WASHINGTON — Drug-resistant staph bacteria picked up in ordinary community settings are increasingly acquiring "superbug" powers and causing far more serious illnesses t...
WASHINGTON — Someone in your house have the sniffles? Watch out for the refrigerator door handle. The TV remote, too. A new study finds that cold sufferers often leave t...
• Marijuana can be smoked, eaten or brewed as a tea. It can be detected in your system for up to 3 weeks.
• Weekly users have double the risk of depression and are 3 tim...
Act 24 of 2003 amended Pennsylvania’s driving-under-the-influence laws. A major provision decreased the driving under the influence blood alcohol content from .10 percen...
Heroin’s purity is uncertain, increasing the risk of overdose.
• The drug, which is not found in nature, was created by scientists looking for a non-addictive substitute...
ALCOHOL + TEENS = ROAD DEATHS
In a study, 21% of young drivers 15 to 20 years old who were killed in crashes were DRUNK.
• People who begin drinking before the age of 15...
Lonely crystal teardrops
embrace this tainted face
as feelings of distortion
enter through emotions gate ...
Feelings only brought about
by an assortment of defeats
in m...
Drugs and alcohol are recurring themes in the daily operations of the courts in Butler County.
In the seven district judges’ courtrooms, cases are heard daily which eith...
My name is Sara. I’m 18 years old. I’m pregnant and in school in the 11th grade.
I was asked to write this by a wonderful person. I thought I couldn’t pa...
Energy drinks contain very high amounts of sugar and caffeine, which in high amounts can be dangerous.
• Studies have found the caffeine increases heart rate and blood...
