2.8 million people die globally every year from alcohol related deaths, that according to medical journal The Lancet. The study revealed nearly one in ten deaths of people 15 to 49 years old were alcohol related. Associate Director of the LSU Health Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center Nicholas Gilpin says consumption patterns can pass from generation to generation, evidenced by studies where animals were given free access to the drug.
A veteran member of the governor’s office of homeland security and emergency preparedness will assist Hawaii government officials as they deal with flooding and brush fires from Hurricane Lane. GOHSEP spokesperson Mike Steele says the Aloha State may ask for the additional help
Amy Dawson will act as a mass care coordinator in Hawaii.
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And five LSU students are in the hospital with one sustaining serious injuries after being hit by a car on campus this morning around 930AM. The multivehicle crash ended up shoving one of the vehciles into a group of pedestrians standing on the sidewalk near the intersection of Nicholson and South Stadium, just west of Tiger Stadium. Four of the students are now in stable condition. This is the second crash involving pedestrian students in the first week of classes alone.