Alaska group hopes to end fetal alcohol syndrome
FAIRBANKS — It’s one of the more persistent yet preventable afflictions in Alaska. Every year hundreds of babies are born
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Drug/alcohol abuse high among Yukon miners
A depressed mining economy isn’t the mining industry’s only concern in Canada’s northwestern Yukon territory. The rate of drug and
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Canadian Inuit community applies for holiday booze ban
The alcohol education committee in the Inuit community of Kimmirut in Canada’s eastern Arctic territory of Nunavut is asking for
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Anger over addiction facility closure in Canada’s Northwest Territories
A decision to shutter the only addiction treatment facility in Canada’s Northwest Territories is being called into question. Earlier this
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Canada: More children sniffing gas says chief of Innu community
Officials in the Innu community of Natuashish, located in the northern region of the Atlantic Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Perils of Prohibition: History repeats in Alaska’s failed attempt to stamp out booze
The worst of what Alaska’s war on alcohol has brought to the impoverished, rural areas of the state — a
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Perils of Prohibition: Drowning the past in rural Alaska
EDITOR’S NOTE: For three decades, alcohol has anchored the debate about the future of rural Alaska. That liquor and homebrew spread
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ANALYSIS: Perils of Prohibition – Alaska’s failed war on booze
Alaska’s war on alcohol, a costly and painful crusade waged for decades in remote villages across the rural vastness of
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No help in Nunavut, Canada for inmates with FASD
An offender suffering from Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) will have a hard time getting treatment in Canada’s eastern Arctic
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Column fuels alcohol debate in Finland
Turku security guard and freelance journalist Wali Hashi has touched a soft spot with the Finnish public. His opinion, published
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Contract axed for only treatment centre in Canada’s N.W.T.
The government of Canada’s Northwest Territories announced Thursday that it will not renew the contract for the only addictions treatment
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Baby boomers’ alcohol “timebomb” set to hit Finland
Experts fear that retiring baby boomers may over indulge to such an extent that Finland could soon be forced to
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The cost of alcohol abuse in Finland
The direct costs for managing alcohol-related problems in Finland are estimated annually to be 1.3 billion euros, according to the
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