*NOTE: We would like to apologize to those who received multiple copies of last week's CADCA E-News. Due to technical difficulties, it was unclear for several days if the E-News had been delivered.

1) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN FOR CADCA MID-YEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE, AUGUST 6-9

Registrations are currently being accepted for CADCA's first-ever Mid-Year Training Institute in Seattle, Washington, August 6-9. This exciting event will feature 12 of CADCA's most requested trainings for community coalition members, prevention specialists, and other interested individuals. Faculty for the Institute will include leading experts in the field of substance abuse prevention teaching subjects including grant writing, achieving outcomes, leadership, public policy, cultural competency, and media relations. CADCA will offer CEUs for the four-day Institute, which will culminate in a commencement exercise. For more information on how to register for this event, contact Nana Elliott at nelliott@cadca.org or 1-800-54-CADCA, ext. 256, or visit www.cadca.org and click on "Training Institute." Seating for each class is limited, so sign up today!

2) WINTER OLYMPIC COMPUTERS AVAILABLE FOR NON-PROFITS

Gateway Computers is donating up to 4,500 computers used in the Winter Olympic Games to non-profit organizations. For more information and to register your group, visit http://www.gateway.com/olympics/donations.shtml.

This information was provided to CADCA by John K Kriger, Kriger Consulting, Inc. If your organization receives a computer as a result of this listing, please notify Mr. Kriger at 67 Manchester Way Burlington, NJ 08016, jkriger@usa.net, or 609-387-5226.

3) CASA REPORTS INCREASED DEMAND FOR TREATMENT SIX MONTHS AFTER SEPTEMBER 11

Five cities, 23 states, and Washington, D.C. have detected an increased demand for alcohol and drug treatment since September 11, according to a new survey conducted by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University.

Of the states and cities reporting increases in substance abuse treatment, six states - Alaska, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Kentucky, and Tennessee - and the cities of Detroit, Phoenix, and Washington, D.C. characterized the increase as substantial.

The increased demand for treatment is clustered largely on the East Coast. Areas close to the attacks reported increased demands for treatment following September 11, including New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.

Several states and cities farther away from the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks, including Florida, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, and Houston, cited factors such as improved law enforcement, recession, rising unemployment, decreased tourism, and new laws as additional reasons for the increased demand for treatment.

For more information, go to www.casacolumbia.org.

4) FREE FACTS ON TAP TRAININGS MAY 6 AND JUNE 13

Two trainings on the Facts On Tap program are currently scheduled and open to staff members from prevention services, health services, residential life, fraternities/sororities, athletics, student affairs, and student activities from schools that are using the Facts On Tap program. Student leaders and peer educators are also welcome. The Facts On Tap training is an interactive workshop that focuses on how to best implement the program into your campus's prevention programming. The training will include all components of Facts On Tap, with a special focus on the issues surrounding students who are children of alcoholic and substance-abusing parents.

*NEW YORK
Monday, May 6
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Marymount College
100 Marymount Avenue
Rita Hall, Room Rita II
Tarrytown, NY

*ILLINOIS
Thursday, June 13
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
W.R. Harper College
1200 West Algonquin Road
Student Administration Building, Room A-315
Palatine, IL (outside of Chicago)

To register for the confirmed Illinois or New York training, e-mail Lisa Huttinger at coaf@phoenixhouse.org or call 646-505-2065. For more information Facts On Tap, go to www.factsontap.org.

5) TIME ARTICLE ADDRESSES HARVARD STUDY OF COLLEGE BINGE DRINKING

In the March 28 issue of the CADCA E-News, we reported on the release of a Harvard School of Public Health College Alcohol Study (CAS) of the new findings from the 2001 CAS survey of more than 10,000 college students at 119 nationally representative, four-year colleges in 38 states, and the District of Columbia. In its April 1 issue, Time magazine reported on this study in-depth, focusing on the rising numbers of female binge drinkers. The writers went to campuses in Syracuse, Georgetown, Tallahassee, and other college towns to put a personal face on this growing problem. The article also addressed the tendency of young women to equate binge drinking with feminism, espousing an "anything guys can do, we can do," attitude about behavior that threatens the health and lives of students on every college campus in America every night of the week. This excellent article can be viewed at http://www.time.com/time/2002/wdrinking/story.html.

OTHER USEFUL CADCA LINKS

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