1)
FORUM XIII UPDATE: JUST 3 WEEKS AWAY!
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CADCA has negotiated a special rate at the historic Churchill Hotel
during the National Leadership Forum. This full-service hotel offers
uncompromising comfort and elegance. To find out more about the hotel,
visit http://www.thechurchillhotel.com.
To book your room, call (202) 797-2000, and mention CADCA to receive
the special rate of $145 per night.
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Attend one of six valuable pre-conference sessions that will be held
before Forum XIII on February 11. Best of all, they are FREE, but pre-registration
is encouraged. To find out more about each pre-conference seminar, and
the plenary sessions planned during the Forum, please visit http://www.cadca.org/Events/Forum/Agenda/Agenda.htm.
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Reserve your spot at the Forum’s most popular social event--seats
for the Dine & Tour always sell out during the Forum. Choose from:
2)
NEW ANTI-DRUG ADS TO AIR SUPER BOWL SUNDAY
Two new sets of
advertisements premiering during the Super Bowl and pre-game show will
provide youth with facts about marijuana and remind Americans about
the link between drugs, terror and violence. The youth ads, "Pregnancy
Test" and "Roadside Memorial," which are part of the
ONDCP's National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, highlight two negative
consequences of marijuana use – impaired judgement and drugged
driving. The two new drugs and terror spots are designed to inspire
national dialogue and illustrate the sobering point that drug use can
have consequences that impact the lives of people you know and in the
greater world at large.
Beginning Super
Bowl Sunday, the ads, and others in the series, can be viewed by logging
on to www.mediacampaign.org.
3)
STUDY FINDS SPIKE IN CAR CRASHES AFTER SUPER BOWL
Super Bowl fans,
fresh from celebrating victory or agonizing over defeat, are more likely
to crash after the game, researchers say. Vehicle crashes surge more
than 40 percent after the game, particularly among the losing team’s
fans. A series of factors contributed to the rise in crashes, including
drinking during the game, driver fatigue, distraction and disappointment
among drivers whose team lost.
Researchers at the
University of Toronto in Canada conducted the study, which analyzed
1975 to 2001 data from the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
It was published today in the New England Journal of Medicine.
4)
NIDA NAMES NEW DIRECTOR
Nora D. Volkow,
M.D. has been appointed as the new director of the National Institute
on Drug Abuse (NIDA). Dr. Volkow replaces Glen R. Hanson, DDS, Ph.D,
who had been serving as Acting Director of NIDA since November 2001.
At the Brookhaven
National Laboratory, Dr. Valkow is currently the Associate Director
for Life Sciences, Director of Nuclear Medicine and Director of NIDA-DOE
Regional Neuroimaging Center.
Dr. Volkow begins
her new duties at NIDA on April 15, 2003. To read more about Dr. Valkow,
visit http://www.nida.nih.gov/newsroom/03/NR1-23.html.
5)
STUDY OF TWINS ADDS SUPPORT TO MARIJUANA “GATEWAY” THEORY
A study from Australia
adds new evidence to the “gateway” theory—the argument
that marijuana use leads to use of more harmful drugs. Researchers used
311 sets of same-sex twins in which only one had smoked marijuana before
age 17. The marijuana smokers were up to five times more likely than
their twins to use harder drugs. 48 percent of marijuana users tried
cocaine, while just 26 percent of the non-early marijuana users did.
Opiate use was twice as likely, and hallucinogen use was five times
more likely among early marijuana users.
The study appears
in Wednesday’s Journal of the American Medical Association, and
was partially funded by the National Institutes of Health.
6)
POSSIBLE ALCOHOLISM CLUES FOUND IN MARIJUANA-LIKE COMPOUNDS
A new study has
found that brain molecules similar to the active compound in marijuana
help to regulate alcohol consumption. Researchers from the National
Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and other research
groups found greatly reduced alcohol intake in mice specially bred to
lack CB1, the brain receptor for innate marijuana-like substances known
as endocannabinoids. Scientists found the endocannabinoid system activates
a brain region known as nucleus accumbens, which plays a significant
role in mediating the rewarding effect of alcohol. The alcohol intake
among mice could be reduced by treating them with a drug that blocks
CB1 receptors in the brain.
