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01/03/05 Vol. 5 #1
Quote of the Week:
Ever tried? Ever failed?
No matter. Try Again.
Fail again. Fail better. -- Samuel Beckett
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1. Does Your Friend Have A
Drug Problem?
2. Take the New Driver Challenge
3. Marijuana Quiz for Parents
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Impact of
Secondhand Smoke on Inflammation
6. Truth About Economics
7. FREE: Tips for
Adults Who Care About Kids
01/10/05 Vol. 5 #2
Quote of the Week: "He that will not apply new remedies must expect
new evils." ~ Francis Bacon
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1. Many Young People Drink and
Drive .
2. Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
3. Perceptions: Drunk,
and Out of Your Depth
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Drug Firms Will Publish
All Trial Data
6. New Zealand
Extends Prohibition on Smoking To All Workplaces, Restaurants and Bars
7. FREE: Substance
Abuse Treatment Facility Online Locator from SAMHSA
01/17/05 Vol. 5 #3
Quote of the Week: "He that will not apply new remedies must expect new
evils." ~ Francis Bacon
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1. Environmental
Changes Can Reduce College Binge Drinking
2. Smoking Causes Brain Damage
3. Quitting Smoking
Quickly Benefits Heart Patients.
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Italy To
Prohibit Smoking in Restaurants and Bars.
6. Companies Adopt
Restrictions on Smoking
7. FREE: Keeping
Your Kids Drug Free: A How-to Guide for Parents and Caregivers
01/24/05 Vol. 5 #4
Quote of the Week: "People seldom improve when they have no other model
but themselves to copy after." ~ Oliver Goldsmith
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1. USA Freedom Corps
Unveils New Web Site for Youth Volunteers
2. New Data on Teen
Alcohol Use Confirms AMA Concerns About Alcopops
3. Steroids and Sports
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Only Moderate Drinking
Prevents Stroke
6. Brief Encounters
can Provide Motivation to Reduce or Stop Drug Use
7. FREE: Parenting Tips
Newsletter
01/31/05 Vol. 5 #5
Quote of the Week: We need not to be let alone. We need to be really
bothered once in a while. How long is it since you were really bothered? About
something important, about something real? ~ Ray Bradbury, "Fahrenheit 451"
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1. Few States Make
Changes to Youth Access Laws in 2004
2. Current Trends in Teen Drug
Use
3. Brief
Intervention Is Efficacious For Young Adults
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. ER Patients with
Addictions Cost More
6. FDA Admits That
ALL Anti-Inflammatories May Kill You
7. FREE: AlcoholScreening.org
02/07/05 Vol. 5 #6
Quote of the Week: “I can give you a six-word formula for success:
Think things through – then follow through.” ~ Edward Vernon (Eddie)
Rickenbacker
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1. Cigarettes Worsen RSV In
Infants
2. Children's Lower Test
Scores Linked to Secondhand Smoke
3. NIDA Community
Drug Alert Bulletin - Inhalants
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Monitoring the
Future Follow-Up Finds Higher Adult Alcohol, Drug Use than Expected
6. Inmate Treatment
Program Reduces Recidivism, Restores Lives
7. FREE: Safety First
02/14/05 Vol. 5 #7
Quote of the Week: “Coca Cola, the globally recognized soft drink
manufacturer, buys 115 tonnes of coca leaf from Peru and 105 tonnes from Bolivia
per year, with which it produces, without alkaloids, 500 million bottles of soda
per day.” From DEVIDA’s ten-point official statement that clarified its
position on the industrialization of the coca leaf in Peru. National Commission
for Development and Life Without Drugs (shortened to DEVIDA in Spanish) January
26, 2005
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1. USA Map Fun for Kids
2. Smoking Near
Kids Triples Cancer Risk, Study Says
3. Driving Under
the Influence (DUI) Among Young Persons
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Smoking Pot,
Cigarettes Causes Similar Health Problems
6. Comparisons Among
Alcohol-Related Problems,
7. FREE: Drugs of Abuse
02/28/05 Vol. 5 #9
Quote of the Week: “There is only one rule for being a good talker --
learn how to listen.” ~ Christopher Morley
