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Quote of the Week:  " There are many wonderful things that will never be done if you do not do them." ~ Honorable Charles D. Gill

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

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1.  Low Self Esteem at 11 Predicts Drug Dependency at 20

2.  Underage Drinking Prevention
3.  Kids Are Not The Problem
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  International Study Questions Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking

6.  Many Native American Deaths Linked to Alcohol
7.  FREE:  Underage Drinking in the United States
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1.  Low Self Esteem at 11 Predicts Drug Dependency at 20

"Low self-esteem is kind of the spark plug for self-destructive behaviors, and drug use is one of these," Taylor said. "It's a fundamental need to have a good sense of self. Without it, people may become pathologically unhappy with themselves, and that can lead to some very serious problems." http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-04/fsu-sfl040506.php

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2.  Underage Drinking Prevention

Get the facts or view and listen to Public Service Annoncments
http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/PSA/underage.htm
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3.  Kids Are Not The Problem
by Michael Mendizza

Mention parenting or early childhood education and people naturally think about children. Children don't need early childhood education. Parenting is about adults. We hear the words "parenting is about adults", nod our heads up and down but deep down we know it's really about kids. This prejudice is blinding.
http://www.parental-intelligence.com/Kidsarenottheproblem.pdf
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• In 2002, about 2 million youth ages 12 through 20 drank 5 or more drinks on an occasion*, 5 or more times a month (and more than 7 million reported this level of consumption at least once in the survey month) (SAMHSA, 2003).
• Alcohol use by persons under age 21 poses both acute and long-term risks.
• In 2002, 1.5 million youth ages 12 through 17 met criteria for admission to alcohol treatment (of these, only 120,000 received treatment) (SAMHSA, 2003
• Alcohol is a leading contributor to injury death, the leading cause of death for persons under age 21.

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5.  International Study Questions Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking

Previous analyses did not account for effects of age and illness that may make abstainer groups appear to have higher death rates than drinkers.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2006-03/uoc--isq032706.php
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6.  Many Native American Deaths Linked to Alcohol

Five of the top 10 causes of death among Native Americans are related to alcohol abuse and dependence.
HealthDay News reported that researcher Jay Shore and colleagues studied data collected from tribes in the Southwest and Northern Plains and found that both culturally distinct populations suffered disproportionately large numbers of deaths from accidents, suicides, homicides, and cirrhosis. "These causes of deaths occur at rates at least three to four times the national average," said Shore, head of the school's American Indian and Alaska Native Programs.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/many-native-american-deaths.html
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7.  FREE:  Underage Drinking in the United States: A STatus Report, 2005
http://www.rwjf.org/files/newsroom/UnderageDrinking2006.pdf
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose, Parental Intelligence, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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