Is drinking alcohol harming my health now, or will it be harmful to me later in life? Should I stop drinking alcohol? Am I a binge drinker? Most adults who drink alcoholic beverages (beer, wine, or liquor) consume safe and healthy amounts. For others, unsafe drinking patterns increase their risk for injury, illness or future [...]
Archive for March, 2008
How much is too much?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Study Shows Teens with Larger Disposable Incomes More Likely To Use Drugs
Posted in Uncategorized on March 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A study commissioned by the Australian National Council on Drugs found that school students with $21-$60 a week in disposable income were 60 percent more likely to have used drugs in the past year than those with $20 or less. Students with more than $60 spending money a week were almost twice as likely to [...]
A Wrong of Passage
Posted in Uncategorized on March 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Stemming from increased approval of underage drinking in the community, and the formation of negative norms surrounding the topic, the Johnson County STOP Underage Drinking Project developed a multimedia presentation in 2001 to alert students, parents, and other community members about the dangers of underage drinking and the related tragedies that can occur. It is [...]
Tiny Hearts Hurt by Secondhand Smoke
Posted in Uncategorized on March 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Children ages 2 to 14 who are exposed to secondhand smoke show signs of cardiovascular injury, meaning they may be at increased risk of heart disease, HealthDay News reported March 13.Researchers took hair samples from 125 children and checked them for nicotine exposure, then took blood samples to look for a cellular marker for cardiovascular [...]
14th Annual Kansas Transportation Conference
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Safety: Taking It To The Streets
Tuesday and Wednesday, April 29-30, 2008
Capitol Plaza Hotel & Convention Center
1717 SW Topeka Blvd
Topeka, KS 66612
This conference is designed to share and update information from all facets of the transportation safety community. The program will provide timely topics of interest to law enforcement personnel, judges, city and county officials, educators, [...]
Kansas Red Ribbon Training
Posted in Uncategorized on March 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Registration forms for the 2008 Red Ribbon Training can be downloaded! Go to www.kansasfamily.com and click on Programs and Training, then click on Red Ribbon Campaign. Fill the forms out & return to Kansas Family Partnership by FAX: 1-785-266-6149 or mail to: KFP, Red Ribbon Training, 5942 SW 29th St., Topeka, KS 66614.
Date: April 23, [...]
Inhalants Are Drug of Choice for Youngest Users
Posted in Uncategorized on March 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Many 12 year-olds in the “tween” generation, yearning to become teenagers, are already using illicit drugs. Their drug of choice is inhalants. This is the conclusion of a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), revealed today at a press conference by the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition (NIPC) to kick [...]
Kansas City Wizards Drug Free Youth Night
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Kansas City Wizards will host their first Drug Free Youth Night on April 12 at 7:00 pm. Tickets are only $12.00 and can be purchased by contacting Brian Roth at (913) 378-3839. Come see the KC Wizards take on the Houston Dynamo at Community America Ballpark, the new home of the Wizards for the [...]
Is Salvia the Next Marijuana?
Posted in Uncategorized on March 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Concerned It Could Become the New Marijuana, Lawmakers Consider Regulating Salvia
By JESSICA GRESKO
The Associated Press
TALLAHASSEE, Fla.
On Web sites touting the mind-blowing powers of salvia divinorum, come-ons to buy the hallucinogenic herb are accompanied by warnings: “Time is running out! … stock up while you still can.”
That’s because salvia is being targeted by lawmakers concerned that [...]
SMSD Announces New Superintendent
Posted in Uncategorized on March 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Shawnee Mission School District Board of Education has voted unanimously to appoint Dr. Gene Johnson as the next Superintendent of Schools. Dr. Johnson, who began working in the district in 1986, currently serves as the associate superintendent for secondary administration.
“The board of education is extremely pleased to appoint Dr. Johnson. He was clearly the [...]