The reports appear
in the online versions of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences, Volume 20, Number 3, at www.pnas.org
and the Journal of Neurochemistry, Volume 24, Number 4, at http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/servlet/useragent?func=showIssues&code=jnc.
7)
NEED HELP ON DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES APPLICATION?
Anyone planning
to apply for the 2003 Drug-Free Communities Support program has until
February 25 to register. Applicants can attend several workshops across
the country to receive answers on the application process. CADCA will
host one of the seminars on February 11, 2003 during our National Leadership
Forum. To view the full list of seminars, visit http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dfcs/calendar/workshops.html.
Applications, which must be completed online this year, must be received
by March 11, 2003. To find out more about the DFC program, visit http://ojjdp.ncjrs.org/dfcs/index.html.
8)
LATEST SMOKING TREND: WATER PIPES, TIME MAGAZINE REPORTS
A growing number
of youth in Southern California are getting high off hookah, a water
pipe that has been used in the Middle East for centuries, Time magazine
reports. Several youth-oriented coffeehouses, restaurants and bars are
enticing students from the nearby University of California to smoke
hookah. Suppliers claim the tobacco content is lower than cigarettes
because it is grown in low-nitrogen soil. Experts discount that theory,
saying all forms of tobacco are unsafe.
You can read more
about hookah in the January 27 issue of Time magazine.
9)
COLLEGES MUST ACT TO DETER STUDENTS FROM BINGE DRINKING
Researchers have
found that students who don’t binge-drink in high school may or
may not binge drink once they enter college. However, colleges must
do their part to discourage students from binge-drinking by limiting
access to alcohol, discouraging cheap prices and ensuring that non-drinking
activities are readily available, the study says. Researchers also found
that white students were more likely than non-white students to begin
drinking. The study collected data from 1,894 first-year college students
19 and younger from across the country.
The study was conducted
in part by the Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study
and was published in the January issue of Society for Adolescent Medicine.
To read more about this study, visit http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/Documents/uptake.
10)
$4 MILLION AVAILABLE FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY RESEARCH
The Substance Abuse
Policy Research – Round VIII, the latest round of the substance
abuse research program operated by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation,
has about $4 million available. The program encourages experts in public
health, law, political science, medicine and other fields to address
issues related to substance abuse. Letters of intent are due February
7, 2003. Projects requesting less than $100,000 are due any time. To
find out more information, or to apply, visit www.saprp.org.
11)
GRANTS AVAILABLE TO PREVENT YOUTH TOBACCO USE
The American Legacy
Foundation is now accepting applications for its Small Innovative Grants
program, which awards grants of up to $100,000 to prevent tobacco use,
especially among youth. First-time grantees may request awards of up
to $100,000. Second-year support of up to 50 percent of the initial
grant amount also may be requested. Nonprofits and government agencies
may apply. Applications are accepted on an ongoing basis.
For more information,
visit www.americanlegacy.org.
12)
ONDCP DEPUTY DIRECTOR TO APPEAR ON SATELLITE BROADCAST JAN. 30
Mary Ann Solberg,
deputy director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
(ONDCP), will join the staff of CADCA’s National Community Anti-Drug
Coalition Institute for a satellite broadcast on Thursday, January 30,
2003, from 1:00-2:30 p.m., EST. The program is entitled “Achieving
Outcomes through the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute.”
The program will focus on CADCA’s mission, leadership and support,
the goals and objectives of the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition
Institute and how their relationship provides community coalitions with
the tools they need to achieve outcomes at the local level. The panel
will also include:
- Jane
Callahan, MEd, Director, National Community Anti-Drug Coalition
Institute
- Caryn
Blitz, PhD, Deputy Director, Evaluation and Research, National
Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute
- Pamela
Imm, PhD, Community Psychologist
- Mary
Elizabeth Larson, Vice President, Development and Special
Projects, CADCA (moderator)
You can join these
live training sessions at no cost from any site with a satellite dish
that has C-band or KU band capabilities (schools, colleges, local access/cable
television stations, National Guard armories, etc.). All viewing sites
must register in advance to receive the necessary satellite coordinates.
It’s not too
late to register. Contact Ed Kronholm, downlink coordinator, by calling
877-820-0305; or by sending an email to dlnets@aol.com.
For more information, visit www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm.
Please direct all questions to Tanyanic Brown, CADCA's Director of Special
Projects, at tbrown@cadca.org.
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