Tag Archives: Alcohol Poisoning

Alcohol-free tailgate at University of Texas unites Austin’s sober community toward recovery

Oct 23, 2017 – The Daily Texan — Saturday was not Miriam Rivero’s first UT tailgate, but it was the first where she felt comfortable as a student in recovery from addiction.  Rivero attended an alcohol-free tailgate, hosted by sober fraternity Alpha 180 and the Recovery First Tailgaters, to celebrate … Continue to full story .......

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New DEA website launched to target gateway drug abuse in colleges

July 19, 2017 — Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life addiction.

The website — campusdrugprevention.gov — was created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reduce the amount of substance experimentation

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For Public Health, Is Alcohol the Next Tobacco? Alcohol is bigger than opioids, although we’re focusing on opioids

alcoholtobaccoNov. 18, 2016 — USNEWS.com — The U.S. Surgeon General’s office has issued the agency’s first-ever report on addiction, which includes proposals for restricting alcohol access that critics say go too far and could end up targeting usage among even casual drinkers.

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