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| October 22, 2009 Volume: 1 HFLID: 2 |
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During the tailgate party and pep rally at Troy University's Dothan Campus, the Dothan-Houston county Substance Abuse Partnership was invited to join in the festivities. As part of the festivities some of the Troy Cheerleaders and T-Roy paid a visit to fire up the crowd. The DHCSAP took the opportunity to speak with students, faculty and staff about substance abuse and how to prevent it - and stop it. Although college campuses aren't typically a focus of the DHCSAP, this was a prime opportunity to reach out to students who are facing even stronger temptations from substances including tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs. In his first City Commission meeting, Dothan Mayor, Mike Schmitz proclaimed the week of October 25-31 as Red Ribbon Week in the city. On hand to accept the official proclamation were Beth Ford, program manger for DHCSAP, and Amelia Mitta, DHCSAP City Youth Council President. The two spoke on the origins and importance of Red Ribbon Week before a packed commission chambers. The partnership will hold its official Red Ribbon Week kick-off at 5:30 p.m. at the Dothan Opera House, by wrapping one mile of downtown Dothan in red ribbon. Following the "wrapping," festivities will move indoors to the Dothan Civic Center where several area students will be recognized for their efforts to promote Red Ribbon Week and the substance free lifestyle. Please look at this video. It's very powerful and really shows how children follow our example.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHi2dxSf9hw ScienceDaily (Sep. 30, 2009)— New research by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers looks at the specific ways parents and peers influence teenagers to smoke, drink and use marijuana in combination. Among their findings: attitudes toward smoking influenced teenagers' use of multiple drugs (smoking, drinking and marijuana), and that this manifested itself differently in boys and girls.
For girls, friends were shown to be central. Ambivalent or permissive attitudes within their social group toward smoking were associated with poly-drug use -- defined as two or more of the following behaviors: smoking, drinking and marijuana use. This wasn't the case with boys, whose poly-drug use was instead predicted by the extent to w Moms and dads who grew up in the 60s, 70s and 80s have long struggled with a fundamental question of parenting: what do say when your children ask you about your own drug use? In the past, parents have been advised to dodge the subject, "just say no," or take a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-did approach without going into details about their not-so-spotless past. On the other end of the spectrum, As you may have noticed, our website has a new look. We hope this new site serves you well and makes the information you are looking for more easily accessible. Whether a member or a guest, we hope you will enjoy our fresh, updated look and improved navigation.
A MILE OF PREVENTION TO DECREASE DRUG ABUSE
DHCSAP Needs One Mile of Quarters to Wrap Downtown
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