THE RUN DRUGS OUT OF TOWN RUN'S PREVENTION NEWS
 

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Quote of the Week:  "Always remember others may hate you but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." ~ Richard M. Nixon
 
  December is  National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

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1.  'Huffing' Household Chemicals Connected to Teen Suicide
2.  Teen Cigarette Smoking Linked to Brain Damage, Alcohol and Illegal Drug Abuse, Mental Illness
3.  Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving
6.  Hypnosis Effective with Smokers
7.  FREE: Become an EX
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1.  'Huffing' Household Chemicals Connected to Teen Suicide

With suicide as the third leading cause of death among adolescents in the United States, a new University of Denver (DU) study reveals inhaling or “huffing” vapors of common household goods, such as glue or nail polish, are associated with increased suicidal thoughts and attempts.

Of the study’s participants, 33 percent reported having inhaled volatile solvents, 25 percent had attempted suicide, and 58 percent reported suicidal thoughts.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-10/uod-sr102907.php 

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2.  Teen Cigarette Smoking Linked to Brain Damage, Alcohol and Illegal Drug Abuse, Mental Illness

Compared to 12- to 17-year-olds who don't smoke, those who do are more than five times likelier to drink and 13 times likelier to use marijuana than nonsmokers.
http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release.do?id=783959
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3.  Drug-Impaired Driving by Youth Remains Serious Problem

Nearly a third of high school seniors say they have driven while "under the influence" or been in the car with an impaired driver.
http://www.drugabuse.gov/newsroom/07/NR10-29.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:  How to Quit Smoking in 14 Difficult Steps

1. Set a quit day.
2. Get the support of your family and friends and tell them your quit day.
3. Visit your doctor.
4. Choose a nicotine replacement medication or other medication to deal with withdrawal symptoms.
5. Find a quit-smoking coach or call 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
6. Create a smoking notebook and make a plan.
7. Identify your triggers.
8. As quit day approaches, slowly start separating each cigarette from its trigger.
9. Begin changing the times, places and ways you smoke.
10. Have a spring cleaning right before quit day and stock your war chest.
11. Quit.
12. Fight the urge to smoke with every trick you have.
13. Build new activities into your smoke-free life.
14. Start noticing all the good stuff that’s happening and reward yourself.

Source:  http://www.becomeanex.org/resources/14easysteps.aspx?thisurl=/resources/reading_client.aspx

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5.  MADD's Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving

MADD has released a one-year progress report on the Campaign to Eliminate Drunk Driving and revealed that American families share the roads with more than 2.8 million drunk drivers with three or more convictions, and of those, more than 600,000 have five or more convictions. That’s why Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) is urging every state to pass life-saving, comprehensive alcohol ignition interlock laws that prevent the offender from driving the vehicle after drinking.
http://www.madd.org/getdoc/4c6e983a-e0df-42c3-8c67-d4ec48f32e58/Progress-Report.aspx *******************************

6.  Hypnosis Effective with Smokers

A new study concludes that hypnotherapy is more effective than nicotine replacement therapy in getting hospitalized patients to quit smoking after discharge.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2007/hypnosis-effective-with.html
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7.  FREE: Become an EX

A free quit plan book that helps you develop your own step-by-step plan for quitting. It also includes information on state and local resources. You can order it for yourself or for someone you know who is trying to quit smoking.
http://www.becomeanex.org/documentation/LEGFOU5157_EXbookALL.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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