THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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Quote of the Week:  "Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved." ~ William J. Bryan
 
 

Smoking ban in England to come into force on 1 July 2007  

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1.  Warning on Smoking Near Babies
2.  Video Game Addiction: A New Diagnosis? 
3.  Frequent High School Binge Drinkers Six Times More Likely to Drink and Drive
4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Alcohol and College Students
5.  WHO Calls for Ban On Indoor Smoking Worldwide
6.  Current Research on Screening and Brief Intervention
7.  FREE:  Preventing Underage Drinking
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1.  Warning on Smoking Near Babies

Infants with at least one parent who smokes have higher levels of a nicotine metabolite in their bodies than the children of nonsmokers.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/warning-on-smoking-near.html
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2.  Video Game Addiction: A New Diagnosis?

The telltale signs are ominous: teens holing up in their rooms, ignoring friends, family, even food and a shower, while grades plummet and belligerence soars. The culprit isn't alcohol or drugs. It's video games, which for certain kids can be as powerfully addictive as heroin, some doctors contend.

A leading council of the nation's largest doctors' group wants to have this behavior officially classified as a psychiatric disorder, to raise awareness and enable sufferers to get insurance coverage for treatment.
http://health.yahoo.com/news/176635

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3.  Frequent High School Binge Drinkers Six Times More Likely to Drink and Drive

Binge drinking among high school students is associated with many health risk behaviors that increase with the number of binge-drinking days, according to recent analysis of data from the National Youth Risk Behavior Study. For example, drinkers who reported binge drinking on ten or more days were six times more likely to report drinking and driving than those who did not binge drink. http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/frequent-binge-drinkers-six.html

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4.  JUST THE FACTS:  Alcohol and College Students

• In 2002, 64% of full-time college students (aged 18-22) reported consuming at least one alcoholic drink in the past 30 days.
• Over 44% of full-time college students reported consuming five or more drinks on the same occasion at least once in the past 30 days.
• 1400 college students between the ages of 18 and 24 die each year from alcohol-related unintentional injuries, including motor vehicle crashes.
• More than 600,000 students between the ages of 18 and 24 are assaulted each year by another student who has been drinking.

Source:  http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/infofaq/alcohol.aspx

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5.  WHO Calls for Ban On Indoor Smoking Worldwide

Nations worldwide should adopt laws banning indoor smoking, according to new recommendations from the World Health Organization.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2007/ban-all-indoor-smoking.html
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6.  Current Research on Screening and Brief Intervention

Implications for State Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Systems
http://www.nasadad.org/resource.php?base_id=788
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7.  FREE:  Preventing Underage Drinking

The guide is structured according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA’s) Strategic Prevention Framework, a five-step prevention approach. Within the five steps, the guide adopts the Getting To Outcomes model of empowerment evaluation, results-based accountability, and continuous quality improvement. The result is a comprehensive, step-by-step manual for developing, implementing, and evaluating a high-quality communitywide plan to prevent underage drinking and its related consequences.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR403/
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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.

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