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1. Greatest Costs....Our Kids
2. Locate Your STATES
Underage Drinking Costs Estimates
3. Parents Take
Notice: Your Teen Could Be Using Prescription Drugs
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. POT SHOWS PROMISE AS CANCER
CURE
6. Fuzzy Math: How
the Tobacco Industry Distorts the Truth
7. FREE: Smokers
Not Concerned About Developing 4th Leading Cause of Death
03/07/05 Vol. 5 #10
Quote of the Week: "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is
the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." ~
Albert Schweitzer
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1. Further
Evidence that Tobacco Prevention Works
2. Inhalants—A
Middle-School Addiction that Kills
3. Driving Toward
Disaster With Marijuana
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Alcohol as Deadly as
Tobacco, High Blood Pressure, Study Says
6. Meth Use Causes
Extensive Brain Damage
7. FREE: Tobacco
Firm Unveils Stop Smoking Guide
03/14/05 Vol. 5 #11
Quote of the Week: "The curious paradox is that when I accept myself
just as I am, then I can change." ~ Carl Rogers
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1. Youngsters Smoking
Less, Avoiding Crime
2. Link Between
Underage Drinking and Brain Damage
3. Learn the Signs of
Drug and Alcohol Use
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Alcohol
Drinkers Three Times as Likely to Die from Injury
6. SAMHSA Data Ranks
Rate of Drug Use Among States
7. FREE: Raising Kids Who
Don't Smoke
03/21/05 Vol. 5 #12
Quote of the Week: "There are two ways of exerting one's strength; one
is pushing down, the other is pulling up." ~ Booker T. Washington
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1. Taxes, Other Polices
Cut Teen Smoking, Drinking
2. More States Embrace Keg
Registration
3. Be Firm When
Addressing Drug and Alcohol Use
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Ritalin + Inhalants
6. Marijuana
Ingredient May Slow Alzheimer's, Study Says
7. FREE: Guidelines
for a Drug-Free Workforce
03/28/05 Vol. 5 #13
Quote of the Week: Americans spend approximately $140 billion annually
on prisons and jails including $24 billion spent on incarcerating over 1.2
million non-violent offenders. In many states (such as New York and California),
spending on prisons far surpasses spending on education." ~ National Black
Caucus of State Legislators has approved a resolution condemning the "war on
drugs"
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1. Parents Who
Quit Early Have Kids Who Quit, Too.
2. Sport Beats Drugs and Crime
3. Parents, Kids
Make Deal to Avoid Risky Driving
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Okla. Puts Hard
Numbers Behind Cost-Savings Claims
6. Find a God of Your
Understanding
7. FREE: Guidelines
for a Drug-Free Workforce
04/04/05 Vol. 5 #14
Quote of the Week: You cannot run away from a weakness; you must
sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you
stand? ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
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1. How Many Kids in
Your State Have Serious Alcohol Problems?
2. Placenta No
Barrier to Alcohol, Study Says
3. Cannabis: Guide for Parents
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Signs and Symptoms of Drug Use
6. Secondhand
Tobacco Smoke More Dangerous Than Smoking Itself
7. FREE: Get Your Own
Personalized Recovery Message Each Day
04/11/05 Vol. 5 #15
Quote of the Week: "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done
what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as
soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too
high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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1. Reports Say
Inhalants More Popular with Kids than Parents Know
2. Booze Truths
3. Parents, Kids
Make Deal to Avoid Risky Driving
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. The facts about how
alcohol has different effects on men and women
6. COPS Releases School Safety CD
7. FREE: Blood Alcohol Level
04/18/05 Vol. 5 #16
Quote of the Week: Be who you are and say what you feel, because those
who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~ Dr. Seuss
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1. Criminal Neglect
2. How your behavior
changes as your blood alcohol level rises
3. Think fast: Can you
pass this drug test?
