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01/01/07                     Vol. 7  #1

Some Thoughts for the New Year

Smoke Free bars law goes into effect today in Utah

Smoke Free workplaces and restaurants law goes  into effect today in Louisiana

Smoke Free Workplace law goes into effect in Washington DC on January 2, 2007

01/08/07                     Vol. 7  #2

Quote of the Week:  "Be who you are and say what you feel because people who mind don't matter and people who matter don't mind." ~ Dr. Seuss

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1.  It's time to start planning for Kick Butts Day 2007
2.  Smoking Is Cool?
3.  65% of Kids Get Alcohol From Friend & Family
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  How Do We Win the War On Drugs?
6.  Italian Smoking Ban Prevents Heart Attacks
7.  FREE:  ICAP Blue Book
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01/15/07                     Vol. 7  #3

Quote of the Week:  "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
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1.  Not What I Once Was
2.  Surgeon General's Secondhand Smoke Video Now on You Tube
3.  American Lung Association Grades States and Federal Government on Tobacco Control Policy
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Alcohol’s Effects on the Brain
5.  Alcohol Involved in One-Third of Suicides
6.  Infant May Be Harmed by Alcohol in First Trimester
7.  FREE:  Guiding Stars of the New Parenting Movement Volume 1
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01/22/07                     Vol. 7  #4

Quote of the Week:  "Anything can happen, child. Anything can be." ~ Shel Silvertein

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1.  When Don’t Smoke Means Do
2.  Test your knowledge about alcohol and drugs
3.  Silence Isn't Golden; It's Permission
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Cost of Alcohol-Related Crimes Higher Than Drug-Related Crime
6.  Many Drivers Test Positive for Illicit Drugs
7.  FREE:  The Role of Primary Care in Substance Abuse Treatment
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01/29/07                     Vol. 7  #5

Quote of the Week:  "Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1.  Girl Talk
2.  Inside the Teenage Brain

3.  A Frank Mother-Son Conversation on Drugs
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Quit Smoking Now!
6.  Brain Has Remarkable Power to Recover from Alcohol Ravages
7.  FREE:  Drug Abuse Treatment Recommendations to Cut Costs, Save Money and Reduce Crime
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02/05/07                     Vol. 7  #6

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "A barbarian is one who destroys that which he does not understand." ~ Arthur C. Clarke

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1.  Cancer Conundrums
2.  Visit bubblemonkey.com
3.  NASCAR: 'Busch Series' No More
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  1 in 3 Drivers Under 'the limit' for Alcohol Still Test Positive for Drugs
6.  Definition of Alcoholism
7.  FREE:  Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
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02/12/07                     Vol. 7  #7

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "The best things in life aren't things." ~ Art Buchwald

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1.  Caffeinated drinks 'addictive to kids'
2.  Smoking Is Cool?
3.  Tobacco Effects Quiz
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Few Employers Help Workers Quit Smoking
6.  Definition of Problem Drinking
7.  FREE:  Guiding Stars of the New Parenting Movement Volume 1
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Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "You don't get to choose how you're going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you're going to live. Now." ~ Joan Baez

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1.  Inhalants Video
2.  Alternative Programs Most Effective Prevention
3.  Online Inhalant Training for Parents
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Quitline Map
6.  Drinking Definitions
7.  FREE:  NIDA Releases Companion Guide to HBO's 'Addiction' Series
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02/26/07                     Vol. 7  #9

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves." ~ Carl Jung

Smoke Free Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars law goes into effect on Friday, March 3 in Puerto Rico

March 18^th to 24^t,h 2007 is the 15^th Annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW)

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1.  Steroids Video

2.  Who Should Not Drink?
3.  Silence - inhalant abuse
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement:
6.  An Exit Strategy for the War on Drugs
7.  FREE:  On-line Education for Nurses
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03/05/07                     Vol. 7  #10

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say." ~ Wayne Dyer

March 18^th to 24^t,h 2007 is the 15^th Annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW)

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1.  Death and Disease Data

2.  Tobacco Scam Ads

3.  Adults Liable for Serving Alcohol to Youths
4.  JUST THE FACTS

5.  MORE COPS DIED DIRECTING TRAFFIC THAN WAGING THE DRUG WAR LAST YEAR 
6.  Study Blasts TV Prescription Drug Ads
7.  FREE:  CBT Web Course for Counselors, Supervisors
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03/12/07                     Vol. 7  #11

