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The Washington State Liquor Control Board would like your input on the attached proposed rule to implement SSB 5774 from the 2013 legislative session, WAC 314-38-060 Special Permit for technical or community colleges as authorized by RCW 66.20.010 (12) shall be called a class 15 permit. These rules were filed with the Code Reviser’s Office on November 20, 2013.
This notice contains the actual text of the proposed rule. You can provide input by submitting written...
read moreDecember 2, 2013 is the deadline for youth to submit original music and/or music videos as part of the GRAMMY Foundation® and MusiCares® Teens! Make Music Contest.
Per the website, http://drugfactsweek.drugabuse.gov/music_contest.php, this contest offers an opportunity for aspiring teen musicians to use the healing and uplifting medium of music to help spread the message about the importance of healthy...
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$1,500 for 15 seconds!
Drinking before 21 can seriously impact your health, ability to get into college and even future employment opportunities. It is just not worth it! MADD’s Power of You(th) program is asking students and schools to submit a 15 second Instagram video answering the question: If you don’t drink alcohol today, what could your tomorrow be...
read moreBy GENE JOHNSON, The Associated Press
One selling point of Washington’s new legal marijuana law was that a huge chunk of pot-related tax revenue would be devoted to health coverage for low-income residents.
But it’s not clear the money will go to health care after all.
Under the federal Affordable Care Act, a would-be recipient of the pot taxes — Washington’s Basic Health Plan — is being eliminated. The plan, which provided...
read moreBy GENE JOHNSON, The Associated Press
One selling point of Washington’s new legal marijuana law was that a huge chunk of pot-related tax revenue would be devoted to health coverage for low-income residents.
But it’s not clear the money will go to health care after all.
Under the federal Affordable Care Act, a would-be recipient of the pot taxes — Washington’s Basic Health Plan — is being eliminated. The plan, which provided...
read moreThis webinar provides an overview of the research on school-based suicide prevention programs and identifies resources that can be helpful in developing and implementing your own program. In addition, the webinar offers examples of how two states developed programs to prevent suicide in a variety of school systems, including those serving ethnically diverse students.
Participants working to prevent suicide will learn how to:
Smoking Alcohol
It's a dangerous new way teens and adults are getting drunk and it's going viral. It has been called different names - Vaporizing Alcohol, AWOL (Alcohol Without Liquid), or Free-basing Alcohol. You don't have to drink the booze, you inhale it. The vapors give you an instant high. This new trend is becoming known as the crack-cocaine of alcohol. Teenagers have seen it on YouTube, where hits are exploding into the millions. It's pure...
read moreThe Media Guidelines for Bullying Prevention, developed by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in partnership with a wide range of behavioral health and media experts, provides recommendations for media coverage of bullying. The guidelines are designed to provide journalists, members of the entertainment industry, bloggers, and others with the up-to-date, accurate information needed to cover and depict bullying issues in a factual and...
read moreHello everyone!
Welcome to the 2013-14 Workforce Lecture Series – We have an exciting lineup this year, we hope you agree!
Attached is the flier for the 2013-2014 Workforce Lecture Series, so mark your calendars!
Save the dates:
November 14th – Naomi Perry, PhD: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A Parent’s Second Hope!
December 12th – Eric Bruns...
read moreThe Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery (DBHR) is offering a series of trainings focused on impacting underage drinking through a combination of media and enforcement-related environmental prevention strategies.
Registrations for these trainings are being accepted through November 8, 2013. Please register using the following link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JBLCMFJ
The key operating theory for this project...
read moreThe Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) is pleased to announce that the newest distance learning course, Techniques For Managing Special Events, is completed and now available on the UDETC website at http://www.udetc.org/distancelearning.htm. This 2...
read moreBy Join Together Staff
Drivers who test positive for drugs are three times more likely than those who test negative to be involved in a deadly car accident, a new study finds. Using drugs and alcohol together dramatically increases the risk of a fatal crash, according to researchers at Columbia University.
People who test positive for both alcohol and drugs have a 23-fold increased risk, HealthDay reports. The study analyzed the results of roadside surveys of drug and alcohol...
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