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Cost Effectiveness
of Treatment Examined
6. Make Alcohol Screening
Part of Routine Healthcare
7. FREE: A test
that reveals whether you have a problem with alcohol
04/25/05 Vol. 5 #17
Quote of the Week: "Unfortunately, dreams are our first casualty in
life--people seem to give them up, quicker than anything, for a 'reality'." ~
Kevin Costner
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1. Smoke Today, Die Tomorrow
2. Link Between
Underage Drinking and Brain Damage
3. Parents Put Kids at
Risk of Addiction
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Make Alcohol Screening
Part of Routine Healthcare
6. Cost Effectiveness
of Treatment Examined
7. FREE: A quiz to
help you figure out if your relationship depends too heavily on alcohol
05/02/05 Vol. 5 #18
Quote of the Week: "Don't bother just to be better than your
contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself." ~ William
Faulkner
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1. Binge Drinking on Campus
2. Law Enforcement Has Impact on Youth Alcohol Sales, Study Says
3. A Video Vignette: Set Rules for Your Children About Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Illegal Drugs
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. SAMHSA Issues Group Therapy Guide for Substance Use Disorders Treatment
6. Pot Less Popular in U.K. Since Laws Eased
7. FREE: Stevie Wonder Poster
05/09/05 Vol. 5 #19
Quote of the Week: "A single bracelet does not jingle" ~ African proverb
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1. Study Finds Youth Smoking Would be Much Lower If . . .
2. Substance Quick Reference Card
3. Smokers' Wives Have More Strokes
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Smoking Causes 11 Types of Cancer
6. Poll Shows Substance Abuse Impacts Employees and their Families
7. FREE: State Tobacco Cessation Activities
05/16/05 Vol. 5 #20
Quote of the Week: "You can observe a lot just by watching. " ~ Yogi
Berra
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1. Deviance,
Alcohol Use Predicts Groups of Teens at Risk for Tobacco Use
2. Teen Abuse of Prescription and
Over-the-Counter Drugs at Alarming Levels
3. Substance Classification
Booklet
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Study Says Mass.
Smoking Ban Helped Bars
6. The Economic
Benefits of Drug Treatment: A Critical Review of the Evidence for Policy Makers
7. FREE: "Know Your Rights"
Brochure
05/23/05 Vol. 5 #21
Quote of the Week: We may think there is willpower involved, but more
likely...change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the
old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now. -- George
Sheehan
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1. Experts Call
For Alcohol Prevention at Earlier Stages
2. About One in Five
Teens Misuse Prescription Drugs
3. Best School Drug
Prevention Programs Teach Life Skills
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. NASCAR Moves from
Winston Cup to Nicorette
6. Caffeine 'almost cheating'
7. FREE: Making
Sense of Student Drug Testing: Why Educators Are Saying No
05/30/05 Vol. 5 #22
Quote of the Week: "A bartender is just a pharmacist with a limited
inventory." ~ unknown
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1. Pediatricians Urged
to Address Addiction, Other Problems
2. Drugs that can
effect the cardiovascular system:
3. Workers Family
Members' Substance Abuse A ffects
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. More Employers
Paying for Smoking Cessation
6. Germany Lists Tobacco
Ingredients
7. FREE: Updated
National Directory of Drug and Alcohol Abuse Treatment Programs
06/06/05 Vol. 5 #23
Quote of the Week: One reason I don't drink is that I want to know when
I am having a good time. ~ Nancy Astor
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1. Docs Can ID Kids
Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
2. Drugs that can
affect the respiratory system:
3. Dialogue,
personal examples work best in drug talks with teens
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Greatest
National Resources Going Up In Smoke
6. Evaluating
Tobacco Cessation Efforts at Office Visits
7. FREE:
State-by-State Workplace Drug Testing Laws
06/13/05 Vol. 5 #24
Quote of the Week: Be not envious of the abilities and talents of
others, but discover and cultivate your own, so that you may turn envy into
pride and become the envied. ~ Eric R. Bailey
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1. Legal but Lethal: The Danger of Abusing Over-the-Counter Drugs
2. Drugs that can affect the gastrointenstinal system:
3. PARENTS: HELP YOUR TEENSPARTY RIGHT AT GRADUATION
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. America in Recovery: American people and small business helping each other
6. Make Alcohol Screening Part of Routine Healthcare
7. FREE: NICD and Healthology Videos
06/20/05 Vol. 5 #25
Quote of the Week: "He that is good at making excuses is seldom good at
anything else." ~ Benjamin Franklin
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1. How Do Kids Get
Prescription Drugs?
