THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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Quote of the Week:  "Your children will see what you're all about by what you live rather than what you say." ~ Wayne Dyer
 
 

March 18^th to 24^t,h 2007 is the 15^th Annual National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW)

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1.  Death and Disease Data

2.  Tobacco Scam Ads

3.  Adults Liable for Serving Alcohol to Youths
4.  JUST THE FACTS

5.  MORE COPS DIED DIRECTING TRAFFIC THAN WAGING THE DRUG WAR LAST YEAR 
6.  Study Blasts TV Prescription Drug Ads
7.  FREE:  CBT Web Course for Counselors, Supervisors
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1.  Death and Disease Data

Test your tobacco knowledge by taking this quiz on how smoking can lead to various diseases and learn how deadly smoking really is.
http://thescooponsmoking.org/xhtml/quizzes/deathAndDiseaseData.php

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2.  Ferguson Speaks From The Heart

Craig Ferguson speaks on his past problems as an alcoholic and why he will not ridicule Britney Spears and her shaved head crisis. Must watch! This will be the most entertaining and enlightening 12 and a half minutes you will spend today!
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7bbaRyDLMvA

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3.  Adults Liable for Serving Alcohol to Youths

The South Carolina Supreme Court has ruled that adults who intentionally serve alcohol to underage youth can be sued for damages.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/adults-liable-for-serving.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Involuntary smoking is a cause of disease, including cancer, in healthy nonsmokers.
• The children of parents who smoke, compared with children of nonsmoking parents, have an increased frequency of respiratory infections, increased respiratory symptoms, slightly smaller rates of increase in lung function as matures.
• Simple separation of smokers and nonsmokers within same air space may reduce, but does not eliminate, exposure of nonsmokers to environmental tobacco smoke.

Source: SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORTS ON THE HEALTH CONSEQUENCES OF SMOKING http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/sgr/index.htm

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5.  MORE COPS DIED DIRECTING TRAFFIC THAN WAGING THE DRUG WAR LAST YEAR

Police portray themselves as up against dangerous criminals as they fight the war on drugs, but you might be surprised...
http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/468/more_police_died_directing_traffic_than_fighting_the_drug_war
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6.  Study Blasts TV Prescription Drug Ads

In strong criticism of the pharmaceutical industry's marketing practices, new research claims that televised ads for prescription drugs are riddled with emotional appeals and lack helpful information on the disease itself.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_44533.html
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7.  FREE:  CBT Web Course for Counselors, Supervisors

A new web course on the skills of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy is available to substance abuse counselors and supervisors as part of a NIDA-funded research study by the New England Research Institutes, Addiction Technology Transfer Center of New England and the Boston University School of Social Work.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/yourturn/announcements/2007/cognitive-behavioral-therapy.html                               
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Is Your Business Ready for the New Smoke Free Arizona Law?

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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