More than a quarter of public middle and high school students say both gangs and drugs are present at their campuses, according to a survey released Thursday by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University. Those roughly 5.7 million students nationwide are also more likely than their counterparts at private and religious schools to smoke, drink and use drugs, said Joseph A. Califano Jr., chairman and founder of the center, which has been surveying youth for the last 16 years. ... read more >>
Archive for the ‘Ethics’ Category
Gangs and drugs prevalent in public schools, survey finds
Friday, August 20th, 2010
How Mutual Fund Managers Are Like Cigarette Makers
Thursday, August 19th, 2010
Last week, my colleague Tara Siegel Bernard wrote about a recent Morningstar study that found that expenses were the most dependable predictor of fund performance and actually helped investors make better decisions than Morningstar’s star-rating system. Then, on Tuesday, Carl Richards wrote about how the study’s results stacked up with his own findings that the fund with the lowest expenses tended to win. ... read more >>
Last week, my colleague Tara Siegel Bernard wrote about a recent Morningstar study that found that expenses were the most dependable predictor of fund performance and actually helped investors make better decisions than Morningstar’s star-rating system. Then, on Tuesday, Carl Richards wrote about how the study’s results stacked up with his own findings that the fund with the lowest expenses tended to win. ... read more >>
Labor link to ads opposing tobacco logo ban
Monday, August 9th, 2010
LABOR Party-affiliated lobbying firms are representing the tobacco companies financing an anti-federal government advertising campaign opposing the plan to ban logos and branding on cigarette packets. ... read more >>
LABOR Party-affiliated lobbying firms are representing the tobacco companies financing an anti-federal government advertising campaign opposing the plan to ban logos and branding on cigarette packets. ... read more >>
Parents warned over exam binge drinking
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010
More than a third of parents plan to provide 16 and 17-year-olds with drink for summer breaks, it was disclosed. Of those, around half said they would buy sons or daughters five or more bottles of wine or spirits – well above the recommended weekly alcohol intake for adults. The disclosure, in a study by the charity Drinkaware, comes amid warnings over the dangers to teenagers celebrating the end of this summer’s GCSE and A-level examinations. ... read more >>
More than a third of parents plan to provide 16 and 17-year-olds with drink for summer breaks, it was disclosed. Of those, around half said they would buy sons or daughters five or more bottles of wine or spirits – well above the recommended weekly alcohol intake for adults. The disclosure, in a study by the charity Drinkaware, comes amid warnings over the dangers to teenagers celebrating the end of this summer’s GCSE and A-level examinations. ... read more >>
Warning over school ‘drinking culture’
Friday, June 25th, 2010
Schools filled with pupils from relatively wealthy homes were more likely to be gripped by alcohol problems, it was claimed, raising their chances of indulging in other “risky behaviours” such as drug taking, smoking and shoplifting. The study, commissioned by the Department for Education, also said that girls were more likely to drink than boys. ... read more >>
Schools filled with pupils from relatively wealthy homes were more likely to be gripped by alcohol problems, it was claimed, raising their chances of indulging in other “risky behaviours” such as drug taking, smoking and shoplifting. The study, commissioned by the Department for Education, also said that girls were more likely to drink than boys. ... read more >>
Ex-prof. fights mooning, drug accusations
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
A former University of Miami music professor said he is filing a defamation suit after he was forced out on allegations of drug use and sexual harassment. Doug Bickel, former director of the Frost Jazz Sextet and a professor at the Frost School of Music for six years, said Dean Shelton Berg forced him to resign or have accusations of sexual harassment and smoking marijuana in his office placed on his permanent record, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. ... read more >>
A former University of Miami music professor said he is filing a defamation suit after he was forced out on allegations of drug use and sexual harassment. Doug Bickel, former director of the Frost Jazz Sextet and a professor at the Frost School of Music for six years, said Dean Shelton Berg forced him to resign or have accusations of sexual harassment and smoking marijuana in his office placed on his permanent record, the Miami Herald reported Wednesday. ... read more >>
Teen Headaches Tied to Alcohol, Coffee
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010
A new German study links drinking and smoking to higher rates of migraine and tension headaches among teens and young adults. An estimated 5 to 15 percent of high school students surveyed reported suffering from migraines, and 15 to 25 percent said they have tension headaches. Migraines were more common among those who drank coffee and didn’t get much exercise. ... read more >>
A new German study links drinking and smoking to higher rates of migraine and tension headaches among teens and young adults. An estimated 5 to 15 percent of high school students surveyed reported suffering from migraines, and 15 to 25 percent said they have tension headaches. Migraines were more common among those who drank coffee and didn’t get much exercise. ... read more >>
Mom Of Chain-Smoking Indonesian Child Seeks Help For Her Son (VIDEO)
Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010
The mother of 2-year-old Ardi Rizal — the Sumatran toddler who caused a sensation last week when video footage of him smoking a cigarette turned up online — has vowed to get help for her child. Ardi’s mother Diana told reporters in Jakarta that her son, who smokes an average of 40 cigarettes each day, throws tantrums and even vomits when he can’t satisfy his addiction. ... read more >>
The mother of 2-year-old Ardi Rizal — the Sumatran toddler who caused a sensation last week when video footage of him smoking a cigarette turned up online — has vowed to get help for her child. Ardi’s mother Diana told reporters in Jakarta that her son, who smokes an average of 40 cigarettes each day, throws tantrums and even vomits when he can’t satisfy his addiction. ... read more >>
Richard Madeley in Twitter tirade at ‘rich kid’ litter louts
Thursday, May 27th, 2010
The 54-year-old presenter posted furious comments on Twitter after catching a group of teenagers in a Bentley repeatedly leaving cigarette ends and beer cans near his house in north London. He cleaned up the debris after the group had left, but lost his temper after catching the same party the following day. The presenter cleared up the rubbish with a black bin liner and the help of his daughter, Chloe. ... read more >>
The 54-year-old presenter posted furious comments on Twitter after catching a group of teenagers in a Bentley repeatedly leaving cigarette ends and beer cans near his house in north London. He cleaned up the debris after the group had left, but lost his temper after catching the same party the following day. The presenter cleared up the rubbish with a black bin liner and the help of his daughter, Chloe. ... read more >>
Parents line up legal fight for the Uppingham Seven: Throwing out ‘bully’ pupils was massive over-reaction, top school told
Monday, May 10th, 2010
Parents of seven boys forced to leave one of Britain’s top public schools over bullying claims are planning to launch a legal appeal to have their sons reinstated. Uppingham School’s sixth-form pupils staged a mass revolt in support of the boys last week, leaving lessons and marching to the playing fields where they chanted for the headmaster, Richard Harman. ... read more >>
Parents of seven boys forced to leave one of Britain’s top public schools over bullying claims are planning to launch a legal appeal to have their sons reinstated. Uppingham School’s sixth-form pupils staged a mass revolt in support of the boys last week, leaving lessons and marching to the playing fields where they chanted for the headmaster, Richard Harman. ... read more >>
Canada gets ‘black eye’
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
Gates cut tobacco-control grant: IDRC chairperson McDougall’s position as director of cigarette maker ‘a conflict’. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have cut their financial support to a tobacco-control program run by a federal crown corporation because its chairperson was a director of Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of cigarette behemoth British American Tobacco. ... read more >>
Gates cut tobacco-control grant: IDRC chairperson McDougall’s position as director of cigarette maker ‘a conflict’. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, have cut their financial support to a tobacco-control program run by a federal crown corporation because its chairperson was a director of Imperial Tobacco Canada, a subsidiary of cigarette behemoth British American Tobacco. ... read more >>
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