2. Drugs that can
affect the musculoskeletal system
3. CASA: Parents Put
Kids at Risk of Addiction
4. JUST THE
FACTS
5. Alcohol and
Drug Addiction Costs Nearly Equal to the Federal Budget Deficit
6. 10 Million
People May Die of Tobacco Smoking - WHO
7. FREE:
State-by-State Illicit Drug & Medical Marijuana Laws
06/27/05 Vol. 5 #26
Quote of the Week: The greatest discovery of my generation is that human
beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -- William
James
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1. Smoke Today, Die Tomorrow
2. Drugs that can cause mental health problems
3. Criminal Neglect
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. State Tobacco Cessation Activities
6. Physician Intervention
7. FREE: Canadian Adverse Drug Reaction Monitoring Program (CADRMP) Adverse
Reaction Database
07/04/05 Vol. 5 #27
Quote of the Week: The greatest discovery of my generation is that human
beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. -- William
James
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1. Link Between Underage Drinking and Brain Damage
2. 'Local Losers' targeted for marketing alcohol to youths
3. A Video Vignette: Set Rules for Your Children About Alcohol, Tobacco, and
Illegal Drugs
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Drugs that may cause cancer
6. American Lung Association Report Shows that States Surpass Federal
Government in Protecting Children from Tobacco
7. FREE: Speaking of Developmental Assets: Presentation Resources and
Strategies
07/11/05 Vol. 5 #28
Quote of the Week: "A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not
able to cash in on the experience." ~ Elbert Hubbard
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1. Too Many Kids Are Wasting Their Breath
2. Drugs that have global adverse health effects
3. Parental Practices During Early Childhood Highly Influence Marijuana Use
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. National Recovery Month
6. Smokeless Tobacco Presents Heart Risk
7. FREE: 2004 World Drug Report
07/18/05 Vol. 5 #29
Quote of the Week: "Be not envious of the abilities and talents of
others, but discover and cultivate your own, so that you may turn envy into
pride and become the envied." ~ Eric R. Bailey
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1. Skater Poster
2. Third of 21-25 year old Drivers Drank or Used Drugs
3. “Suspect Your Teen Is Using Drugs or Drinking”
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Quit Smoking, Get Rich
6. Secret Report Says War On Hard Drugs Has Failed
7. FREE: COPS Releases School Safety CD
07/25/05 Vol. 5 #30
Quote of the Week: Experience suggests it doesn't matter so much how you
got here, as what you do after you arrive. ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
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1. Adolescent binge drinking issues
2. “Can I Borrow the Car?”
3. Teen Drug Abuse Triples in 10 Years in USA, Adult Rx Abuse Doubles
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Drug & Alcohol Treatment & Referral Organizations
6. 1,825,000 New People Trying Drugs, USA
7. FREE: Free Online Intervention Tool Now Available
08/01/05 Vol. 5 #31
Quote of the Week: "Be aware. Kids can get any drug they want. You
can’t keep them away from it, but you can inform them of it before they see it."
