Monday, September 30, 2002 @ 2:39 pm by Dr. Joe Graas	Drug Related News, Client News
Popular Prevention Pamphlets Offer Useful Tips for Teens CSAP Launches Comprehensive Resources Web Site In an effort to provide Americans a new pathway to the wealth of information related to prevention resources, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) Center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) recently launched its Prevention Pathways Web site. Recognizing the need for information as well as the needs of potential users, CSAP developed Prevention Pathways with the intended goal of providing researchers, practitioners, program developers, or anyone who might have questions concerning alcohol abuse or illicit drug use, a centralized location for information. For full article click here>
Monday, September 30, 2002 @ 9:42 am by Dr. Joe Graas	Drug Related News
$45.5 MILLION AWARD FOR COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITION GRANTS WHITE HOUSE DRUG CZAR AWARDS $45.5 MILLION FOR COMMUNITY ANTI-DRUG COALITION GRANTS Program Expands to Provide $6.8 Million in New Grants for 70 Communities; CADCA to Receive $2 Million for the Newly Established National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute (Washington, D.C.)—John Walters, Director of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), today awarded $6.8 million in new Drug-Free Communities matching grants to 70 communities in 31 states. Click here for more information
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 @ 12:51 pm by Dr. Joe Graas	General News
Survey: Parents Siblings Influence Teens' Drugs Use New York (Reuters Health)- Good family communication can help teens stay away from drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and siblings play an important role in getting the message across, according to a new survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University in New York. See full article under Reuters-Health. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 @ 12:07 pm by Dr. Joe Graas	General News
CSAP Launches Comprehensive Resource Web Site In an effort to provide Americans a new pathway to the wealth of information related to prevention resources, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) center for Substance Abuse Prevention (CSAP) recently launched its Prevention Pathways Web Site. Recognizing the need for information as well as the needs of potential users, CSAP developed Prevention Pathways. See www.preventionpathways.samhsa.gov for full web contents
Tuesday, September 24, 2002 @ 11:57 am by Dr. Joe Graas	Drug Related News
White House Drug Czar and Public Health....to Inform Parents about Harms of Marijuana The nation's leaders in public health, parenting and drug prevention have joined the White House Drug Czar to warn parents about the serious risks of youth marajuana use. Serious risks are listed as significant health and behavior problems,such as harm to the brain, lungs and mental health. Marijuana use is three times more likely to lead to dependence among adolescent than among adults. "More teens enter drug treatment each year for marijuana than for all other illicit drugs", said Surgeon General Richard Carmona Article Source
Friday, September 20, 2002 @ 7:07 pm by Jeff	Website Updates
Website Nearing Completion The website is almost finished, the last of the content will be added in the next few weeks. If you find any problems like broken links please email me jeff@sdrl.com so I can fix them. Thank you. - Webmaster Jeff Hammock.