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KCCAT Midcoast Substance Abuse Counseling
What to do when your parents drink
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By MSAC Staff
(Mar 12):
One in four youth under age 18 lives in a family where a person abuses alcohol or suffers from alcoholism.
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Weight loss challenge benefits all concered
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By Midcoast Substance Abuse Staff
(Feb 28):
The Penobscot Bay YMCA is looking for individuals to shed some weight, and is asking community members to take up the challenge.
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MSAC to Help Distribute
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By MSAC staff
(Feb 18):
The
Maine Office of Substance Abuse (OSA) recently announced that the
results of two major surveys reveal a huge gap between reported teenage
alcohol use in Maine, and Maine parents� perceptions of underage
drinking in their own homes. While more than 98% of the Maine parents
believe that their teen had not been drinking alcohol within the month
prior to the survey, 41% of the Maine teens reported that they had
consumed alcohol within the same period prior to the survey.
Statistically speaking, 36% of Maine parents surveyed � more than 1/3 -
may be wrong about the extent of alcohol used by their teens. In
addition the survey indicated that more than two-thirds of parents may
be overconfident in their ability to find out if their teens are
drinking.
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