THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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staging a Run Drugs Out of Town Run.
 
 
 

Quote of the Week:  "Nobody can make you feel inferior without your permission." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
 
 

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1.  Fact or fiction?
2.  Feeling Pressured Quiz
3.  The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Incarcerex
6.  Teachers Guide: Not In Our House

7.  FREE:  Prescription Drug Abuse Chart
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1.  Fact or fiction?

There are lots of rumours about alcohol – try to sort the facts from fiction!
http://www.up-2-you.net/factorfiction.asp

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2.  Feeling Pressured Quiz

There is a lot of pressure in high school. In most cases, it's the pressure to go along with the crowd to do what they do or even look how they look. Sometimes it's hard to stand up for yourself and go against the grain. But it's exactly at this moment in time that you can define yourself and let others know who you are and where you stand.

Are you above the influence when it comes to pressure? Take this quick quiz to see how much you're affected by pressure.
http://www.abovetheinfluence.org/fun/pressured-quiz.aspx?path=home
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3.  The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body

Check out this site from CDC on the effects of smoking throughout the body. Just click on the organ you want to know more about.
http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/sgr/sgr_2004/sgranimation/html/index.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Adolescents who abuse alcohol are three times more likely to commit violent offenses than those who do not drink to excess.
• Youth aged 12-17 who reported violent behaviors in the past year also reported higher rates of past year alcohol use compared with youths who did not report violent behavior.
• 65.9% of those youth reporting heavy alcohol use, 56.8% of those reporting binge drinking, and 43.7% of those reporting past 30-day use of alcohol had also engaged in one or more of the following delinquent behaviors: participating in a serious fight at school or at work; participating in a group-against-group fight; attacking someone
  with the intent to seriously hurt them; stealing or attempting to steal something worth $50 or more; selling illegal drugs; and/or carrying a hand gun within the last year.

Source:  http://cadca.org/CoalitionResources/PP-documents/TheInextricableLink.pdf

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5.  Incarcerex

Do your elected officials get a little crazy around election time? Do they seem worried that they haven't done enough to win voters' trust and ensure another term? They might be suffering from Chronic Re-Election Paranoia (CREEP).

Maybe they've been taking Incarcerex.

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6.  Teachers Guide: Not In Our House

Not in Our House: A Nationwide Initiative on Underage Drinking and Social Hosting is a program
developed to raise awareness of illegal underage drinking and social host laws in communities throughout the United States. Schools’ language arts teachers are an integral part of this nationwide program. These national standard-based classroom materials will help to challenge 9th- and 10th-grade students oral and written communication skills, while also helping students transform their newfound knowledge into advocacy.
Download both parts: http://www.iiaaonline.org/pdf/IIAA-TS%20Teach%20Guide.pdf
Download part 2: http://www.iiaaonline.org/pdf/IIAA-TS%20PTG%20Bk.pdf

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7.  FREE:  Prescription Drug Abuse Chart

A must have for any office that deals with prescription drugs.

http://www.drugabuse.gov/PDF/PrescriptionDrugs.pdf *******************************
 
 

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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