~ Anonymous teen
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1. Many Kids Still Don't Think Tobacco Is Addictive
2. “Step Up: A Guide for Teens”
3. Ventilation & Secondhand Smoke
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. States Not Doing Enough to Stamp Out Secondhand Smoke
6. Lack of Physician Training Part of Prescription Drug Abuse
7. FREE: Substance Use Disorders in the Workplace
08/08/05 Vol. 5 #32
Quote of the Week: "If I knew what I know now I would never have smoked
marijuana even once! Take time to explain everything to your kids before they
are misinformed by a kid who is already using or trying to sell it to them." ~
Anthony, 20-years-old
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1. Words Poster
2. Cancer Risks Linked to Ritalin
3. Apparent Cardiovascular Benefits of Moderate Drinking May Be Related to
Lower Cardiovascular Risk Factors
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Substance Abuse Prevention Organizations
6. State Tobacco Fact Sheets
7. FREE: Teen Resources
08/15/05 Vol. 5 #33
Quote of the Week: "Always have your kids check in, know who they are
with and where they are going to be, and wait for them to come home at night." ~
A Parent
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1. Many Preteens Have Positive Attitudes About Tobacco
2. “Top 10 Tips for Preventing Teen Accidents” (English/Spanish)
3. One in Four Smokers Think "Light" Cigarettes Less Harmful
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Smoking Takes Huge Toll on U.S. Productivity
6. World Drug Report
7. FREE: General Parent Resources
08/22/05 Vol. 5 #34
Quote of the Week: "It is funny about life: if you refuse to accept
anything but the very best you will very often get it." ~ W. Somerset Maugham
Special Notice: The Art of
Recovery Expo is a free to the public, one-day event offering
education, resources and entertainment. It is part of the celebration of
National Recovery Month. If you are in Arizona be there on September 24, 2005
at the Phoenix Civic Center. http://www.artofrecoveryexpo.com/
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1. SAMHSA Data Shows Drug Prevention Messages Work
2. Teen Crisis Hotlines
3. 7-Eleven, AGs Reach Deal on Teen Tobacco Sales
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Federal Trade Commission Issues Cigarette Report for 2003
6. Help Prevent Impaired Driving Using NHTSAs New Media Outreach Tool
7. FREE: In-language Resources
08/29/05 Vol. 5 #35
Quote of the Week: “Too often, the opportunity knocks, but by the time
you push back the chain, push back the bolt, unhook the two locks and shut off
the burglar alarm, it's too late.” ~ Rita Coolidge, Singer
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1. Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Slows Cognitive Function
2. Web Sites Especially for Teens
3. Teens give adults mediocre grades
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Doctors Can Ask Single Question to ID Problem Drinkers
6. Secondhand Smoke Costs
7. FREE: Faith-Community Resources
09/05/05 Vol. 5 #36
Quote of the Week: "The person who says it cannot be done should not
interrupt the person who is doing it." ~ Chinese Proverb
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Happy Birthday to MADD
1. Prevention Basics for Families
2. Fall Semester-A Time For Parents To Revisit Discussions About College
Drinking
3. Study: Growing Up with Smokers Leads to Respiratory Problems
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. High Risk Youngsters Respond to Coherent, Consistent and Interactive After
School Activities
6. Recently Discovered Neurotransmitter Involved in Pleasure, Reward
7. FREE: Early Intervention
09/12/05 Vol. 5 #37
Quote of the Week: "Everything that irritates us about others can lead
us to an understanding of ourselves." ~ Carl Jung
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1. Tips for Adults Who Care About Kids
2. Tips for Teens for the Classroom
3. Growing Up with Smokers Leads to Respiratory Problems
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Does Brief Intervention Reduce Drinking in Pregnant Women?
