Around South Florida With Elgin Jones 12-27-12

Around South Florida with Elgin Jones 12-27-12

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

Lantana police arrested DeJean Myrtil, 27, of Greenacres and charged him with having sex with a teenage student at South Tech Academy, a Boynton Beach charter school where he is a deanís assistant. Carrie Smith, 51, is shot and killed while standing on …
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Is your teen a substance abuser?

Filed under: drug abuse help for teens

The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, under a grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Since 1975, the survey has measured drug, alcohol, and cigarette use and related attitudes among teens. The 2012 …
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Attorney general pushing for millions from other agencies

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The move would end funding for school alcohol abuse programs, reduce money for prison guard training, shrink grants to help keep kids out of gangs and cut training budgets for attorneys who represent poor defendants. … Patrick Gasper, spokesman for …
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Predicting who is at risk for violence isn't easy, but experts say there are …

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Still, a combination of risk factors in troubled kids or adults including drug use and easy access to guns can increase the likelihood of violence, experts say. But warning signs "only become crystal clear in the aftermath, said James Alan Fox …
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