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "The future depends on what we do in the present." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

March 18^th to 24^t,h 2007 is the 15^th Annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW)

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1.  Poison Vapors: The Truth About Inhalants
2.  The Dangers of Inhalant Abuse

3.  Inhalants:  The Silent Epidemic
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  What is a Standard Drink?
5.  Excessive Drinking, Not Alcoholism, May Lead To Most Alcohol-Related Problems
6.  Animal Study Sees Possibility of Blocking Alcohol's Fetal Effects
7.  FREE:  Inhalant Prevention Resource Guide
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03/19/07                     Vol. 7  #12

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant." ~ Robert Louis Stevenson
March 18^th to 24^t,h 2007 is the 15^th Annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW)

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1.  Prescription Drugs: Their Use and Abuse
2.  Workplace Secondhand Smoke Ups Cancer Risk
3.  The Dangers of Inhalant Abuse
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Drugs Continue to Kill Baby Boomers
6.  New Addiction Related Brain Region Identified
7.  FREE:  Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
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03/26/07                     Vol. 7  #13

Quote of the Week:  "Example is not the main thing in influencing other, it is the only thing." ~ Albert Schweitzer
National Alcohol Screening Day is April 5, 2007 

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1.  Pharmaceutical Users Flooding Emergency Rooms
2.  Cigarette Use Reaches New Low Among High School Seniors
3.  Pictures Better than Words for Cigarette Warnings
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Will a New Study Force Changes in Drug Law?

6.  Eye Test Could Yield Insights into Fetal Alcohol Damage
7.  FREE:  Commonly Abused Drug Chart
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04/02/07                     Vol. 7  #14

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "We are in danger of becoming a nation of pill poppers, the increase in the abuse of prescription drugs has been fueled worldwide by misperceptions of the potential harms of these powerful drugs, making it more critical than ever that we raise public awareness about the dangers of their misuse." ~ drug czar John Walters

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

National Alcohol Screening Day is April 5, 2007 

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1.  Kids: Open to Discussion
2.  Tobacco Scam Ads
3.  Prom Night Tips for Parents
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Smokeless Tocacco

5.   Minorities More Likely to Be Screened for Alcohol Use
6.  More Drinking Leads to More Sick Leave
7.  FREE:  Report Sheds Light on Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
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04/09/07                     Vol. 7  #15

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "We can cure physical diseases with medicine, but the only cure for loneliness, dispair and hopelessness is love. There are many in the world who are dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love." ~ Mother Teresa

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

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1.  Above the Influence
2.  Rich Kids More Likely Than Poor to Use Drugs
3.  Important Message to Parents: Purge Your Medicine Cabinets
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Occasional Heavy Drinking Muddles Workplace Productivity

6.  Drug Use Hits a New Low Among American Workers
7.  FREE:  UNODC Launches Updated Multilingual Dictionary of Drugs Under International Control
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04/16/07                     Vol. 7  #16

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." ~ Henry Ford

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

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1.  Heads Up:  Real News About Drugs and Your Body
2.  Young people able to buy beer at stores even without proper ID
3.  Tobacco Scam Website
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Pot Prisoners Cost Americans $1 Billion a Year
6.  Investments in Alcohol Treatment Can Boost Employers' Bottom Lines
7.  FREE:  Dual Diagnosis Toolkit
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04/23/07                     Vol. 7  #17

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law? read.

Quote of the Week:  "It is never too late to become what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

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1.  Do You Know What Is In a Cigarette?
2.  SAMHSA Report Finds Decline in Youth Substance Abuse
3.  Are You Overdosing on Caffeine With Energy Drinks?
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Nicotine Alters the Developing Rat Brain
6.  Prescription Drug Abuse Policy Brief
7.  FREE:  Blueprint for the States Summary
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04/30/07                     Vol. 7  #18

Quote of the Week:  "It is never too late to become what you might have been." ~ George Eliot

Smoke Free Workplaces, Restaurants, and Bars law goes into effect in Arizona on May 1st.

