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Surgeon Warns:
Don't Drink and Dive

We've long known that alcohol doesn't mix well with boating. Now a Toronto physician is warning that booze mixes poorly with other water-related activities, after noting an alarming rise in diving injuries. (More info)

Alcohol: Deadliest Substance

New DVD Helps Teens

Appeasing the liquor industry, Health Canada has opened a loophole that will let alcoholic energy drinks be sold by liquor agencies across the country.

A-DES knows value of prevention; letter counters ‘Sun’ columnist

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A-DES explores new partnerships
Alcohol-Drug Education Service is pursuing a possible partnership with a major, Lower Mainland social-services provider to further the A-DES mission of “Helping Keep Kids Drug Free.”

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Friends, family speculate over
girls’ tragic deaths
Those who knew them are weighing in on what might have happened to the two Vancouver-area teens who were found dead this week from suspected drug and/or alcohol abuse. Read the story in the Vancouver Sun.