Did you drink when you were in college? Even if you didn’t attend college, did anyone ever offer you alcohol before you were 21? The challenge with many teens as they enter college is avoiding the things they shouldn’t do while trying to fit in and navigate college life. As you can imagine, it’s not…
Hello and Happy New Year! We hope your year is off to a great start. Looking back to 2013, we are blown away by how much we have been able to do to serve our community with alcohol and substance abuse services. In a few words, it’s nothing short of incredible. We have provided hundreds…
The 35 days between Thanksgiving and New Years is the busiest long-distance-travel period of the year. More drivers travel 50 miles or more away from their hometown during this holiday season than any other time of year. In the past few years, the number of drivers has increased as more and more people opt to…
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Ask any college student about the upcoming weekend’s plans, and most will say this: alcohol. Eighty percent of college students drink alcohol, spending at least $40 a month on it. This isn’t surprising — in America, $163 million was spent on alcohol in 2011, and the average consumption per person is two gallons of alcohol…