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

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1.  Play the Haz-Match Game
2.  These Friends Do Let Friends Drive Drunk
3.  What Parents Need to Know About Prescription Drug Abuse
4.  JUST THE FACTS

5.  Overheard at 12 Step Meetings
6.  Free:  Reach Out Now
7.  FREE:  Freedom From Smoking® Online
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05/07/07                     Vol. 7  #19

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Things may come to those who wait, but only what's left behind by those who hustle." ~ Abraham Lincoln

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1.  Too Smart to Start Interactive Body
2.  Adolescent Attention Problems Tied to Prenatal Smoking
3.  Start Talking Before They Start Drinking, Sixth-Grade Family Resource Guide
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Researchers Say Smokers Cost Employers in Missed Work Days, Poor Performance
6.  NIDA Survey Shows Lack of Substance Abuse Treatment Options for Offenders
7.  FREE: 2007 Recovery Month Toolkit Now Available Online!
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05/14/07                     Vol. 7  #20

Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

Quote of the Week:  "Sometimes life's shadows are caused by stanging in our own sunshine." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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1.  Too Smart to Start Crossword Puzzles
2.  Study Praises Prevention Based on 'Competence Skills'
3.  How to Take the "High" Out of Higher Education
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Changes at Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
6.  H.O.P.E. for Reform
7.  FREE: How to Hold Crucial Conversations About Drugs With Your Teenager
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05/21/07                     Vol. 7  #21

Quote of the Week:  "Sometimes life's shadows are caused by stanging in our own sunshine." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
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1.  What A Kid Can Do:  Waahid Azizuddin
2.  Harvard Advises Hollywood to Ban Smoking
3.  Talk with Your Fifth Graders About Underage Alcohol Use, Family Resource Guide
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Atlas, Athena Programs Address Drugs in Sports
6.  Facts for Educators
7.  FREE:  Ethics and Drug Policy paper now online
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05/28/07                     Vol. 7  #22

Quote of the Week:  "While we try to teach our children all about life, our children teach us what life is all about." ~ Angela Schwindt
May 31st is World No Tobacco Day 

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1.  Marijuana Using Parents Have Trouble Delivering Straight Dope to Kids
2.  Dismantling Tobacco Industry Myths
3.  Rigorous Research Leaves No Doubt
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Prism Awards Honor 'Thank You for Smoking'
6.  Attitudes, Behaviours, Knowledge and Education - Drugs in Sports: Past, Present and Future
7.  FREE:  WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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Quote of the Week:  "People travel to wonder at the height of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars. . . and they pass by themselves without wondering." ~ St. Augustine

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1.  INTERACTIVE: Street drugs
2.  Underage Drinking and the Developing Brain
3.  How to Hold Crucial Conversations About Drugs With Your Teenager
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  RAND Guide to Underage Drinking Prevention
6.  Alcohol Policy Information System
7.  FREE:  Safety First
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06/11/07                     Vol. 7  #24

Quote of the Week:  "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle." ~ Erin Majors

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1.  Youth Drinking Influenced by Advertising
2.  Parents Are Primary Source of Alcohol for Middle School Youth
3.  You’ve Got to Be Kidding
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Higher Beer Taxes, 21 Drinking Age Reduces Traffic Deaths of Young People
6.  Administrators Guide: Not In Our House
7.  FREE: Guide to Cooperative Games for Social Change
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06/18/07                     Vol. 7  #25

Quote of the Week:  "Quitting smoking is easy. I've done it a thousand times." -- Mark Twain
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1.  Too Smart to Start Word Search Puzzles
2.  Nicotine's Double Effect On the Brain
3.  Heart Hurt by Smoking During Pregnancy
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Cigarette Use May Explain Asthma Epidemic
6.  International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
7.  FREE:  International Harm Reduction Association
"50 Best" Tobacco Harm Reduction Papers
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Quote of the Week:  "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." ~ William J. Bryan

Smoking ban in England to come into force on 1 July 2007  

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1.  Warning on Smoking Near Babies
2.  Video Game Addiction: A New Diagnosis? 
3.  Frequent High School Binge Drinkers Six Times More Likely to Drink and Drive
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Alcohol and College Students
5.  WHO Calls for Ban On Indoor Smoking Worldwide
6.  Current Research on Screening and Brief Intervention
7.  FREE:  Preventing Underage Drinking
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07/02/07                     Vol. 7  #27
 