6. Attacks on Bush Meth Plan Continue
7. FREE: The Big Book
09/19/05 Vol. 5 #38
Quote of the Week: "The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the
attribute of the strong." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
Special Notice: The Art of
Recovery Expo is a free to the public, one-day event offering
education, resources and entertainment. It is part of the celebration of
National Recovery Month. If you are in Arizona be there on September 24, 2005
at the Phoenix Civic Center. http://www.artofrecoveryexpo.com/
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1. Just Think Twice
2. Web Sites Especially for Teens
3. Teen drinking could reflect parents' habits
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Driving Under the Influence Among Adult Drivers, 2005
6. SOS Sobriety a 12 Step Alternative
7. FREE: Winners Don't Use Drugs!
09/26/05 Vol. 5 #39
Quote of the Week: "If you can solve your problem, then what is the need
of worrying? If you cannot solve it, then what is the use of worrying?" ~
Shantideva
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1. Young Children
Emulate Parents' Smoking, Drinking Habits
2. Tips for Teens for the
Classroom
3. Study Shows
Parental Substance Abuse Increases Risk of Childrens Drug Use
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Smoking damages
key regulatory enzyme in the lung
6. Anticipation Builds
Over Alcoholism Drugs
7. FREE: Under the
Counter: The Diversion and Abuse of Controlled Prescription Drugs in the U.S
10/03/05 Vol. 5 #40
Quote of the Week: "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of
that comes from bad
judgment." ~ Will Rogers
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1. Effects of
Childhood Exposure to Second-hand Smoke
2. Pregnant Women Warned
About Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
3. National Survey of
American Attitudes on Substance Abuse X: Teens and Parents
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Number of adults on
ADHD drugs doubles
6. How can we tell if
someone is abusing or addicted to drugs?
7. FREE: Help
Stop Impaired Driving on Halloween Using NHTSAs New Online Toolkit
10/10/05 Vol. 5 #41
Quote of the Week: "Tis easy enough to be pleasant, when life flows like
a song. But the man worthwhile is the one who will smile when everything goes
dead wrong." ~ Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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1. Sara's Quest
2. Teen Marijuana Use
Declines in States with Medical Use Laws
3. Dr. NIDA's Challenge
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Commonly Abused Drugs
6. Medical Consequences of
Drug Abuse
7. FREE: How do we know
we are making a difference?
10/17/05 Vol. 5 #42
Quote of the Week: "When the people fear their government, there is
tyranny; when the
government fears the people, there is liberty:" ~ Thomas Jefferson
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1. Smoking Parents More than Double Risk of Kids Becoming Smokers
2. Parents Key in Reducing Teen Substance Abuse
3. Study bolsters warnings of fetal alcohol exposure
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. 1% of Drugs Account for 50% of Spending
6. Smokers Put Their Spouses at Risk for Stroke
7. FREE: Brain Power: The NIDA Junior Scientist Program
10/24/05 Vol. 5 #43
Quote of the Week: "To fight evil one must also recognize one's own
responsibility. The values for which we stand must be expressed in the way we
think of, and how we deal with, our fellow humans." ~ From the Christmas Message
2001 of HM Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands
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1. Children Whose
Parents Smoked Are Twice As Likely to Begin Smoking Between 13 and 21
2. ADHD a Predictor of Future
Smoking
3. Alcoholic Smokers Lose
More Brain Mass
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Nicotine's
Multiple Effects on the Brain's Reward System Drive Addiction
6. One in Five Medication
Doses in Error
7. FREE: In-language Resources
10/31/05 Vol. 5 #44
Quote of the Week: "Reputation is what other people know about you.
Honor is what you know about yourself." ~ Lois McMaster Bujold
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1. Carve a Pumpkin
2. Up to $5,000 for Your School From Lowes
3. 11 Years' Worth of Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk By 40%
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. NSAIDs and Aspirin: Painkillers or Patient-Killers?
