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:  "When you let your own light shine, you unconsciously give others permission to do the same." ~ Nelson Mandela
 

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.  Official Web Site for "It's Happy Bunny"™ 
2.  Effects At Specific B.A.C. Levels
3.  Maternal Smoking Causes Blood-Pressure Rise Among Babies . 
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Quitting With EX 
6.  The War on Drugs is Still a War on Blacks
7.  FREE:  Manual Introduces Juvenile Offenders to Community Service Learning
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1.  Official Web Site for "It's Happy Bunny"™

http://www.drugfreebunny.org/

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2.  Effects At Specific B.A.C. Levels

The effects of alcohol intoxication are greatly influenced by individual variations among users. Some users may become intoxicated at a much lower Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) level than is shown.
http://www.brad21.org/effects_at_specific_bac.html
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3.  Maternal Smoking Causes Blood-Pressure Rise Among Babies

Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to give birth to babies with higher systolic blood pressure, researchers said.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/smoking-causes-blood-pressure.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Alcohol is linked with an estimated 5,000 deaths in people under age 21 each year – more than all illegal drugs combined.
• Sixty-five percent of underage youth who drink reported obtaining alcohol from family and friends.
• Adolescent drinkers perform worse in school, are more likely to fall behind, and show increased risk of social problems, depression, suicidal thoughts, and violence.
• Any administrator, teacher, coach, or individual, as well as the school could be held accountable if an underage drinking incident occurs that is related to a school program or event.

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

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5.  Quitting With EX

“Hope is not a strategy,” goes the old saying. And with the EX Quit Plan program, you will definitely not be relying simply on hope. You’ll be approaching the whole process of quitting like the battle it is. You’ll marshal every ally you have to be at your side; you’ll study yourself and your smoking behaviors; and you’ll surround yourself with people who support you and your new behaviors that will take place of the old ones.
http://www.becomeanex.org/tour/tourbegins.aspx
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6.  The War on Drugs is Still a War on Blacks

Recent surveys of drug habits among Americans found that blacks and whites use drugs at equal rates, yet blacks are more often prosecuted because the laws are biased against them. http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/55403/
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7.  FREE:  Manual Introduces Juvenile Offenders to Community Service Learning

Recently updated and revised, "Giving Back: Introducing Community Service Learning" provides skill-building strategies and materials to introduce juvenile offenders to fundamental concepts of community and community problems.

Developed by the Constitutional Rights Foundation and the Constitutional Rights Foundation Chicago through a grant from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the manual is a useful resource for youth courts and other juvenile justice agencies seeking to apply school-based learning methods to court-mandated community service.
http://www.crf-usa.org/YouthCourt/Giving_Back_2006.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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