Quote of the Week:  "I wanted to change the world. But I have found that the only thing one can be sure of changing is oneself." ~ Aldous Huxley
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1.  Many Kids Get First Drink from Parents
2.  Teens with Money More Likely to Drink Heavily
3.  Underage Drinking and Social Hosting
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Athletic Directors/Coaches Guide: Not In Our House
6.  Nearly 2 Million Pounds of Cigarette Butts Collected from Beaches
7.  FREE:  Guide Provides Research-Based Information on Preventing Youth Drug Use
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07/09/07                     Vol. 7  #28

Quote of the Week:  "Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.' ~ Helen Keller.
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1.  Welcome to Up-2-You

2.  Official Web Site for "It's Happy Bunny"™
3.  Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking for Families
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Prevention First
6.  Parent/Community Coordinators Guide: Not In Our House
7.  FREE:  NIDA Publication Explains the Science of Addiction
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07/16/07                     Vol. 7  #29

Quote of the Week:  "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

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1.  Fact or fiction?
2.  Feeling Pressured Quiz
3.  The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Incarcerex
6.  Teachers Guide: Not In Our House

7.  FREE:  Prescription Drug Abuse Chart
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07/23/07                     Vol. 7  #30

This week we only have one item to share because it is so important by itself.
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Quote of the Week:  "We haven't crossed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we stop saying 'It got lost' and say 'I lost it." ~ Sydney Harris

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U.S. Mayors Declare Drug War a Failure

07/30/07                     Vol. 7  #31

Quote of the Week:  "The easiest thing in the world to be is you. The most difficult thing to be is what other people want you to be. Don't let them put you in that position." ~ Leo Buscaglia

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1.  Most U.S. Homes Ban Smoking
2.  Teens Overestimate Smoking Rate
3.  Schedule Friday Morning Classes to Cut Students Drinking
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  U.S. Senate Passes Resolution Naming August National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month
6.  U.S. Prison Population Up to 2.245 Million
7.  FREE:  "Talking. The Anti-Drug" COSA Youth Poster

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08/06/07                     Vol. 7  #32

Quote of the Week:  "Live so that when your children think of fairness and integrity, they think of you." ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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1.  Kids See More Booze Ads Than 'Responsibility' Ads
2.  Convenience Stores Big Offenders in Teen Tobacco Sales
3.  Smoking Linked to Stillbirths
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Nearly One in Three Americans Has History of Alcohol Problems
6.  The Effects of Drugs and Alcohol
7.  FREE:  New Guide on Preventing Underage Drinking
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08/13/07                     Vol. 7  #33

Quote of the Week:  "Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among America’s youth. More young people drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or use marijuana."
~ National Research Council / Institute of Medicine, 2004
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1.  CADCA Broadcast to Discuss Teen Cough Medicine Abuse
2.  Parents, You're Not Done Yet
3.  Parade Magazine Features 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  State Traffic Safety Information
6.  Intervening on Tobacco Addiction
7.  FREE:  Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking for Educators
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08/20/07                     Vol. 7  #34

Quote of the Week:  "Nobody can dim the light which shined from within." ~ Maya Angelo
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1.  Study Finds Decrease in Parent and Teen Discussions on Drugs and Alcohol
2.  Smoking Ban for Disney Films
3.  Smokeless Tobacco Called Unsafe Cigarette Substitute
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Bob Quits Smoking
6.  Carcinogens Found in Workers After One Night of Smoke Exposure 
7.  FREE:  I Quit: What To Do When You're Sick of Smoking, Chewing, or Dipping
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08/27/07                     Vol. 7  #35

Quote of the Week:  "Sports do not build character. They reveal it." ~ John Wooden

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1.  Drug Experimentation Not Normal, RAND Studies Suggest
2.  Is Smokeless Tobacco Safer than Cigarettes?
3.  Fewer Parent-Teen Discussions About Drugs
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  How & Why Philip Morris is Pushing for FDA Regulation
6.  Antidepressants Now Most Prescribed Drugs
7.  FREE:  Athletic Directors/Coaches Guide: Not In Our House
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Quote of the Week:  "We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse." ~ Rudyard Kipling
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1.  21st Birthday Card:  Is someone you know turning 21?
2.  More Kids Say Drugs a School Problem
3. FAS Not the Only Risk of Drinking While Pregnant
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Over the Counter Cough Medicine
5.  Most Illicit Drug Users and Heavy Alcohol Users Are in the Workplace and May Pose Special Problems  
6.  Addiction Screening Rare, Should be Required

