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The Washington Traffic Safety Commission is coordinating a project to provide $500 stipend to high school groups who are willing to take some steps to raise awareness about the harmful consequences of underage drinking.
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About 10 percent of young teens with mental illness frequently use alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana, a new Australian study suggests. This...
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For decades, patients in most psychiatric hospitals were allowed—even encouraged—to smoke. Now state and federal health officials...
read moreThe ability to legally buy alcohol before age 21 is associated with an increased risk of binge drinking later in life, a new study suggests. The study included more than 39,000 people who started drinking in the 1970s, when some states allowed people as young as 18 to purchase alcohol.
People who lived in states with lower minimum drinking ages were not more likely to consume more alcohol overall, or to drink more frequently, compared with those in states with a legal drinking age of...
read moreA Chancellor's Office for the Califorina Community College System has developed a new presentation - "The Road Home: From Combat to College and Beyond" - that helps colleges, universities and trade schools better serve veterans.
read moreA new media campaign featuring Hollywood actor Chaske Spencer (who plays Sam Uley in the Twilight Saga) encourages Native communities to address substance abuse by teens and young adults. The “I Strengthen My Nation” campaign empowers Native youth to resist drugs and alcohol and motivates parents to talk openly to their...
read moreThe National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has released a presentation called Alcohol and the Adolescent Brain: Why delaying the onset of drinking is so important.
read moreThe Washington State Liquor Control Board will four more evening public forums across Washington regarding the implementation of Initiative 502. The forums are an opportunity for interested citizens to meet WSLCB staff involved in implementation, be updated on implementation and to provide input to the Board for it to consider as it develops rules. Two public forums have already been held, one in Olympia and one in Seattle.
“Clearly there is passion about what...
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Our Youth Problem Gambling Awareness and the Arts Grant for 2013 is now available online! Submit your proposal by February 20, and your youth organization may receive funding of up to $5,000 to complete their creative project.
The goal of this grant program is to help young adults in Washington State make healthy choices around risky behaviors. They may not even recognize that Internet gambling, sports betting, poker...
read moreParents have been warned of the dangers of a simple new device freely available online which heats alcohol and allows it to be inhaled - reportedly giving the user an instant but intense high.
Released in December, the $35 Vaportini acts...
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