Tag: health
group name: fivemoms
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June 03, 2007 12:35 PM EDT --
He is a good looking, bright, gifted and friendly twenty -five year old. He is also a cough medicine with DM addict.
When my son was 17 he researched all the ways he could experience being "high" . . . more
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October 15, 2007 11:32 AM EDT --
Most children do not have to go very far to find ways to try to get high. They may have to go no further than the family medicine cabinet.
You always should know what kinds and how much medicine . . . more
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July 19, 2007 08:57 AM EDT --
You know the commercials. A bespectacled and jumper-clad man travels all over with his cell phone, repeatedly asking: “Can you hear me now?” The answer is always yes. The same can’t be . . . more
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August 29, 2007 09:39 AM EDT --
As we move into cough and flu season, this is the opportune time for you and your family to take stock of your medicine cabinet and keep tabs on it all season long.
Safeguarding your medicine cabinet . . . more
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July 26, 2007 04:57 PM EDT --
States are becoming increasingly aware that cough medicine abuse is a problem. A recent Associated Pressarticle highlighted the situation in Wyoming, after an informal state department of health survey . . . more
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August 14, 2007 10:01 AM EDT --
The Five Moms are asking other moms around the country to take a pledge to find out more about cough medicine, talk to their kids, safeguard their medicine cabinets, and tell everyone they know. Click . . . more
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July 25, 2007 09:17 AM EDT --
With both a movie and the final book coming out within two weeks of each other, the Harry Potter craze seems to have taken over my town.
The great thing about the movies and the books are that . . . more
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February 13, 2008 09:07 AM EST --
With pink decorations and candy hearts are everywhere, you must know that Valentine's Day is approaching! February 14 th is a perfect day to share your love and appreciation with the most important . . . more
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March 31, 2008 04:04 PM EDT --
There was a story in the news this past week about a young man from New York who was sentenced to jail after a fatal car accident while high on cough medicine. The young man—only 21-years-old—crossed . . . more
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March 13, 2008 08:09 AM EDT --
Spring is just around the corner.
Hopefully you remembered to push your clocks ahead one hour last weekend. This annual ritual means we're going to have even more time with the sun, . . . more
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May 17, 2007 11:29 AM EDT --
Moms and dads often multitask. They drive their kids to and from activities, while balancing feeding the family with monitoring homework But mothers also, according to a recent Wall Street . . . more
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September 24, 2007 04:29 PM EDT --
Several empty bottles of cough medicine were found at a popular teen hangout in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, this past week. Now, according to CBS News, community members including police and school officials . . . more
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July 02, 2007 09:45 AM EDT --
And, I’m not talking about the 4th of July…….
As kids reach middle school and high school, they want increasing amounts of independence: to go out with friends alone, go on sleepovers, . . . more
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August 01, 2007 11:47 AM EDT --
The Five Moms Campaign has come up with some fun stickers, t-shirts, door hangars, and postcards that you can print out to show your support for the Five Moms Campaign!
All you have to do is go . . . more
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May 30, 2007 09:14 AM EDT --
Recently, some retailers prohibited children under the age of 18 from purchasing over-the-counter cough medicines that contain dextromethorphan.
While these efforts represent a commitment to address the . . . more
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May 08, 2007 09:21 AM EDT --
As a nurse practitioner in a high school, I deal with injuries and sickness every day. But sprains and headaches are much easier for parents to deal with than drug abuse. It's especially difficult . . . more
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June 26, 2007 04:30 PM EDT --
A few weeks ago I was interviewed by my local paper the Amherst Bulletin about the Five Moms Campaign. I’m so glad that I can help tell the parents in my community about cough medicine abuse. Thanks . . . more
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August 06, 2007 04:51 PM EDT --
Over the past week we have had an outpouring of help from female bloggers all over the country. They are spreading the word about cough medicine abuse by writing on their blogs and telling everyone they . . . more
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August 28, 2007 09:30 AM EDT --
The Washington Times ran an editorial last week about teen abuse of over-the-counter and prescription medicines and they hit the nail right on the head:
Many teens are mistaken about the risks of abusing . . . more
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September 04, 2007 03:11 PM EDT --
Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna recently wrote a guest commentary on the growing trend of teenage prescription and over-the-counter medicines in the Daily Herald.
Recent data on drug trends . . . more
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