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Quote of the Week:  "Few blame themselves until they have exhausted all other possibilities." ~ Anonymous
 
 

April is Alcohol Awareness Month
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1.  Childhood Asthma, Allergies Linked to Secondhand Smoke
2.  Underage Drinking

3.  NASCAR Drivers Speak Out Against Smoking
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Medical Marijuana 3000 Mile Bike Ride

6.  Study Supports 'Rewired' Brain Theory of Addiction
7.  FREE:  The National Library of Medicine
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1.  Childhood Asthma, Allergies Linked to Secondhand Smoke

An immune response triggered by secondhand smoke could cause some children to develop asthma and allergies, according to researchers at Pittsburgh's Allegheny General Hospital.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/childhood-asthma-allergies.html
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2.  Underage Drinking

Alcohol is the drug of choice among youth. Many young people are experiencing the consequences of drinking too much, at too early an age. As a result, underage drinking is a leading public health problem in this country.

Each year, approximately 5,000 young people under the age of 21 die as a result of underage drinking; this includes about 1,900 deaths from motor vehicle crashes, 1,600 as a result of homicides, 300 from suicide, as well as hundreds from other injuries such as falls, burns, and drownings.
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/AA67/AA67.htm
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3.  NASCAR Drivers Speak Out Against Smoking

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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• In 1998, the estimated productivity loss for workers with past or current alcoholism was $86.4 billion. Productivity losses were greatest for males who initiated drinking before age 15.
• In a survey of 18- to 24-year-old current drinkers who failed to complete high school, nearly 60% had begun to drink before age 16.
• Long-term heavy alcohol use is the leading cause of illness and death from liver disease in the U.S.
• Alcohol is implicated in more than 100,000 deaths annually.
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration estimates that the laws specifying 21 as the minimum drinking age have saved 22,798 lives since the mid-1970s.10

5.  Medical Marijuana 3000 Mile Bike Ride

Ken Locke, of North Carolina will be riding his bicycle across the United States this April to bring attention to the war on medical marijuana.  Ken became a medical marijuana patient in 2001, when a limb of a tree struck him on the head, shattering a section of his skull. Since then, Ken has been working tirelessly to change local and national laws against medical marijuana.

His bike ride will begin on April 7th, 2006 in South Carolina, and will end in the Bay Area of California. This will be a massive 3000+ mile effort to bring more attention to the bad laws that destroy so many lives.

Ken's trip will be the 7th Journey for Justice, following others who have marched to end unfair practices in the drug war and criminal justice system.
 http://www.angelfire.com/planet/bikeride.
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6.  Study Supports 'Rewired' Brain Theory of Addiction

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7.  FREE:  The National Library of Medicine

Provided by the Ntional Institutes of Health this is the worlds largest medical library.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose, NIH, Alcohol Free Kids and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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