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1) EARLY BIRD HOTEL REGISTRATION FOR CADCA'S MID-YEAR TRAINING INSTITUTE ENDS JULY 6
Does your coalition need help achieving outcomes to help better demonstrate your effectiveness? Need assistance writing an upcoming grant?
"Achieving Outcomes" and "Grant Writing" are just two of the trainings scheduled to take place during CADCA's first-ever Mid-Year Training Institute in Seattle, Washington, August 6-9 - call or register online now to secure your space! The registration cost for the Institute is $299 for CADCA members and $449 for non-members, and includes breakfast and lunch.
The Institute will be held at the Renaissance Madison Hotel in Seattle. The hotel is offering attendees a special discounted rate of $125 single/double per night. Don't delay - reservations must be received on or before 7/6/02 in order to receive these rates!
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 Juan José Callejas, PhD, John K. Kriger, MSM, CADC, CPS, and Mallary Tytel, PhD. For a complete listing of Institute faculty and bios, go to http://www.cadca.org/TrainingInstitute/Agenda/Speakers.htm. Courses will include:
CADCA will offer CEUs for
the four-day Institute, which will culminate in a commencement exercise. For
a complete class schedule and 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)
CADCA'S
NEW ONLINE COMMUNITY
CADCA's online community now features message boards open for discussion of topics related to substance abuse prevention, treatment, and research, including raising and leveraging funds and achieving outcomes. To view the message boards or join a discussion, go to www.CADCA.org/online.htm and click on "Boards."
The online community will
soon include live chats led by various experts in the field. Live chats will
be scheduled and announced in the E-News in the coming weeks.
3) DON'T FORGET TO SIGN UP FOR JUNE 20 SATELLITE BROADCAST
Registration is open for CADCA's next satellite broadcast, titled "Evaluation: Effective Prevention Practices to Use and Learn." Tune in June 20, 2002, from 1:00 - 2:30 pm, EST to hear from Soledad Sambrano, PhD, Center for Substance Abuse Prevention; Pam White, Nashville Prevention Partnership; and Pam Imm, PhD, Community Psychologist. During the broadcast, they will:
These live training sessions are available at no cost to you 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.
Three ways to register with
Ed Kronholm, site downlink coordinator:
Phone: 877-820-0305
Email: dlnets@aol.com
Website: www.dlnets.com/MCTFT2nd.htm
Please direct all questions
to Tanyanic Brown, CADCA's director of distance learning, at tbrown@cadca.org.
4) DRUG CZAR RECOGNIZES INDIANA CADCA COALITION
CADCA welcomed the Marion County Youth Congress (MCYC) to the Capitol on June 10. John Walters, Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), honored the MCYC for their successful efforts to obtain over 50,000 pledges from Marion County youth K-12 to stay alcohol, tobacco, and drug-free. Walters met with MCYC student representatives at 11 a.m. on June 10 at the ONDCP offices in Washington, D.C., in an event open to the media.
The MCYC is a school-based prevention program that teaches youth to resist drugs and alcohol through character education. The MCYC represents 18 high schools in 11 Indiana school districts. In May of 2000, Indianapolis Mayor Bart Peterson challenged the MCYC to implement an anti-drug pledge campaign with the goal of collecting 20,000 signatures. In 2001, the Mayor increased the goal to 40,000 signatures. By May of this year, the MCYC had collected more than 50,000 signatures.
The story was picked up
by the Indianapolis Star. To read more about the event and the efforts of the
MCYC, go to the related article from the Indianapolis Star at http://www.indystar.com/article.php?indrug11.html.
5) PLANS TO SELL BOTTLED WATER CONTAINING NICOTINE ANNOUNCED
In May, a company called QuickTest 5, Inc. announced plans to sell Nico Water, bottled water containing highly addictive nicotine, at major national drugstore chains, including CVS, Walgreens and Sav-Mor. The product is being marketed as a means to help smokers quit and as an alternative for smokers in circumstances where smoking is not permitted. Nico Water has not been tested by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to determine its effectiveness and safety. The Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids and 19 other public health organizations petitioned the FDA in December 2001 to assert its authority to keep this product off the market until its safety could be determined by proper independent testing.
Nicotine has never been
approved as an additive to foods. Other commercially available nicotine delivery
devices like Nicorette gum or NicoDerm patches are subject to FDA clinical trials
and regulation. Use of Nico Water could be dangerous, could discourage smokers
from quitting, and could easily fall into the hands of children and serve as
a gateway to use of tobacco products.
6) LCHC CONFERENCE SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 21-23 IN SACRAMENTO
The Latino Coalition for a Healthy California (LCHC) has positioned itself to meet the primary goal of its mission: to be the leading voice for Latino health in California. Over the years, Latinos in the health service sector have come to expect and rely on LCHC conferences, which were started in 1995 with an audience of 300 and have grown to attract over 750 participants. The 2002 Conference "Latino Access to Health - When? Cuando?" will examine the issues related to Latino access to health care, health promotion, and prevention. It will be held August 21-23 in Sacramento. For more information, got www.lchc.org.
7)
TELEVISION MOVIE ABOUT YOUTH PRESCRIPTION DRUG ABUSE PREMIERING IN AUGUST
Tune in to Lifetime Television
in August for the premiere of "On the Edge," a movie about the dangers
of prescription drug abuse, specifically among youth. A divorced couple is shocked
and initially in denial when they realize that their 16-year-old daughter has
become addicted to prescription pills. After a near-fatal overdose, the daughter
is admitted to a rehab center, and in the course of her therapy, both parents
come to terms with their daughter's problem and the underlying factors that
led to it.
8) RECOVERY MONTH MATERIALS AVAILABLE
Recovery Month promotional
materials are now available! To order kits, posters, flyers, or teasers, go
to http://www.cadca.org/WhatsNew/RecoveryMonthOrderForm.pdf.
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JUNE QUESTION OF THE MONTH What are the biggest barriers to treatment in your area? In your opinion, what can be done to eliminate these obstacles? Please email your answers and comments to Kay Green at kgreen@cadca.org. To view responses, CADCA members can go to http://www.cadca.org/MembersOnly/QuestionOfTheMonth.htm. |
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