The Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) has earned one of the highest rates of police killings in the world

 1939, Alcoholics Anonymous published The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism. That book contained their now-famous 'Twelve-Step Programme' for recovery from addiction, compulsion, or other behavioural problems, which has been applied to issues other than alcohol addiction. The first of the 12 steps towards rehabilitation is to admit that you have a problem; denial that there is a difficulty will almost guarantee that the problem will not go away. On the other hand, admitting that we have a problem is to...

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Family alcoholism linked to kid risks

 A family history of alcoholism might be a factor in risky choices by teens regarding alcohol use. According to a study published in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, brain scans of ages 13 to 15 with family histories of alcoholism showed a weaker response in the process of making risky decisions compared to teens without such history. Researchers used magnetic resonance imaging on 31 teens’ brains while they played a game akin to the TV show “Wheel of Fortune.” Of these teens, 18 had family histories of alcoholism....

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