Inner Nature: Party Season

By Vidya Rajan, Columnist, The Times
Tipple. The season is the reason. Well, with party season behind us now, let’s delve into the ubiquity of alcohol during the holidays. It is considered a conversational lubricant and socially acceptable to drink in a group setting, but it is considered a problem when someone drinks alone without an interlocutor, or for the purpose of getting drunk. It can also...
Survey reveals Unionville student drug, alcohol use

Survey: 2/3rds of UHS seniors had used alcohol, 40% tried marijuana
By Mike McGann, Editor, The Times
EAST MARLBOROUGH — The numbers are stark: two-thirds of Unionville High School seniors had consumed an alcoholic beverage at some point — and nearly half had consumed one within 30 days of a survey taken in the fall of 2011.
More frighteningly, a survey suggests that students say they think smoking...