Beaufort, South Carolina Treatment Centers

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Beaufort, SC 29902

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Don’t be a Christmas boozer loser warning

Drinkers in Leeds are being urged to examine how much booze they are knocking back over Christmas. Giant touch-screens have been erected at Leeds railway station to help people work out their alcohol consumption – and compare West Yorkshire’s drinking levels with the national average. Screens have also been put up in London, Glasgow and….

Getting prescription drugs on the Internet is kid stuff

Ohio teen started Valium at age 11; new law may help With his homework in his hand, the kid would hop off the bus, walk half a block home and grab the mail. “I’ve got stuff to do,” he’d tell the baby sitter as he closed the door to his room and ripped open the….

Alcoholism remains a taboo issue

He seems to have it all. A tenured university professor in the Kansai region, fluent in English and partially conversant in Chinese, he is consulted by senior local business leaders seeking advice on doing business in the United States and Europe and has served on local government committees promoting international exchanges. But the professor, who….

Binge Drinking Not Just a Rite of the Young

Older alcoholics tend to drink heavily more often than younger people, study finds. Older people who are problem drinkers consume more alcohol than their younger counterparts, a new report finds, possibly because they need more alcohol to achieve the same effect. According to a study released this month, people dependent on alcohol who are older….

Psychiatrists call for total ban on alcohol advertising

A GROUP of psychiatrists has called for a complete ban on all alcohol advertising and sponsorship in Ireland. Irish teenagers spent €145 million in 2006 on alcohol, more than the entire annual spend on illegal drugs, according to psychiatrist Dr Bobby Smyth from the Irish College of Psychiatrists, a representative body for Irish psychiatrists. Dr….