THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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You'll be sort of surprised what there is to be found
Once you go beyond 'Z' and start poking around!"  ~ Dr. Seuss

The Art of Recovery Expo is coming to Phoenix on Sept 16th  http://www.artofrecoveryexpo.com/

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1.  Keep Talking to Your Kids About Smokin

2.  Minimum Drinking Age Puts Parents in Control

3.  Tests Show 70 Percent Less Exposure to Tobacco Smoke
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Brief Intervention Prevents Drinking and Driving Behavior
6.  New Website on Pain Management for Healthcare Professionals

7.  FREE:  Surgeon General's Smoking Report
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1.  Keep Talking to Your Kids About Smoking

As your kids try new activities there will be increased pressure to start smoking.

http://pmusa.com/en/prc/activities/keeptalking.asp?source=YSPemail_2006-04_keeptalking

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2.  Minimum Drinking Age Puts Parents in Control

Alcohol kills 6.5 times more kids than all illegal drugs combined, yet our principal law against underage drinking -- the minimum legal drinking age -- is not being fully enforced anywhere in the nation. Dr. Robert Voas, a senior research scientist for PIRE Public Services Research Institute, conveys why parents need to demand that the drinking age law be fully enforced. http://www.jointogether.org/news/yourturn/commentary/2006/minimum-drinking-age-puts.html
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3.  Tests Show 70 Percent Less Exposure to Tobacco Smoke

Tests of nonsmokers indicate that exposure to secondhand smoke in the U.S. may have fallen as much as 70 percent between 1998 and 2002.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2006/tests-show-70-percent-less.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:
The NSDUH Report: Youth Violence and Illicit Drug Use
  Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health, youths aged 12 to 17 who used an illicit drug in the past year were almost twice as likely to have engaged in a violent behavior as those who did not use an illicit drug [SAMHSA, USA]

• Violent behaviors among youth was defined in SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health as getting into a serious fight at school or work, participating in a group-against-group fight, or attacking others with the intent of seriously hurting them.
• Based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health, youths aged 12 to 17 who used an illicit drug in the past year were almost twice as likely to have engaged in a violent behavior as those who did not use an illicit drug (49.8% vs. 26.6%).
• Rates of past year violent behavior were higher among youths aged 13, 14, and 15 than those either younger or older.
• The likelihood of having engaged in violent behavior increased with the number of drugs used in the past year: 45.6% of youths who used one illicit drug engaged in violent behavior compared to 61.9% of youths who used three or more illicit drugs.

5.  Brief Intervention Prevents Drinking and Driving Behavior

Early intervention and treatment can make a difference for individuals with alcohol problems ? including alcoholism, binge drinking, and impairment stemming from a wide range of drinking habits. Research has shown that brief intervention (BI) reduces alcohol use, recurrent injuries, motor vehicle crashes, and as a new study demonstrates, DUIs. Not only is this a teachable moment for improving drinking patterns, but it is a teachable moment to prevent dangerous drinking and driving behavior.
http://www.ensuringsolutions.org/media/media_show.htm?doc_id=376850&cat_id=1046
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6.  New Website on Pain Management for Healthcare Professionals

The mission of Pain Treatment Topix is to serve as a noncommercial resource for healthcare professionals, providing open access to clinical news, information, research, and education for a better understanding of evidence-based pain-management practices.

http://www.pain-topix.com/
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7.  FREE:  Surgeon General's Smoking Report

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General

http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/sgr_2006/index.htm?tr=y&auid=1783535
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose  and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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