THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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1.  Teens and Drugged Driving
2.  Space Wrangler Game
3.  Video Clip: Drugproof Your Kid
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  New Healthcare Codes to Leverage Doctor-Patient Relationship
6.  Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving
7.  FREE:  Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
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1.  Teens and Drugged Driving

Like alcohol, marijuana and other drugs can impair many of those skills that are imperative to good driving, such as alertness, the ability to concentrate, coordination and reaction time.
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/NIE/anti-drug/

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2.  Space Wrangler Game

Answer the questions by shooting the correct color asteroid.
http://teens.drugabuse.gov/havefun/wrangler/
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3.  Video Clip: Drugproof Your Kid

In this short video, Mike Haley of Focus on the Family shares more about How to Drug Proof Your Kids.
http://www.drugproofyourkids.com/About/A000000029.cfm
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

What every parent should know to help protect their child:

• The brains of adolescents who drink heavily are approximately 10% smaller than those who don't drink. Brown SA et all 2000
• Alcohol affects the adolescent brain much more than mature brains. Early alcohol use can limit children/youth learning and memory potential. Pyappali GK et all 1999
• Youth who drink before age 15 are four times more likely to develop alcohol dependence than those who begin drinking at age 21. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, July 2006
• Youth who drink before age 14 are seven times more likely to report having been in an alcohol-related motor vehicle crash than those who began drinking after age 21. Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, July 2006

Source:  http://www.pypm.org/parents/index.cfm

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5.  New Healthcare Codes to Leverage Doctor-Patient Relationship

New healthcare CPT codes for substance abuse screening and brief intervention go into effect on January 1, 2008.
http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/news/press07/101107.html
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6.  Buzzed Driving is Drunk Driving

Despite recent reductions in fatalities, impaired driving remains one of America's deadliest social problems. In 2004, nearly 13,000 drivers or motorcycle operators died in crashes with a BAC level of .08 or above-
http://www.stopimpaireddriving.org/planners/Buzzed_Planner/index.htm
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7.  FREE:  Start Talking Before They Start Drinking

Copies of this publication are available free of charge from the SAMHSA’s National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information. Call 1-800-729-6686 or write to P.O. Box 2345 Rockville, MD Rockville, MD 20847-2345.
Start Talking Before They Start Drinking
http://family.samhsa.gov/media/familyguide/Underagebrochure_10_27_released_2.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.

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