THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN
RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
01/24/08
Vol. 8 # 4
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staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run.
Quote of the Week: "Don't accept
that others know you better than yourself. Work joyfully and peacefully,
knowing that right thoughts and right efforts will inevitably bring
about right results." ~ James Allen
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1.
Alcohol 101 PlusTM
2. ONDCP Launches Initiative to Raise Public Awareness of
Prescription Drug Abuse
3. PathwayInterventions.com
4. JUST THE FACTS
5. Brief Intervention in ER Called Effective
6. Prevention Education in America's Schools
7. FREE: Understanding Drug Abuse and Addiction: What
Science Says
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1.
Alcohol 101 PlusTM
The Century Council announced that its award winning, interactive
Alcohol 101 PlusTM program, designed to help college students make safe
and responsible decisions about alcohol, is now available for free to
college and universities in a new online format at
http://www.alcohol101plus.org.
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2. ONDCP Launches Initiative to Raise
Public Awareness of Prescription Drug Abuse
Though overall teen drug use is down nationwide, more teens abuse
prescription drugs than any other illicit drug, except marijuana—and
more than cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamine combined. However,
research shows that many parents are not aware of teen prescription drug
abuse and are not discussing the dangers with their teens.
To address this serious trend, the White House Office of National Drug
Control Policy (ONDCP) announced its first major federal effort to
educate parents about teen prescription drug abuse. This national public
awareness campaign will begin with advertising during this year´s Super
Bowl, and includes broadcast, print, and online advertising, community
outreach, and new print and online resources to help parents and
communities combat the troubling trend of teen prescription drug abuse.
http://cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=1751
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3. PathwayInterventions.com
The intervention specialists helping those who can't presently help
themselves.
http://www.pathwayinterventions.com/
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4. JUST THE FACTS:
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The monthly
cost of birth control has risen from an average of $7 to $25-$50, and some
colleges are ending sales of birth control all together?
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Fraternity
members were much more likely to engage in heavy drinking than their
non-fraternity peers (75.1% vs. 48.6%) while 62.4% of sorority members
engaged in heavy drinking, compared with 40.9% of other female students?
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From
1993-1997 prevalence of cigarette smoking rose by 27.8% in the 18-24 year
old population?
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5. Brief Intervention in ER Called
Effective
About a quarter of individuals screened for alcohol misuse in hospital
emergency rooms reported unsafe drinking levels, according to a study
concluding that hospital-based brief interventions for alcohol problems
are effective.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/brief-intervention-in-er.html
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6. Prevention Education in America's
Schools: Findings and Recommendations from a Survey of Educators
http://www.jointogether.org/jump.jsp?path=/aboutus/ourpublications/pdf/prevention-report.pdf
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7. FREE: Understanding Drug Abuse
and Addiction: What Science Says
Slide Teaching Packet III, For Health Practitioners, Teachers and
Neuroscientists
http://www.drugabuse.gov/pubs/teaching/Teaching3/Teaching.html
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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
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