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Local residents spearhead Starkey Hearing Foundation trips abroad THE GIFT OF HEARING PAGE 3 HOME, LAWN & GARDEN Look inside today's special section for useful homeowner tips 8 PAGES www.theIFP.ca Tuesday, April 10, 2012 Halton Hills' award-winning newspaper serving Acton & Georgetown 32 Pages 50 Cents (+HST) Region says opioid use also the rise Youths' use of energy drinks concerns health officials According to the report, a single energy drink when mixed with alcohol will decrease someone's One of the most highly used perceptions of feeling drunk, drugs among Ontario youth could which tends to lead to more drinkvery well be sitting in your kitch- ing and increased the chances of en fridge. alcohol poisoning. For the first time, high-caffeine The report compared the reenergy drinks have been included sults from the Ontario Stuin the 2011 Ontario dent Drug Use and Health Student Drug Use and Survey to the 2009 Halton Health Survey and in Youth Survey (HYS). its debut year it placed The province-wide second as the most survey shows the decadecommonly used drug, long trend of declining following only alcohol. drug and alcohol use rates "The biggest concontinues. Comparing the cern is mixing these 2011 Ontario survey with drinks with alcohol the 2009 Halton Youth DR. BOB and binge drinking," Survey (HSY), the results NOSAL said Halton's Medical show local Grade 10 stuOfficer of Health Bob dents are reporting highNosal during a recent Halton Re- er alcohol, binge drinking, opioid, gional committee meeting. cigarette and tobacco use than A report presented to council the current Ontario average. last week shows 50 per cent of Twenty-four per cent of OnOntario students reported hav- tario youth surveyed report binge ing consumed an energy drink drinking-- having five or more in the last year, and 19 per cent drinks on one occasion in the last consumed one in the seven days four weeks. This number is down before the survey. from 26 per cent two years prior. While there are no restrictions The 2009 HYS shows 30 per cent on labeling the energy drinks, of local Grade 10 students reporthealth concerns among health ed binge drinking in the last year. professionals are on the rise. See NEEDLE, pg. 4 By CHRISTINA COMMISSO Metroland Media Group Lions hungry to help food bank Georgetown Lion Linda Dilks (right) and Georgetown Bread Basket Food Bank spokesperson Miss Teen Halton Region Selena Hoyer met at the food bank to display a great breakfast, promoting the upcoming Lions Club breakfast, April 14 and 15 at the Lions Hall. Running from 7 a.m. to noon both days, the breakfast is free with a food donation for the food bank. The breakfast will be served by Lions Club members and they will also be packing the food donations at the hall, located at 42 Mill St., Georgetown. 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