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• The Self-Serving Nature of Cook County Township Governments

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Its been a year since the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws (COGEL),the association of state and local government ethics professionals, metin Cook County, IL. But the day before COGEL meets in Scottdale, AZ,its time to take another look at one of Americas most unethicalcounties, which includes Chicago. This time ...
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• Cannabis and suicide: longitudinal study

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 145
  Cannabis and suicide: longitudinal study , The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009) 195: 492-497 Ceri Price Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK Tomas Hemmingsson, PhD Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden Glyn Lewis, PhD University of Bristol Stanley Zammit, PhD Cardiff ...
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• Drugmakers, FDA move to curb painkiller abuse (AP)

  
  Relevant News — Authority: 178
  AP - Pharmaceutical executives laid out plans Friday to prevent the misuse of prescription painkillers, under pressure from regulators trying to stop hundreds of fatal overdoses each year.
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• Cannabis and the risk of psychosis

  
  Lancashire Care Library and Information Service — Authority: 145
  High-potency cannabis and the risk of psychosis, The British Journal of Psychiatry (2009)195:488-491 Marta Di Forti, MD, MRCPsych, Craig Morgan, MSc, PhD, Paola Dazzan, MSc, PhD, MRCPsych, Carmine Pariante, MRCPsych, Valeria Mondelli, MD, PhD, Tiago Reis Marques, MD, Rowena Handley, BSc (Psychology), Sonija ...
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• The Home-Field Advantage Theory of Government Ethics

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  One way of describing government ethics is that it involves the use andabuse of the power that goes with government officials positions. Notall such abuses are covered, of course. This blog post looks at aninstance of serious abuse that is not covered by ethics laws. It involves a statelegislature and, especially, one ...
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• Ten Most Damaging Data Breaches of 2009

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Laton McCartney , Editor at CIOZone Every week for the past four years the San Diego-based Privacy Rights Clearing House (PRCH), an organization dedicated to empowering consumers and protecting privacy, has been chronicling data breaches on a weekly basis. These range from small, regional breaches, ...
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• MIT: Reality Mining Protects Your Identity

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 518
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Identity is a simple concept that has become a complex problem. It has become complex due to fraud. Fraud, motivated by money and the ease of obtaining credit and taking over an account. Because identity has yet to be effectively established, anyone can be you. ...
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• US: FL: St. Lucie County averaging 975 DUI cases per year

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2009/dec/03/st-lucie-county-averaging-975-dui-cases-per-02/?partner=yahoo_headlines By Elliott Jones DEBORAH SILVER deborah.silver@scripps.com “I love coming out here and arresting drunks,” said St. Lucie County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Pete Lamborghini, second from ...
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• UK: Topsy Ojos alcohol warning after scandals rocked rugby union

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/club/6721325/Topsy-Ojos-alcohol-warning-after-scandals-rocked-rugby-union.html By Gavin Mairs Topsy Ojo, one of the England players involved in the Auckland Four controversy in New Zealand in June last year, has warned professional rugby players to heed the ...
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• Scotland: Lib Dems want more help for binge drinkers

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://news.scotsman.com/politics/Lib-Dems-want-more-help.5880313.jp LIBERAL Democrats have called for more targeted support for people caught in the cycle of alcohol misuse after figures showed Lothian hospitals had the highest rate of repeat admissions for drink-related problems. In a parliamentary ...
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• Australia: Alcohol tops admissions for rehab

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://bigpondnews.com/articles/Health/2009/12/04/Alcohol_tops_admissions_for_rehab_401789.html Alcohol has outstripped illicit drugs as the number one reason for admissions at a major Aust rehab service. Alcohol has again outstripped illicit drugs such as heroin and ice as the number one reason for ...
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• Alcohol blamed for poor ARV adherence

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.mmegi.bw/index.php?sid=1&aid;=138&dir;=2009/December/Tuesday1 ISAAC PINIELO FRANCISTOWN: Poor adherence to antiretroviral (ARV) treatment came to the fore on World Aids Day commemorations last Saturday at the Monarch Kgotla. The commemorations came at a time of a high HIV prevalence ...
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• Head And Neck Cancer Survivors Who Use Alcohol And Cigarettes Have Increased Death Risk

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/172877.php Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patients future risk of death, according to published studies. Now, results of a new study show a similar effect among those who continued these habits ...
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• Climate change impacts global mental health- Experts

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 724
  Washington, December 04 (ANI): Climate change can have an adverse effect on global mental health, according to experts.Dr Lisa Page and Dr Louise Howard from the Institute of Psychiatry (IoP) at King’s College London climate change have claimed these effects will be felt most by those with pre-existing serious ...
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• Bias Is Not a Conflict

  
  CityEthics.org — Authority: 129
  Is it a conflict for a council member to be an officer of aneighborhood association? This issue arose recently in Tulsa, accordingto anarticle this week in the Tulsa World . read more
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• MPs club together for a drugs run

  
  Outside Left — Authority: 121
  This is the best excuse yet for a night out. MPs, led Labours Keith Vaz, are looking for the "best club" in London for cocaine use. Vaz and his colleagues on the House of Commons home affairs select committee will be getting down with the kidz as part of their inquiry into cocaine use. The club scene could ...
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• US: NY: Los Angeles Lakers forward Ron Artest tells Sporting News he used to drink hard alcohol during games

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2009/12/02/2009-12-02_artest.html BY MITCH ABRAMSON How/Getty Ron Artest of the Los Angeles Lakers tells Sporting News he used to down Hennessy at halftime. Ron Artest now has a perfectly acceptable reason to justify his erratic behavior. He was loaded. ...
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• US: DE: First DUI Victim’s Tree Update

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://ohs.delaware.gov/SFH_pr_2009/first_DUI_Victim_Tree_update.pdf 1 Killed and 10 Injured in DUI Crashes Dover – The holiday traffic season is not off to a good start. According to police reports, one person has been killed and ten were injured in alcohol-related crashes occurring since Thanksgiving ...
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• US: Effects of alcohol on the adolescent brain

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.westport-news.com/local/ci_13905558 By Karen Kovacs Dydzuhn Drinking alcohol at a young age, while the brain is still forming, causes cognitive and structural damage which could be irreversible. "Studies have proven that alcohol causes brain atrophy," said Dr. Nicole Gorman, a pediatrician at ...
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• US: Sales tax rollback, alcohol tax repeal move a step closer to ballot

  
  Fight Hangovers — Authority: 157
  Link: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2009/12/sales_tax_rollb.html With the deadline less than an hour away, activists pushing a sales tax rollback and the elimination of the new sales tax on alcohol appear to have submitted enough signatures to move the proposals one step closer to the November ...
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