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Quote of the Week:  "There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction." ~ John F. Kennedy
 
 

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1.  Anti-drug overdose?

2.  Threat Behind the Party Girl Image

3.  Bias' Mom Still Helping Fight Drug Abuse
4.  JUST THE FACTS

5.  Smoking Can Blind You

6.  FAVOR Unveils Strategy for Recovery 'Messaging'
7.  FREE:  NIAAA SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
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1.  Anti-drug overdose?

Many school prevention programs don't help, scientists say, and may even do harm
http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-drugs15may15,1,1076332.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-health

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2.  Threat Behind the Party Girl Image

Young women are drinking harder alcohol -- and more of it -- at an earlier age. Now studies show it takes a greater physical toll on them than on men. They're much more likely than boys or young men to experience physical and sexual assault while intoxicated.

See full text of article (free registration required)
More on girls and alcopops
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3.  Bias' Mom Still Helping Fight Drug Abuse

As the 20th anniversary of the death of basketball star Len Bias approaches, his mother continues to warn of the dangers of drug abuse.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2006-05-25-len-bias-mom_x.htm?POE=SPOISVA
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Every day, approximately 4,700 American youths ages 12-17 try marijuana for the first time.
• By the time they reach 8th grade, nearly half of all teens have had at least one drink of alcohol. More than 20 percent say they have been “drunk.”
• More teens are in treatment for a primary diagnosis of marijuana dependency than for all other illicit drugs combined.
• As many as 1.1 million young people ages 12-17 have taken a performance-enhancing drug or sport supplement. Many sports supplements are easily available to teens at stores, on the Internet and from other sources.
• Anabolic steroids, typically available only by prescription, were used by 2.1 percent of 12th graders surveyed in 2003.

5.  Smoking Can Blind You

Cigarette packets should carry warnings that smoking causes blindness, doctors will argue this week as a new study shows that the habit can badly damage eyesight.
A European study is set to show the leading cause of blindness - age-related macular degeneration - is directly attributable to smoking in more than one in four cases. In addition, clouding of the eye lens occurs in smokers 10 to 15 years earlier than in non-smokers.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/smoking/Story/0,,1779927,00.html
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6.  FAVOR Unveils Strategy for Recovery 'Messaging'

Recovery, not "addiction," should be the focus of discussions between people with alcohol and other drug problems and the media, lawmakers, and the public, according to Faces and Voices of Recovery (FAVOR).
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7.  FREE:  NIAAA SCIENCE EDUCATION PROGRAMS

http://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/Science/Science.htm
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose, The Marin Institute, The Anti-Drug and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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