New Scheme Will Help Get Drugs Off Our Streets – Poots

Published June 22, 2013

New scheme will help get drugs off our streets – Poots

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

Welcoming the scheme, which has seen the disposal of 450 items during the first three weeks of operation, Health Minister Edwin Poots said: “Substance misuse, whether it is alcohol, illegal drugs, the misuse of prescription drugs, or these new …
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Hot topic: drug tests at work

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

We adopt a zero-tolerance approach to drugs and alcohol, whereby anyone at work with a quantity of alcohol or a specific listed drug in their system would be committing an offence, sent home and subjected to disciplinary action up to and including …
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Drug Abuse 'Enemy of Freedom' – Zuma

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

Drug and alcohol abuse are the enemies of South Africa's freedom and democracy, President Jacob Zuma told young people gathered in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal for national Youth Day celebrations on Sunday. "Alcohol and drug abuse in particular are …
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Head of Saratoga County alcohol/substance abuse program steps down

Filed under: alcohol and drug abuse

SARATOGA COUNTY – The head of Saratoga County's leading alcohol and substance abuse prevention group is now stepping down. This development comes days after a NewsChannel 13 report about her arrest in March for driving while intoxicated.
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