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Category Archives: Substance Abuse
Tobacco Prevention, Everyone’s Doing It
By Tessa Schwake | Tobacco prevention happens on a local, national, and global level. From Youth Leadership Day to World No Tobacco Day, everyone can bring an end to tobacco use.
How to Prepare My High Schooler for College
By Clare Jones | Recent events in the news of young girls being sexually assaulted while intoxicated and then exploited over social media, remind us that the consequences of underage drinking are serious and long lasting. As a parent, one … Continue reading
Posted in Family Support, Substance Abuse, Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged how can parents prevent underage drinking, parent resource, preparing a child for college
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New Delaware County Law Passed: Social Host Ordinance
By Melanie Dill | “During the past year, how did you get alcohol?” 73% of youth reported getting alcohol from the following sources: parents, friends over 21, parties, friend’s house, and brother or sister (Iowa Youth Survey of Delaware County, … Continue reading
Posted in Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged Delaware County, prevent underage drinking, social host, take action
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Prescription Drug Drop-Off Event
April 27 | 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Protect your family, your community and the environment by properly disposing of medications. Sites around Northeast Iowa will take your old prescription drugs in an effort to reduce prescription and over-the-counter drug abuse.
Posted in Substance Abuse
Tagged drug drop off, over the counter drug abuse, prescription drug abuse, take action
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What Can I Do About Underage Drinking?
By Prema Puganenthran, Intern | Prom and graduation are peak seasons for high school students to drink alcohol to excess. Teenagers at this stage in life will often use it to celebrate events or to prove their maturity. Encounters with … Continue reading
Posted in Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged how to talk with teens, parents role in preventing drinking, take action, underage drinking
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The Time to Intervene is Now
By David Runyon, Executive Director | Youth and young adults have plenty of challenges to negotiate in life without the added challenge of negotiating the complex emotional maze created when they have been physically and emotionally assaulted. Dating violence, sexual … Continue reading
Be an Active Bystander, ACT
By Kristi Miller Underage drinking and sexual assault are uncomfortable to talk about, but does that mean they are not problems? Of course not. The most uncomfortable topics are usually the most important ones to discuss. However, change takes more … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic & Sexual Abuse, Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged Prevention, sexual assault, support a victim, take action
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Underage Drinking: The Bad, the Ugly, but There’s Good
By Clare Jones The bad: Our local kids (and adults) drink more than the state and significantly more than the country. We have all heard, in Northeast Iowa every corner has a “bar and a church.” Drinking is such a … Continue reading
Posted in Substance Abuse, Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged myths, parenting tips, underage drinking risks
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High Schoolers are “Threw with Chew”
By Geri Buelow On Wednesday, February 21, 2013, area high school Youth Tobacco Prevention groups from all over Delaware County let their peers know that smokeless tobacco kills. Youth Tobacco Prevention is a youth-led, anti-tobacco group, that has chapters at West … Continue reading
Believe in the Power of Community
By Jenny Stolka “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful dedicated citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” – Margaret Mead A community’s ideas, tasks and involvement can either make or break the … Continue reading
Posted in Substance Abuse, Underage and Binge Drinking
Tagged binge drinking, coalition, cops in shops, Prevention, take action, underage drinking
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