February 22, 2008
In this issue:
Hood River Youth Leader Wins National Youth Leader Award at CADCA
Hood River's Yesenia Castro was recognized in Washington, D.C., last week as National Youth Leader of the Year at CADCA's 2008 National Leadership Forum.
Yesenia (Yesi) is a junior at Hood River Valley High School in Hood River, and is an active member of her community and school, participating in a number of drug prevention programs. She is a member of the Si Se Puede (Yes We Can!) Hispanic Outreach Prevention Coalition, the Hood River County Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Prevention Coalition and OSSOM (Operation Student Safety on the Move). Yesi also serves as a mentor to younger students and conducts alcohol and drug prevention presentations to middle school students.
Show Your Support for the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey
Oregonians need to know what every Oregon teen is thinking, feeling, and doing. When we know this, as supportive parents, policy makers, and citizens, we can help shape a positive future for our youth. The Oregon Healthy Teens Survey does just that.
Oregon Healthy Teens (OHT) is Oregon's effort to monitor the health and well-being of adolescents. An anonymous and voluntary research-based survey, OHT is conducted among 8th and 11th graders statewide.
Click here to show your support for the Oregon Healthy Teens Survey.
Smoking in Movies Linked to Kids Lighting Up
Young people who start smoking may be influenced to do so by movies they saw in early childhood, new research suggests. What's more, the study found that almost 80 percent of the exposure to smoking scenes in movies came through films rated "G," "PG" and "PG-13."
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Drug Prevention and Treatment Programs Recommended for Cuts in President’s Budget Request
President Bush´s FY 2009 Budget Request, released Feb. 4, 2008, recommends cutting the majority of substance abuse prevention and treatment programs. Among the programs that would take a hit in the President’s Budget Request is the Drug-Free Communities (DFC) program. The DFC program has historically proven to be extremely effective and the demand for funding has greatly outpaced the availability of funds.
Face it, Parents Campaign Wants Your Feedback
Oregon Partnership is seeking parents and youth (ages 12-18) to participate in a very brief survey that will gather feedback on the messages conveyed through the Face It, Parents campaign. This campaign is funded by the state Department of Human Services and seeks to prevent underage drinking by alerting parents and asking them to take specific steps to prevent their child from drinking.
Click here to download the survey.
Posters, parent cards and other materials are also available.
Click here for more information on the Face it, Parents Campaign.
New Policy Brief Shows Federal Budget Emphasizes Least Effective Ingredients of Drug Policy
A review of the federal drug control budget shows that the current administration continues to favor supply reduction programs over demand reduction programs to reduce the demand for drugs by youth and adults. Since federal fiscal year (FY) 02, the budget has emphasized what research has shown to be the least effective ingredients of a federal drug control policy. This translates into almost a decade of lost opportunity in achieving performance results.
Click here to read the Policy Brief.
Do you have information to share with your prevention colleagues around the state? Please send to: dslifman@orpartnership.org.
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