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Vital Signs: Binge Drinking Prevalence, Frequency, and Intensity Among Adults - United States, 2010 - Early Release - January 10, 2012: http://www.cdc.gov/
mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm61e
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Northwest HIDTA Newsletter September - December 2011: http://lib.adai.washington.edu/clearinghouse/downloads/
377-HIDTA-newsletter.pdf
Energize your 2012 Kick Butts Day event with a $500 or $1,000 minigrant, made possible by a grant from the United Health Foundation.
Once you have registered your event, the mini-grant application form will be available for you to complete. Simply fill out the online form by telling us more about your proposed Kick Butts Day event along with a budget detailing your anticipated expenses.
We will only consider completed grant applications associated with a...
read moreThe US Department of Education has recently released a report on school-based evidence-based prevention programs.
http://docs.theathenaforum.org/sites/default/files/Research-based-prevention%20programs_0.pdf
A new report demonstrates that Communities That Care returns $5.30 in reduced substance abuse and delinquency costs for each dollar invested.
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A new working definition of recovery from mental disorders and substance use disorders is being announced by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). The definition is the product of a year-long effort by SAMHSA and a wide range of partners in the behavioral health care community and other fields to develop a working definition of recovery that captures the essential, common... |
By R. Gil Kerlikowske, DIrector, Office of National Drug Control Policy
Ed. Note: This post originally appeared on HuffingtonPost.com
Recently, I joined officials from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health and Human Services...
read moreTeens are likely being exposed to a lot of alcohol advertising online, says the Director of the Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. David Jernigan says alcohol companies’ voluntary limits on print, television and radio ads are...
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| With January 2012 marking its 11th year, National Mentoring Month is the time each year when our nation officially shines a spotlight on the... |
