Healthy Conversations: Alcohol Awareness

By On April 6, 2012 · Leave a Comment · In Andrea Chalfin, Health, Healthy Conversations, Interview, KRCC News, Series

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, and joining me is Kimberly Henry, who manages the Army Substance Abuse Program at Fort Carson. I began by asking her to put alcohol abuse by soldiers into perspective.

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