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:  "Alcohol is the most commonly used drug among America’s youth. More young people drink alcohol than smoke tobacco or use marijuana."
~ National Research Council / Institute of Medicine, 2004
 

Saturday, September 29: 10am -5pm. You are invited to join us at the 3rd Annual Art of Recovery Expo at the Phoenix Convention Center. Admission is FREE!

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1.  CADCA Broadcast to Discuss Teen Cough Medicine Abuse
2.  Parents, You're Not Done Yet
3.  Parade Magazine Features 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  State Traffic Safety Information
6.  Intervening on Tobacco Addiction
7.  FREE:  Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking for Educators
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1.  CADCA Broadcast to Discuss Teen Cough Medicine Abuse


Have you heard the term "skittling" or "Tussing?" Chances are, your teenage son or daughter has. Recent research shows that while parents are aware of the dangers of illicit street drugs, both prescription medicine and over-the-counter (OTC) cough medicines are often overlooked as a potential threat. This, despite the fact that an estimated one in 10 people, aged 12?17, or 2.4 million kids, have intentionally abused cough medicine to get high.
http://cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=1590 *******************************

2.  Parents, You're Not Done Yet

"Parents, you're not done yet" is a program with materials in both English and Spanish designed to encourage parents of incoming college freshmen to discuss college drinking with their kids before they leave home and during the first weeks of the school year.
http://www.centurycouncil.org/underage/notyet.html
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3.  Parade Magazine Features 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age Law

At least 23,000 people are alive today thanks to the 21 Minimum Legal Drinking Age (MLDA), which was signed into federal law 23 years ago. Parade Magazine featured a cover story about the 21 drinking age law in its Sunday, August 12th issue.
http://cadca.org/CoalitionsOnline/article.asp?id=1598
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• More than three out of every four students have had alcohol by the end of high school. More than half of 12th-graders and a fifth of 8th-graders have been drunk at least once.
• In recent surveys of high school students, 93 percent of 12th-graders and 64 percent of 8th-graders reported that alcohol is “fairly” or “very” easy to get.
• Research has indicated that one typical way underage youth procure alcohol is at parties where parents and other adults have left them unsupervised.
• Sixty-five percent of underage youth who drink reported obtaining alcohol from family and friends.

Source: http://www.notnrhouse.org/

5.  State Traffic Safety Information

Just click on the map of the US to see statistics for traffic safety in your state. You may be surprised to learn how much alcohol is involved.
http://www-nrd.nhtsa.dot.gov/departments/nrd-30/ncsa/STSI/USA%20WEB%20REPORT.HTM
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6.  Intervening on Tobacco Addiction

This topic show how a clinician’s intervention on a patient’s tobacco addiction can have an immense impact on their health, longevity and quality of life.
http://www.becomeanex.org/providers/workingguide.aspx
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7.  FREE:  Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking for Educators

This guide highlights what educators can do to reduce illegal underage alcohol use in America and help prevent the problems underage drinking causes for our young people and the communities in which they live.
http://www.stopalcoholabuse.gov/media/underagedrinking/pdf/educators.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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