(Taken from CADCA’s Coalition Online: www.cadca.org/coalitionsonline)
A new federal report reveals that more than 40 percent of the nation´s estimated 10.8 million underage drinkers obtained their alcohol from adults of legal drinking age—including their own parents. For coalition leaders, the findings are nothing new. That´s why in many communities, social host laws have been passed to [...]
Archive for June, 2008
40 Percent of Underage Drinkers Received Free Alcohol from Adults
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Attorney General Supports “We Don’t Serve Teens” Summer Campaign
Posted in Uncategorized on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
June 11, 2008 — Kansas Attorney General Steve Six today voiced support for a summer campaign against teen drinking. We Don’t Serve Teens (WDST), sponsored by the Federal Trade Commission, targets easy teen access to alcohol with the reminder, “Let’s make it a safe summer. Don’t serve alcohol to teens.”
“Over the past decade, teen alcohol [...]
STOP Underage Drinking Project’s Community Celebration
Posted in Uncategorized on June 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Johnson County STOP Underage Drinking Project, Inc. Community Celebration Event Held
The Johnson County STOP Underage Drinking Project, Inc. (STOP) hosted a community celebration on Thursday, June 12, 2008 at the Sunset Drive Office Building in Olathe.
The celebration honored the 2008 STOP Underage Drinking Scholarship Award Recipients and the 2008 Public Service Announcement (PSA) contest [...]
FTC Campaign to Help Prevent Teen Drinking During Summer Months
Posted in Uncategorized on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From CADCA’s Coalitions Online (www.cadca.org/coalitionsonline)…
To teens, the word “summer” means freedom. School is out and teens have more time with friends, often with reduced supervision. Unfortunately, summer is a time when teens are at high risk to start drinking – and when teen drunk-driving deaths are at their highest. A new campaign by the Federal [...]
Flip Flops Hide Flask in Heel
Posted in Uncategorized on June 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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2008 STOP Underage Drinking PSA
Posted in Uncategorized on June 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A Virtual Tour: Pot and the Effects on the Brain
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Taken from ONDCP’s online blog: www.pushingback.com)
New Principal Selected for SM East High School
Posted in Uncategorized on June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Karl Krawitz, Ed.D. will be recommended to the board of education as the principal of Shawnee Mission East High School on June 9. Dr. Krawitz returns to the district after serving as principal of Shawnee Mission West High School from 2000-2005. Since 2005, Dr. Krawitz has been working as an associate professor of education at [...]
Obama and McCain: Where They Stand on Addiction Issues
Posted in Uncategorized on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
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