posted in Big Tobacco, Prevention, Smokeless tobacco, Substance abuse, Tobacco
Tagged baseball, cancer, chewing tobacco, MLB, smokeless tobacco
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Changing the way we think about underage drinking parties
Not too long ago, a lot of parents thought that allowing your kids and their friends to drink at your home was a good thing, because it prevented them from drinking elsewhere and from drinking and driving. The … Continue reading
