December 2019

Smashed describes the experiences of a young woman who spent much of her youth in an alcoholic stupor. As a result, her continuing and completely out-of-control behaviors… Read More »Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood

Few calls inspire more dismay in public servants than a domestic. There is the unpredictability – emotions are running high, and drugs and alcohol can… Read More »Community Policing and Domestic Violence

Concern about the accountability of local police in the United States has been around for quite some time. Progressive reformers of the early 1900s focused… Read More »The Case for Community Policing

An average of 975 beer cans and bottles are tossed per mile of road annually in the US. The national ratio of beer cans to… Read More »Teenagers, Beer, and Beer Cans

Parents often underestimate how early teen drinking starts, the amount of alcohol teens drink and the risks involved. But teen drinking isn’t inevitable. You can encourage your… Read More »Teen drinking: Talking to your teen about alcohol

For the first time, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Centre have demonstrated that it is possible to successfully recruit and retain a large number… Read More »Teen Smoking Trial Achievements

  The children responded quickly after the village board, including its lone smoker, voted to levy $25 fines on minors caught with a cigarette.  In the… Read More »Fines Curb Teenage Smoking

After several years of increase, illicit drug use among adolescents may be stabilizing. A University of Michigan survey released in December shows that while a growing… Read More »Teens And Substance Abuse

Adolescents often times do not understand the dangers when they begin drinking alcohol. When adolescents begin drinking in their teen years they are putting themselves in danger for developing alcoholism than… Read More »Dangers of Alcohol and Adolescents | Adolescents Alcohol DangersAshcreek Ranch Academy