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Tribe seeks injunction on Whiteclay beer sales (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- A Native American tribe in South Dakota has asked for a court order to sharply restrict beer sales in the Nebraska village of Whiteclay while larger legal...
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Tribe seeks order to limit beer sales in Neb. town (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- Leaders of an American Indian tribe in South Dakota who are suing beer makers, distributors and retailers are now asking a judge to limit alcohol sales in...
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Tribe seeks to limit beer sales at Whiteclay (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe is asking a federal court to limit alcohol sales in a small Nebraska town that sells nearly 5 million cans of beer a year.
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Tribe seeks to limit Whiteclay beer sales (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- The Oglala Sioux Tribe has amended its lawsuit against four beer stores in Whiteclay and the brewers and distributors that serve them to include an...
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BLOG: Gold Mine in Hell (2/22/2012)
(Nebraska) -- In Nebraska, some liquor stores sell booze to minors and manage to hang onto their licenses, according to Nebraska Liquor Control Commission data.
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EDITORIAL: New ideas on Whiteclay (2/17/2012)
(Nebraska) -- With millions of cans of beer continuing to flow unabated year after year from Whiteclay across the border to the Pine Ridge Reservation, it's...
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Lawmakers discuss 'alcohol impact zones' (2/14/2012)
(Nebraska) -- As a lawsuit targeting alcohol sales to Native Americans in the South Dakota-Nebraska border town of Whiteclay winds its way through the courts, a Nebraska...
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Tribe Sues Big Beer Makers for Damages (2/14/2012)
(South Dakota) -- Near the site of the bloody massacre at Wounded Knee, a new lawsuit addresses an old problem. The Oglala Sioux Tribe at Pine Ridge reservation is suing...
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Neb. bill targeting Whiteclay faces scrutiny (2/13/2012)
(Nebraska) -- A proposal to allow for stricter alcohol rules in certain parts of Nebraska would give local governments the tools they need to fight public drunkenness, a...
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Oglala Sioux Tribe Files $500M Lawsuit Against Brewers, Distributors and Sellers of Alcohol in Whiteclay, Nebraska (2/13/2012)
(South Dakota) -- The Oglala Sioux tribe filed a $500 million lawsuit February 9 against brewers (Anheuser-Busch InBev, Molson Coors, Pabst, Miller Brewers), retailers...
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Ban on Oxy without detox will trigger another crisis: NAN (2/21/2012)
(Ontario) -- The organization representing thousands of northern Ontario band members says a serious crisis is looming.
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Mom cited for 4th DUI; child jumps from car to escape (2/14/2012)
(Montana) -- A Great Falls woman was cited for felony drunken driving after her frightened 9-year-old daughter jumped out of the car, ran into a convenience store and...
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Horseshoe Casino job site downtown Cincinnati is still closed (1/31/2012)
(Ohio) -- As of today there is still no word from Messer Construction when work will resume on Horseshoe Casino in downtown Cincinnati. Mayor Mallory said; “it...
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Addicted First Nation struggles with housing (1/24/2012)
(Ontario) -- In Eabametoong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, an epidemic of prescription drug abuse is compounding the community's housing problems.
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Taking a stand against prescription drug abuse (1/12/2012)
(North Dakota) -- Tribal officials and state agencies are working together to fight prescription drug abuse on reservations. The North Dakota Department of Human...
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1 in 5 babies born in Sioux Lookout exposed to drugs (12/6/2011)
(Ontario) -- Nearly 20 per cent of the babies born at Meno-Ya-Win health centre in Sioux Lookout have been exposed to opioids, like oxycontin. Hospital officials said...
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Alcohol likely played role in death of homeless man (11/25/2011)
(Missouri) -- Investigators are awaiting a report from the Boone County Medical Examiner that they hope will explain what caused the death of a homeless man found in a...
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P.E.I. studies 1st stool of province's babies (11/8/2011)
(Canada) -- Hospital researchers on P.E.I. have been collecting and studying human meconium – the first stool – of every newborn Islander. They say those...
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Substance abuse biggest concern among first nations (11/8/2011)
(Canada) -- An overwhelming number of aboriginal people polled in a national survey reported alcohol and drug abuse to be the biggest problem facing their community...
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CCSD fails to change district alcohol policy (10/19/2011)
(New Mexico) -- Teachers and staff living in Central Consolidated School District housing on the Navajo Nation still can possess or consume alcohol at home, despite...
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ASAM releases new definition of addiction (8/14/2011)
(Maryland) -- The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) has released a new definition of addiction highlighting that addiction is a chronic brain disorder and...
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Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment (7/10/2011)
(Pennsylvania) -- There is an age-old debate over alcoholism: is the problem in the sufferer’s head — something that can be overcome through willpower,...
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MONTEAU: Of Alcohol and Sundancing (6/30/2011)
(New Mexico) -- Ordinarily I would not use those two words in the same sentence. A little over ten years ago I awoke in my pickup along a dirt road that served as a...
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Problem gambler 'offered $80,000 credit' (6/27/2011)
(Australia) -- Federal Liberal MP Alan Tudge is seeking changes to Northern Territory laws after one of his constituents claimed he ran up an $80,000 debt gambling on...
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NHL's Tootoo on 'right track' after rehab: mother (2/22/2011)
(Nunavut) -- The mother of Nashville Predators forward Jordin Tootoo says she is proud to see her son complete an substance abuse program and return to the ice.
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NNHRC Issues An "Inebriates Have Rights" Campaign (2/19/2011)
(Arizona) -- The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission launched its latest public education campaign, “Did You Know Inebriates Have Rights,” today.
The...
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