By Jasmine Gonzales |Staff Writer| Linebacker Aldon Smith will be returning to the San Francisco 49ers defense after a nine game suspension. The league announced in late August that Smith would be suspended for violating the NFL's personal conduct and substance abuse polices. Typically, when a player is suspended from a team they are not allowed to be involved in any team events, but the NFL allowed Smith to attend team meetings, strength and conditioning workouts because Smith said the support would help him in his rehabilitation process. "Smith was not allowed to attend games, so he spent the first half of the season watching his teammates on T.V. with his family," reported … [Read more...] about 49ers star returns after suspension
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CSU conference tackles substance abuse
By Andres Ibarra |Staff Writer| More than a thousand college students die from alcohol related incidents each year, according to the National Institute of Health. The CSU Chancellor’s Office held its 13th Annual Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) conference at California State University Channel Islands last Wednesday. The conference also discussed alcohol and drug related trends among students, substance abuse prevention strategies, bystander intervention training programs, and college student mental health and wellness. Established in 2001, the ATOD conference is a CSU system wide effort to prevent students from using harmful substances. Helga Kray, associate VP for student … [Read more...] about CSU conference tackles substance abuse
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