Moss Point Students Celebrate First DARE Graduation
Moss Point students celebrate first DARE graduation
MOSS POINT — Fifth-grade students at Moss Point Escatawpa Upper Elementary celebrated their completion of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program with a graduation ceremony Thursday. About 150 students took the 10-week D.A.R.E. program, …
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Kids DARE to stay drug free
The D.A.R.E. program (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) is a nationwide substance abuse prevention education program that was first launched in 1983 in Los Angeles. Seabrook adopted the program in 1988, and Seabrook School District Resource Officer …
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Kid Cudi Takes Flight
Kid Cudi takes flight
Reggie Allen. Rapper/ actor Kid Cudi continues to showcase his creativity by releasing a surprise album called “Satellite Flight: The Journey to Mother Moon.” The 10 song album displays … Early in his career Cudi labeled himself as “the lonely stoner …
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A Popular Rapper Was Asked What Advice He Would Give to His Colleagues …
Appearing on “The Arsenio Hall Show” last week, Grammy-nominated rapper Kid Cudi offered some really great advice for the rap industry — advice that many people hope the industry will take to heart. “I think the braggadocio, money, cash, hoes thing …
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Perscription Drug Addiction?
Question by Mark O: Perscription Drug Addiction?
How do you tell if someone has a prescription drug addiction? Is it similar to an illegal drug addiction? I have a loved one who I am very concerned about. They take prescription drugs for medical purposes. But they affect them the same way that illegal drugs affect others. They take 35 every day. They are a nurse. They can give a medical justification for every one of them. But the way they react at different times makes me wonder. Their emotions go up and down. They have the same reactions as a drug addict. Can someone give some advice on helping my loved one.
Author of New Book on Rise, Fall of the Band to Appear in Fitchburg
Author of new book on rise, fall of The Band to appear in Fitchburg
"It's a group that paid a lot of dues and created and set the tone and the influence for all the music that's come since, but their story is ultimately a very sad story," which includes greed, suicide, drugs and alcoholism, Harris said. Harris said he …
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Kurt Cobain's ghost still haunts fans 20 years after his suicide
The 1991 album Nevermind is regarded by many as the single greatest grunge album ever recorded, packed with hit songs that would become the soundtrack to the lives of so many. The song Smells Like Teen Spirit, which headed the album, became a …
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Many Have Roles to Play in Preventing Prescription Pain Pill Abuse
Many have roles to play in preventing prescription pain pill abuse
When police arrived, a neighbor, who allegedly witnessed the event, asked to remain anonymous, and the man who had his pills stolen would not let police photograph the residence, according to the report. Fealty estimated that stolen medication, which …
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Experts discuss addiction recovery in Naples
"The Anonymous People" — which features recovering addicts Kristen Johnston, an actress best known for her role on "3rd Rock from the Sun," former NBA player Chris Herren and former Miss USA Tara Conner — discusses the failings of a system that often …
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Measuring the Scourge of Hard-Drug Use
Measuring the scourge of hard-drug use
Other estimates, for example, the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, which relies on surveys in which those surveyed may be less than honest, fall far short of ADAM's objective, test-based accuracy. As a case in point, Kilmer and Caulkins point …
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Evolutionary distinctness could be criterion in ranking threatened species
For example, in the spring, dozens of types of warblers make their way north and pass through Boston. There are so many closely related warblers, Reed said, that saving a single species would be … In laboratory studies and in the real world, people …
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