7.  FREE:  Factbook on State Beer Taxes
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09/10/07                     Vol. 7  #37

Quote of the Week:  "You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him." ~ Leo Aikman
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1.  Welcome to DrugFacts
2.  What does it take to BECOME AN EX?
3.  Mary Quits Smoking
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Effects of Drivers' License Suspension Policies on Alcohol-Related Crash Involvement
6.  Important New Tobacco Database

7.  FREE: Prevention Education in America’s Schools
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Quote of the Week:  "When you let your own light shine, you unconsciously give others permission to do the same." ~ Nelson Mandela

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1.  Official Web Site for "It's Happy Bunny"™ 
2.  Effects At Specific B.A.C. Levels
3.  Maternal Smoking Causes Blood-Pressure Rise Among Babies . 
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Quitting With EX 
6.  The War on Drugs is Still a War on Blacks
7.  FREE:  Manual Introduces Juvenile Offenders to Community Service Learning
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09/24/07                     Vol. 7  #39

Quote of the Week:  "It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities." ~ Josiah Charles Stamp
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1.  Protecting You/Protecting Me®

2.  Prevention Could Save 100,000 Lives in U.S.
3.  Great Start
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Substance Abuse And Addiction Among Most Serious Workplace Issues
6.  CASA* 2007 Teen Survey Reveals America's Schools Infested With Drugs
7.  FREE:  Guide to Action for Communities
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10/01/07                     Vol. 7  #40

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.  How to Talk to Your Teen 
2.  Poll: 21 Percent of Americans Smoke
3.  UMADD
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Spontaneous Quitting Works Best
6.  21st Century Could See a Billion Tobacco Victims
7.  FREE: Understanding Links between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse: A Toolkit for Providers
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10/08/07                     Vol. 7  #41

Quote of the Week:  "100% of the shots you do not take, don't go in." ~ Wayne Gretzky
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1.  Too Smart to Start Interactive Body
2.  Get the Truth About the 21 Law
3.  Test Your Alcohol Knowledge 
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Become An EX
6.  Rx Video
7.  FREE: Helping Your Teen Cope with Traumatic Stress and Substance Abuse
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10/15/07                     Vol. 7  #42

Quote of the Week:  "People of character do the right thing, not because they think it will change the world but because they refuse to be changed by the world." ~ Michael Josephson
This is Drug Free Work Week 

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1.  Too Smart to Start Crossword Puzzles
2.  Test Your Brain On Pot
3.  Responding to Tough Questions About Teen Drinking
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Irish Smoking Ban Credited with Cutting Heart Attacks
6.  Prevention Efforts Need to Go Beyond Schools 
7.  FREE: Recognizing Drug Use in Adolescents: A Quick Guide for Caregivers and Adults
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11/05/07                     Vol. 7  #45

Quote of the Week:  "Kindness in words creates confidence. Kindness in thinking creates profoundness. Kindness in giving creates love." ~ Lao Tzu
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1.  Dr. NIDA's Challenge 
2.  Secondhand Smoke Increases Teen Test Failure
3.  Don't Harm Yourself
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Medical Consequences of Drug Abuse 
6.  Brain & Addiction
7.  FREE:  Focus On Prevention
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11/12/07                     Vol. 7  #46

Quote of the Week:  "Don't say you don't have enough time.  You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Pasteur, Michaelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein." ~ H. Jackson Brown
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1.  Teens and Drugged Driving
2.  Space Wrangler Game
3.  Video Clip: Drugproof Your Kid
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  New Healthcare Codes to Leverage Doctor-Patient Relationship
6.  Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
7.  FREE:  Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
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11/19/07                     Vol. 7  #47

Quote of the Week:  "Don't smoke too much, drink too much, eat too much or work too much.  We're all on the road to the grave -- but there's no need to be in the passing lane."  ~ Robert Orben
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1.  'Clear Smoking Link' to Cot Death
2.  Random Drug Testing Not Reliable In Keeping Teen Athletes From Using
3.  The CRAFFT Questions
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Coalitions Can Help Reduce Drug Use in the Workplace
6.  Help Prevent Impaired Driving on Halloween
7.  FREE:  Understanding Links between Adolescent Trauma and Substance Abuse: A Toolkit for Providers
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