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The Maine Substance Abuse Services Commission recently released the first ever report card that measures how well a state is doing in addressing alcohol and drug prevention, treatment and recovery related issues and needs. The report card was modeled after Join Together’s “Blueprint for the States: Policies to Improve the Ways States Organized and Deliver…
Bangor Savings Bank is looking for input from the community to decide which nonprofits they will award grants to in 2010. Voting started this week! The organization in each region that earns the most votes, listed or write-in, will be awarded a $5,000 grant, and the top 20 write-in winners will each be awarded a…
A recent article found on CNN.com talked about how living with chronic pain can hurt personal relationships. Michael E. Geisser, a professor of physical medicine and rehabilitation at the University of Michigan, states in the article, “It has been shown that relationships in which one partner has chronic pain tend to be more strained, have…
A recent study coming out of England shows that highly educated, professional women are more likely to drink heavily. According to researchers from the University of Lancaster, the higher the household income, the higher the alcohol consumption among women. The study looked at female alcohol consumption in the U.K. and Denmark, where excessive drinking is…