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THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS

03/10/08                     Vol. 8  # 10

We aim to bring you the latest information on drug abuse prevention for students, parents and professionals.  If you do not find this information useful or your name was entered on our list in error just follow the instructions at the bottom of the newsletter to be taken off this list.

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If you would like to help the kids in your community check out our web site at http://rundrugsoutoftownrun.org and consider
staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run.
 
 
 

Quote of the Week:  "You are not responsible for the programming you picked up in childhood. However, as an adult, you are one hundred percent responsible for fixing it." ~ Ken Keyes, Jr.
 
 

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1.  How to Hold Crucial Conversations About Drugs With Your Teenager
2.  Teens In Treatment for Prescription Drug Abuse
3.  State Inhalant Laws 
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Underage Alcohol Use
5.  Damage Inhalants Can Do to the Body & Brain 
Study Finds Distinctly Different Drinking Motivations Among U.S. 12th Graders
7.  FREE:  Secondhand Smoke Poster
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1.  How to Hold Crucial Conversations About Drugs With Your Teenager

A guide for parents with tips on how to talk to their teen about drug and alcohol issues.
http://www.theantidrug.com/pdfs/resources/general/crucial-conversations.pdf

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2.  Teens In Treatment for Prescription Drug Abuse

Listen to four teens who participated in teen treatment programs for prescription drug abuse. Sara, Jessica, Nick, and Jordan discuss their struggles with prescription drug abuse and explain how they started using, where they found the drugs, how they hid their drug use from their parents, and how they viewed prescription drugs as a "safe" high.
http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/prescription_more_resources.asp
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3.  State Inhalant Laws

Go to the National Conference of State Legislatures’ (NCSL) site to locate your state’s inhalant laws (collected by NCSL & NIPC).

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/YouthInhalantUse07.htm
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Underage Alcohol Use
 

• In 2005, about 10.8 million underage persons aged 12 to 20 (28.2 percent) reported drinking alcohol in the past month.

• In 2006, 3.0 percent of 12th graders reported daily alcohol use. More than 1 percent (1.4 percent) of 10th graders and 0.5 percent of 8th graders reported daily alcohol use.

• In 2006, 25.4 percent of 12th graders reported having five or more drinks in a row in the last 2 weeks. Twenty-two percent of 10th graders and 10.9 percent of 8th graders reported having five or more drinks in a row in the last 2 weeks.

Source:  http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/Stats/

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5.  Damage Inhalants Can Do to the Body & Brain

http://www.inhalants.org/damage.htm
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6.  Study Finds Distinctly Different Drinking Motivations Among U.S. 12th Graders; Suggests Motivation-Based Interventions Could Be Effective

http://www.cesar.umd.edu/cesar/cesarfax/vol17/17-05.pdf
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7.  FREE:  Secondhand Smoke Poster

This poster illustrates the health effects of secondhand smoke. It describes the constituents of secondhand smoke, and shows its effects on the circulatory, respiratory and reproductive systems, and its effects on pregnancy, infancy and childhood. It is based on British Medical Association report Towards Smokefree Public Places, 2002.

http://www.globalsmokefreepartnership.org/files/evidence/15.pdf
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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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