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Reno Roxton AP News Texas AP Radio Ad Features Business Review Talk back Write a letter Contact Us Customer Services Home Delivery Classifieds Advertise - Education, intervention vitally important By Mary Madewell The Paris News Published March 29, 2006 This is the first of a two-part report on a town hall meeting Tuesday concerning underage drinking. Parent education and intervention is the number one defense against underage drinking, a panel of experts concluded during discussions at a town hall meeting Tuesday. The event, sponsored by Northeast Texas Council on Alcohol and ba href=/drug abuse/a/b, and held in coordination with about 1,200 similar meetings nationwide, drew a crowd primarily of law enforcement, emergency medical and school personnel. NETCADA executive director Gloria Phillips called alcohol “a gateway drug” in opening remarks before a panel composed of two judges, a law enforcement officer, an insurance representative, a counselor, an emergency room nurse and a pediatrician addressed underage drinking. The community’s perception is there is a problem with parents, kids and alcohol, Phillips said in sharing preliminar...

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Pringle www.dissidentvoice.org March 29, 2006 Describing fentanyl as a "very strong narcotic," on July 15, 2005 the FDA issued a Public Health Advisory regarding the safe use of transdermal fentanyl patches in response to reports of 120 deaths in patients using the patch for pain management, stating that some patients and doctors might not be fully aware of its dangers.

A cursory investigation of drug deaths listed in various databanks around the country indicates a severe math deficiency in officials within the nation's safety agency because the number of deaths attributed to fentanyl is far larger than the mere 120 cited by the FDA.

For instance, in the year 2004, fentanyl patch abuse was found to be responsible for 115 deaths in Florida alone, according to research conducted by University of Florida toxicologist Dr Bruce Goldberger.

The patches are intended for the relief of chronic pain that requires treatment around the clock and cannot be controlled by other narcotics.

The patches contain fentanyl in gel form and can provide up to three days' relief from severe pain.

The products under scrutiny, include the brand name patch, Dura...

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- Rhetoric divorced from reality If good atmospherics, sweet diplomatic phrases and glossing over differences alone are the ideal recipe for setting right the strains and suspicions that have clouded relations between India and Bangladesh in recent years, the visit of Bangladesh Prime Minister Khaleda Zia to India can be described as a resounding success.

But beyond the references to a shared destiny and nostalgia about cooperation in 1971, there was little to show as a concrete achievement during the visit of Begum Khaleda.

The Trade Agreement of 1980 was replaced by a new trade agreement.

There was also a routine agreement on measures to jointly cooperate in drug trafficking and abuse.

All this glossed over the fact that there have been serious differences on highly emotive and sensitive issues.

While sweet phrases were being exchanged in New Delhi, India's Border Security Force was exchanging fire with its Bangladesh counterp...