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The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) is excited to announce that 2 new publications are now available on the UDETC website at www.udetc.org.
The first publication is a Judicial One Pager, The OJJDP Judicial and Probation Outreach Project, that provides information about the scope of work...
read moreBy Daily Mail Reporter
American teenagers have the highest rates of drug and alcohol abuse in the developed world. And they are far more likely to be killed by violence than peers in Europe.
This lost generation, whose unemployment rate is 20 percent, leads the modern world in some of the most dangerous and irresponsible behaviors, according to a new study released by the Lancet medical journal.
The shocking data was released to highlight cultural neglect...
read moreBy Jim Mendoza, Hilo, Hawaii NewsNow
In January, Big Island resident Chucky Dias Oliveira made the newspaper. He died in his sleep after drinking a concoction called Crunk.
"When they don't understand the dangers of it, they're more willing to take the risk. And we see the effects of it," Hawaii Police Dept. Det. Ian Lee Loy said.
Crunk is referred to in rap music and urban slang. It means a lot of things, including a drink that mixes soda or...
read moreThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment is accepting applications for fiscal year (FY) 2012 Teen Court Program grants (TCP). The purpose of this program is to provide substance abuse treatment services and related recovery support services to youth with substance abuse and/or co-occurring treatment needs involved in a teen court program. SAMHSA is focusing on preventing crimes by diverting youth with substance abuse treatment...
read moreThe Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), the Center for Substance Abuse Treatment and the Center for Mental Health Services are accepting applications for Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 grants to expand and/or enhance substance abuse treatment services in existing adult and family “problem-solving” courts which use the Treatment Drug Court Model in order to provide alcohol and drug treatment (including recovery support services supporting substance abuse...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
Attorneys general from 37 states have sent letters to 10 movie studio executives, asking them to stop showing smoking and tobacco in movies that are aimed at young audiences. They say these scenes encourage young people to smoke.
“Our concerns are grounded in science,” the attorneys general wrote in their letter. They note that the U.S. Surgeon General, in a report issued in March, found there is a “causal relationship between...
read moreThe U.S. Department of Education announced its first set of awards for 780 Upward Bound projects today, which will help close to 60,000 students acquire the knowledge and skills they need to access and succeed in college. These grants represent more than $254 million to fund projects that are designed to increase both the high school graduation and college completion rates of low-income, first-generation students.
In addition, following statutory requirements, the Department will...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
The parents of teenagers’ friends can have as much effect on teens’ decisions about substance use as their own parents, a new study suggests.
If the parents of a teenager’s friends are not aware of their own child’s alcohol or drug use, or condone it, then it is more likely the teen will drink or smoke, the study found.
“Among friendship groups with ‘good parents’ there’s a synergistic effect...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
After receiving warning letters from the federal government, 25 medical marijuana dispensaries in Colorado that were located near schools have shut down. The letters from Colorado U.S. Attorney John Walsh said they must close, or potentially face criminal prosecution.
The letters, sent March 23, gave the dispensaries 45 days to close, according to The Denver Post. This was the second round of letters sent to dispensaries in the state, the article...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
The parents of teenagers’ friends can have as much effect on teens’ decisions about substance use as their own parents, a new study suggests.
If the parents of a teenager’s friends are not aware of their own child’s alcohol or drug use, or condone it, then it is more likely the teen will drink or smoke, the study found.
“Among friendship groups with ‘good parents’ there’s a synergistic effect...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
Mexican authorities have shut down a record number of industrial methamphetamine labs in recent months, Reuters reports. U.S. drug agents fear Mexico’s growing meth production will result in a sudden surge in supply in this country.
In the first quarter of this year, Mexican soldiers raided 27 industrial meth labs, double the number raided in the same period last year, and the largest number in any three-month period, the article notes. In...
read moreCDC’s Guide to Writing for Social Media was written to provide guidance and share the lessons learned in more than three years of creating social media messages in CDC health communication campaigns, activities, and emergency response efforts. In this guide, you will find information to help you write more effectively using multiple social media channels, particularly Facebook, Twitter, and mobile phone text messaging. The guide is intended for a beginner audience, although some...
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Interesting opportunity with the Washington Reading Corps (WRC). See details below and website links for additional information.
WRC members can help community organizations, improve and expand their quality of services, raise awareness of their organizations in order to achieve their missions, and build community involvement and support.
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