Sentences with phrase «drugs are bad for their health»

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Officials say the statistics could have been even worse if not for a host of initiatives that the government, health officials and medical community have taken to address a drug epidemic that has swept through communities across the United States with devastating results.

As Walter White can tell you, dabbling in drug dealing can be bad for your health.

Some health experts see the current regulatory hiatus on e-cigarettes as no bad thing: They argue that, e-cigarettes are a vital quitting aid for existing smokers; that they are relatively «harmless» when set against conventional cigarettes, due to the absence of tar; and that nicotine, per se, while highly addictive, is a relatively benign drug.

Paying Later: The High Costs of Failing to Invest in Young Children (PDF - 220 KB) Pew Center on the States, Partnership for America's Economic Success (2011) Reports the findings of a study that explored the social costs caused by an array of bad outcomes, including child abuse and neglect, high school dropouts, criminal activity, teen pregnancy, drug and alcohol abuse, and other health problems, and how these costs could be reduced by investing in evidence - based early childhood programs.