Taken from Join Together:
Josh Hamilton, who wowed baseball fans by smacking 28 balls over the Yankee Stadium fence during this week’s All-Star Home Run Derby, is in recovery after an extended battle with alcohol and other drug addiction, including crack-cocaine use, ABC News reported July 15.
Hamilton, an outfielder with the Texas Rangers, was highly touted [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Home Run Derby Star Overcame Addiction
Posted in Uncategorized on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Study Shows College Environment Contributes to Binge Drinking
Posted in Uncategorized on July 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
(Taken from CADCA’s Coalitions Online)
Binge drinking among U.S. college students is linked to conditions in the college environment, such as a strong drinking culture and few alcohol control policies. That´s one of the key findings from the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS), a landmark study that surveyed more than 50,000 students [...]
Johnson County Youth Leadership Summit
Posted in Uncategorized on July 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The 4th Annual Johnson County Youth Leadership Summit will occur on August 27, 2008 at Cleveland Chiropractic College (10850 Lowell Avenue, Overland Park, KS 66210) from 9:00 am – 2:00 pm. For more information, please contact the Regional Prevention Center @ 913-715-7880. Hope to see you there!
Tell MillerCoors to Drop Alcohol Energy Drinks
Posted in Uncategorized on July 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Miller and Coors have just joined forces, and they say they want to “become the best beer company in America.” They can’t do that if they keep sellling dangerous and deceptive alcoholic energy drinks.
Last week, after threats of litigation from the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) and an investigation by 11 state [...]
85 Percent of Online Pharmacies Don’t Require Prescription, CASA Study Finds
Posted in Uncategorized on July 14, 2008 | 1 Comment »
(Taken From: www.jointogether.org)
Research Summary
A new report finds that the number of online pharmacies may be declining, but the vast majority still don’t require customers to provide a prescription before ordering controlled drugs.
The “You’ve Got Drugs V: Prescription Drug Pushers on the Internet” report from the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) said [...]
National Leadership Conference
Posted in Uncategorized on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center once again sponsors its outstanding National Leadership Conference in 2008. Please consider attending the conference to be held this year in Nashville, TN. For more information please view…
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Other Kansas Prevention Blogs
Posted in Uncategorized on July 7, 2008 | 1 Comment »
For your information…
There are two other blogs in the State of Kansas working to reduce substance abuse. Please visit dcccaprevention.blogspot.com and regionalpreventioncenter.blogspot.com to view their sites.
DCCCAprevention is from Lawrence, KS, and regionalpreventioncenter is from Southeast Kansas.
Kansas Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free
Posted in Uncategorized on July 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Not In Our House
Click the above link for more information about the State of Kansas’ Social Host Law, and the Not In Our House Campaign, used to promote the law.
