August 15, 2008
In this issue:
Don't Miss: Internet Safety & Privacy - Practical Advice for Parenting Your High-Tech Kids!
Hear the very latest on what YOU can do to keep your family safe and informed about the ever-changing online universe. The training will be led by Shawn Marshall, Licensed Professional Counselor at the Children’s Program, a Portland diagnostic & treatment clinic. Shawn says “Kids aren’t as savvy when it comes to the unexpected ramifications of instant messaging, their MySpace page and all the other uses of the Internet. And that’s where informed parenting comes in.”
The Internet Safety training will take place on Wednesday, October 1, from Noon - 1:30 pm at Montgomery Park located at 2701 NW Vaughn Avenue, in Portland. Registration is only $30, including lunch and free parking.
To register, email Danny Slifman or call 503-244-5211.
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Click here to download the training flyer.
Energy Drinks Linked to Risk-Taking Behaviors Among College Students
Frequent energy drink consumers (six or more days a month), according to findings by the University at Buffalo’s Research Institute on Addictions (RIA), were approximately three times as likely as less frequent energy drink consumers or non-consumers to have smoked cigarettes, abused prescription drugs and been in a serious physical fight in the year prior to the survey. They reported drinking alcohol, having alcohol-related problems and using marijuana about twice as often as non-consumers.
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Study of Youth Development Seeks Interested Participants
A new research study is being performed at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) to measure the changes that take place in the brain as youth mature in their adolescent and teenage years. Doctors are now looking for youth volunteers to undergo an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging) scan while completing a series of thinking and memory tasks. Interested youth and a parent/guardian will complete telephone interviews to determine eligibility.
Eligible youth will attend up to three study visits at OHSU at no cost. The first session will be a puzzles and games session, the second will be a lab visit, and the third will be the MRI scan. Both the youth and the parent will be compensated for their participation in the study (approximately 5 hours total) and will receive color pictures of the youth’s brain.
If your child is between the ages of 10 and 15, is right-handed, and does not have braces or a permanent retainer, he/she might be eligible. Please contact Dr. Bonnie Nagel for more information: 503-494-0641.
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CSPI Blasts NCAA Decision to Keep Beer Ads
George Hacker, Director of Alcohol Policies at the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI) blasted the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for keeping beer ads. "The NCAA continues to put profit over principle by continuing to embrace advertising for beer - the number-one cause of alcohol problems - during its popular sports telecasts. In contrast, the NCAA rejects advertising for distilled spirits, most wine, sports wagering, gambling, nightclubs, firearms and weapons, and NC-17-rated motion pictures, among others."
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Save The Date: Washington State Prevention Summit
Save the Date for the Washington State 2008 Prevention Summit sponsored by the Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA). This year the conference will be held in Yakima Washington at the Yakima Convention Center and the Red Lion Hotel on October 17-18, 2008. Last years' Prevention Summit brought 600+ registrants from all over Washington and the surrounding states.
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Alcoholic Energy Drink - Sparks - Launches New Youthful Promotion
Sparks, a caffeinated alcoholic beverage, will begin adding new high-tech retail displays at 7-Eleven stores later this month, offering shoppers the ability to download free music on their MP3 players. Energy brew sales are growing at double-digit rates, and also attracting activists like the Center for Science in the Public Interest and several attorneys general that contend such drinks are marketed to minors.
Click here to read more about the promotion.
Click here to read more about dangerous alcoholic energy drinks.
Do you have information to share with your prevention colleagues around the state? Please send to: dslifman@orpartnership.org.
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