6. Smokers May Be At Increased Risk of Diabetes in Addition to Other Health
Problems
7. FREE: DRUGS.COM
11/07/05 Vol. 5 #45
Quote of the Week: "You must learn from the mistakes of others. You
cannot possibly live long enough to make them all yourself." ~ Sam Levenson
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1. 5 Ways to Raise Joyful Kids
2. ABC News Focuses On
Tobacco Problems
3. New Anti-drug
Spots Steer Away From Negativity
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. What Employers
Can Do About Alcohol Problems
6. Docs Advised
to Warn Patients About Secondhand Smoke
7. FREE: Developing a
Drug-Free Workplace Program
11/14/05 Vol. 5 #46
Quote of the Week: "Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will
take you everywhere." -- Albert Einstein
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1. Age of First Alcoholic Drink Influenced by Child’s Tendencies
2. Inhalants Quiz
3. Celebrating the Value of Fair Play
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Study Finds Significant Financial Benefits of Providing Substance Abuse
Treatment
6. Selected Prescription Drugs With Potential for Abuse
7. FREE: WADA 2006 Prohibited List, Effective Jan. 1, 2006
11/21/05 Vol. 5 #48
Quote of the Week: "True victory is not about finishing first; it is
about finishing regardless of how many times you fall." ~ Rebecca Eilts
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1. Straight Facts About Alcohol and Drugs
2. Ever Wonder Why Drugs Run Rampant In Our Culture?
3. What Should A Parent Look for If Concerned a Child Is Taking Anabolic
Steroids?
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Smokers' Bones Take Longer to Heal, But Quitting Helps
6. Marijuana Spray Helps Arthritis Patients
7. FREE: A Parents' Guide to Preventing Inhalant Abuse
11/28/05 Vol. 5 #49
Quote of the Week: "Those who cannot change their minds cannot change
anything." ~ George Bernard Shaw
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1. Federal Government Unveils New Initiative to Prevent Underage Drinking
2. Movies Heavily Shape Teen Smoking
3. Only 34% of US General Public Recognize Alcoholism as a Disease
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Alcohol Screening Yields 2-to-1 Savings
6. Smoking Down in the U.S., CDC Reports
7. FREE: Straight Facts About Alcohol and Drugs
12/05/05 Vol. 5 #50
Quote of the Week: "Don’t put off for tomorrow what you can do today,
because if you enjoy it today you can do it again tomorrow." ~ James A.
Michener
This is National Drunk and Drugged Driving
Prevention Month, 2005
During National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, we renew our efforts
to educate all Americans about the tragic consequences of impaired driving and
encourage all Americans to drive responsibly. A Proclamation by the President of
the United States of America
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051123.html
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1. Congress Passes
Bill That Says Schools Can't Make Drug Treatment Mandatory
2. Substance-Free Dorms Get
Good Grades
3. Decline in
Heart Attacks Linked to Smoke-free Law
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. The Cost-Effectiveness of
Alcohol Interventions
6. Smokers'
Misperceptions Make Quitting Hard
7. FREE: Beyond Zero Tolerance
12/12/05 Vol. 5 #51
Quote of the Week: "When I despair, I remember that all through history
the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and
murderers, and for a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always
fall. Think of it always." ~ Mahatma Gandhi
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1. Teens Turning to Cigars
2. Surgeon General Reports on Smoking
3. Take the Test: Drug Use
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Brief Interventions
6. Hangovers Have
Costly Effects in the Workplace
7. FREE: Volume 1:
1975-2004 national trends
12/19/05 Vol. 5 #52
Quote of the Week: "He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who
works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands,
his head, and his heart is an artist." ~ Francis of Assisi
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1. Elf Snowball Game
2. Cannabis Almost
Doubles Risk Of Fatal Crashes
3. New Online Drug
Database Helps Athletes Compete Doping-Free
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Hangovers Have
Costly Effects in the Workplace
6. NIAAA Expert Explains
How to Prevent Alcohol-related Fatalities During the Holidays
7. FREE: Volume 2:
1975-2004 national trends
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