Marathon County AOD Partnership Council
Whitney Houston & Alcohol’s Toll
(from Frank Bruni, New York Times – Feb 19, 2012) “CRACK is wack.” Remember that phrase? I heard many people repeat it last week as they appraised the waste of Whitney Houston’s later years and flashed back to her 2002…
Read MoreMedication Abuse Mini-Forum – A Success!
At the last full Council meeting over 50 people gathered to discuss the issue of medication abuse in our community. This was the first step to moving forward to combat this national epidemic closer to home. Feb 7th Council…
Read MoreWisconsin Leads the Nation in Drinking and Driving
US adults drank too much and got behind the wheel about 112 million times in 2010. Though episodes of driving after drinking too much (“drinking and driving”) have gone down by 30% during the past 5 years, it remains…
Read More38 Million American Adults are Binge Drinkers, CDC Says
Wisconsin Leads the Nation at 25.6% of the Population New estimates show that binge drinking* is a bigger problem than previously thought. More than 38 million US adults binge drink, about 4 times a month, and the largest number of…
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