High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs A new study indicates high rates of injection drug use in urban Canadian Aboriginal youth, particularly in women, and points to the need for culturally specific prevention programs, according to a new article. Read more on Science Daily
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High rates of injection drug use in urban Aboriginal youth signal need for prevention programs
June 16th, 2011 
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Suicide prevention funding requested
December 16th, 2010 admin Suicide prevention funding requested OKLAHOMA CITY — Mental-health officials report 776 more people called the state’s suicide hotline in the first three months of the year compared with the same period of 2009. Read more on The Norman Transcript
White Swan students in spotlight at Prevention Summit
October 17th, 2010 admin White Swan students in spotlight at Prevention Summit YAKIMA — White Swan High School junior Tedra Spencer said last year’s Prevention Summit inspired her and fellow students to do something to improve their community. Read more on Yakima Herald-Republic
Drug Abuse Prevention Can Save Your Child’s Life
September 2nd, 2010 admin The sixties saw the rising popularity of mind numbing drugs and other hallucinogenic substance abuse among the youth. This remarkable social illness was accompanied by host of other anomalies like gang violence, sexual promiscuity, teenage rebellion and many more. The dismantling of conventional family structure also played a major role in drug abuse prevention efforts. [...]
Narconon Arrowhead?s Drug Abuse Prevention In Dallas Texas
August 12th, 2010 admin Most residents of Dallas know that the city has a drug and alcohol problem. They do not know that, in 2007, 4213 people sought after drug treatment. Narconon Arrowhead offers programs to drug prevention across Texas and many other states. What is the Dallas area is the prevention of drug abuse, you may ask? They [...]
Houston Texas Drug Abuse Prevention
June 23rd, 2010 admin Many residents in Houston Texas are aware that drug abuse is increasing in their community. Mayor Bill White’s Office for Public Safety and Drug Policy has created “Houston Crackdown”, which coordinates and supports volunteer projects in the area of substance abuse prevention, treatment and law enforcement. The program has been serving the citizens of Houston [...]
Relapse Prevention and How it Affects Your Recovery From Addiction
June 20th, 2010 admin Relapse prevention can have a great impact on your recovery efforts. There are a couple different schools of thought when it comes to relapse prevention in treating addiction. 1. One school of thought says that 12 step programs are the best form of relapse prevention. The idea here is that if you fully immerse yourself [...]
EGAR’s Crime Prevention Resources and offer solutions for teenage, youth work staff and parents
May 21st, 2010 admin Series 2A covers ten thematic discussions of crime prevention. There are 10 “choice” Discussion fixed map in the series of crime prevention. Game 1) Game 2) Game 3)> Game 4) Game 5) Game 6) Game 7) Game VOL Game 9) Game 10) For each card game there is a question such as “Why do young [...]
EGAR Educational Games And Resources Crime Prevention Resources
May 18th, 2010 admin Series 2A covers ten topical discussions around CRIME PREVENTION. There are 10 ‘CHOICE’ Discussion Card sets in the CRIME PREVENTION series. Game 1) KNIFE CULTURE Game 2) GUN CULTURE Game 3) DRUGS AWARENESS Game 4) CRIME Game 5) ANGER Game 6) GANG CULTURE Game 7) SUBSTANCE ABUSE [...]
