THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run.
 
 

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

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1.  Gallery of Gore
2.  Anti-drug Overdose?
3.  Have the Talk
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  New Online Buprenorphine Training Program
6.  Pediatric Clinicians Making Children's Homes Smoke Free

7.  FREE:  Smoking Catalog From CDC
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1.  Gallery of Gore

These photos are real. Smoking is a serious addiction! You can suffer serious illness and disease, and you could even die!  http://teenquit.com/gallery/index.asp

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2.  Anti-drug Overdose?
Many school prevention programs don't help, scientists say, and may even do harm.

Increasingly, many academic scholars and government researchers agree. They point to a growing body of evidence that supports Mariana's instincts. One-size-fits-all lessons do little to prepare kids for the real drug choices they're likely to face, these experts say. By condemning all drugs as bad — not distinguishing between legitimate medications and, in moderation, alcohol — such programs can confuse kids and ultimately cheapen their own messages.

http://www.latimes.com/features/health/la-he-drugs15may15,1,1076332.story?page=1&coll=la-headlines-health&ctrack=1&cset=true
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3.  Have the Talk

If you are not sure how to talk with your children about smoking this is a good place to start.

http://pmusa.com/en/prc/activities/havethetalk.asp?source=YSPemail_2006-04_havethetalk
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Depression ranks among the top three workplace problems for employee assistance professionals, following only family crisis and stress.
• 3% of total short term disability days are due to depressive disorders and in 76% of those cases, the employee was female.
• In a study of First Chicago Corporations, depressive disorders accounted for more than half of all medical plan dollars paid for mental health problems. The amount for treatment of these claims was close to the amount spent on treatment for heart disease.
• The annual economic cost of depression in 1995 was $600 per depressed worker. Nearly one-third of these costs are for treatment and 72% are costs related to absenteeism and lost productivity at work.
• Almost 15% of those suffering from severe depression will commit suicide.

Source: http://www.nmha.org/infoctr/factsheets/depressionworkplace.cfm

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5.  New Online Buprenorphine Training Program

The American Society of Addiction Medicine and Clinical Tools, Inc., recently launched a new Internet-based physician-training program for office-based treatment of opioid dependence using buprenorphine.

http://www1.buprenorphinecme.com/PageReq?
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6.  Pediatric Clinicians Making Children's Homes Smoke Free

The website is intended to provide resources, information, ideas, and opportunities for collaboration for pediatric clinicians. Join us in the battle against secondhand tobacco smoke exposure of children.
http://www.kidslivesmokefree.org/
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7.  FREE:  Smoking Catalog From CDC

Helpful information for parents, educators, professionals, youth leaders and employers.


The following materials are free of charge and in the public domain. You may select three items from the list (single copies only).

http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/osh_pub_catalog/
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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.

For more information on drug abuse prevention be sure to go to our links page at http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org/Links.htm

If your school or organization is interested in staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run to help raise awareness of and money for drug abuse prevention visit our site at  http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org or send us an email at events@rundrugsoutoutoftownrun.org and we will help you make it happen.

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