THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS

08/14/06                     Vol. 6  #33

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Quote of the Week:  "If you don't know where you're going, chances are you will end up somewhere else." ~ Yogi Berra
 
 

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1.  Additives Found in American Cigarettes
2.  State Profiles for Underaged Drinking
3.  A Crash Course for Parents On Teens & Technology
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Drunk Drivers Beware
6.  NIDA Announces Recommendations to Treat Drug Abusers, Save Money, and Reduce Crime
7.  FREE:  Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide
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1.  Additives Found in American Cigarettes

In addition to tobacco, which contains nicotine, the following 599 ingredients have been identified in tobacco industry documents as being added to tobacco in the manufacturing of cigarettes by the five major American cigarette manufacturing companies. While some of these chemicals, such as sugars, vanilla extract, prune juice, and vinegar, are generally recognized as safe when used in food products, all produce numerous additional chemical compounds when burned. None, probably, is more deadly than nicotine, however.
http://www.drugs.indiana.edu/resources/druginfo/drugs/tobaccoadditives.html

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2.  State Profiles for Underaged Drinking

Underage drinking is a serious national problem that costs the United States $62.6 billion each year in deaths, injuries, property damage, and related economic and productivity losses. Tragically, illegal consumption of alcohol by minors led to 3,212 deaths and 2.4 million other harmful events in the lives in American families in 2001. In fact, underage drinkers account for about 16 percent of all alcohol consumed in the United States annually.

To view state-by-state victim stories and statistical comparisons, click a state on the interactive map.
http://www.iiaaonline.org/profiles.php
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3.  A Crash Course for Parents On Teens & Technology

Take a moment and think about all the technology your teen uses on a regular basis. Computers, televisions, cell phones, gaming devices,
"Blackberries," and iPods may come to the top of your mind. Have you ever asked yourself, "What does my teen do with all this 'stuff'?" That's a
VERY good question!

Learn about your teen's technology and what this means for you as a parent: Parents. The Anti-Drug. -- E-Monitoring
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4.  JUST THE FACTS: 

For the third and fourth quarters of 2003, DAWN estimates 627,923 drug-related ED visits nationwide. Overall, drug-related ED visits averaged 1.7 drugs per visit, including illicit drugs and inhalants, alcohol, prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals, dietary supplements, and nonpharmaceutical inhalants.

SAMHSA estimates 305,731 drug-related ED visits involved alcohol or a major illicit drug; this is nearly half (49 percent) of all drug-related ED visits.

• Cocaine was involved in 125,921 ED visits, or 20 percent of all drug-related ED visits.
• Marijuana was involved in 79,663, or nearly 13 percent, of all drug-related ED visits.
• Heroin was involved in 47,604, or nearly 8 percent, of all drug-related ED visits.
• Stimulants, including amphetamines and methamphetamine, were involved in 42,538, or nearly 7 percent of all drug-related ED visits.
• Unspecified opiates, some of which may be heroin, occurred in 24,623, or nearly 4 percent, of all drug-related ED visits.

Source:  http://www.drugabuse.gov/infofacts/hospital.html

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5.  Drunk Drivers Beware

August 18 marks the start of the national drunk driving law enforcement crackdown that is a critical part of a national strategy to deter drunk driving. And drunk drivers should beware because, this year, more than 10,000 law enforcement agencies will conduct sobriety checkpoints and saturation patrols nationwide.
http://support.madd.org/site/PageServer?pagename=wp4_Mobilization
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6.  NIDA Announces Recommendations to Treat Drug Abusers, Save Money, and Reduce Crime

The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, has released a landmark scientific report showing that effective treatment of drug abuse and addiction can save communities money and reduce crime.

Untreated substance abuse adds significant costs to communities, including violent and property crimes, prison expenses, court and criminal costs, emergency room visits, child abuse and neglect, lost child support, foster care and welfare costs, reduced productivity, unemployment, and victimization. The cost to society of drug abuse in the year 2002 was $181 billion -- $107 billion associated with drug-related crime.
http://www.drugnewswire.com/3588/
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7.  FREE:  Principles of Drug Addiction Treatment: A Research Based Guide

http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/PODAT/PODAT.pdf

In Spanish

http://www.drugabuse.gov/PODAT/spanish/PODATIndex.html
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose, MADD 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

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