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| 18 May 2000 Students, and Community Groups Unite Before Graduation to Combat Alcohol, and Club Drugs The Latest Deadly Mix News conference for student journalists to call for prevention of underage drinking, and drug use at prom, and grad time. (Professional news media invited) more details… 11 May 2000 North County Doctors Train to Spot Meth-Exposed Kids Officials from the County's Meth Strike Force and Drug Endangered Children's Program will teach North County medical providers how to identify and care for children exposed to methamphetamine. more details… 4 May 2000 Cinco de Mayo Declaration Community Advocates Take Back the Holiday SAN DIEGO, CA (May 5, 2000) – The East County Latino Association and Communities Against Substance Abuse are calling upon San Diegans to restore dignity, respect and safety to Cinco de Mayo, the Mexican holiday that commemorates the 1862 Battle of Puebla. more details… May 2000 HS Students and Community Simulate Fatal DUI Crash Grim Reaper to Star in two-day Pre-Prom Drama Every 15 Minutes, a dramatic program designed to prevent teenage drinking and driving, starts with a shocking, reality-based staging of a fatal DUI crash involving Granite Hills High School students and wraps up the next day with a high-energy, anti-drinking and driving, motivational assembly. Granite Hills' Every 15 Minutes is strategically planned to occur right before the weekend prom–traditionally one of the most deadly nights for students, according to California Highway Patrol statistics. more details… May 2000 North County Doctors Learn to Spot Meth-Exposed Kids Chronic coughing, skin rashes, and red, itchy eyes are all symptoms of a viral infection. But when is a child's cough caused by more than just a head cold? When that child is living in a meth-contaminated home. more details… 20 April 2000 Methamphetamine Present in One-Third of Teen Suicides in San Diego County Meth Strike Force to release new report concerning meth use and San Diego County teen suicide. more details… 11 April 2000 More Parents Talking with Kids About Drugs More Often, and Appear to Be Having an Impact Many Parents, However, Still Struggle with What to Say; One in Three Parents Doubt They're Getting Through NEW YORK, NY (April 11, 2000) – More parents are talking with their children about drugs more often, and they appear to be having an impact, according to a national study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America (PDFA). more details… 11 April 2000 Can We Talk? Local Drug Prevention Agency Underscores the Effectiveness of Parents Communicating with Kids SAN DIEGO, CA (April 11, 2000) – Communities Against Substance Abuse, the San Diego alliance for the Partnership for a Drug-Free America, says parents must talk with their children about drugs and applauds results of a national survey that show more parents are doing just that. "Most experts agree that simply providing children with information about the health effects of drugs usually does NOT change behaviors," says Jo Ann Tapp, Prevention Program Coordinator for Communities Against Substance Abuse and a parent herself. "Parents themselves must become informed about the factors that influence kids' choices about drugs and alcohol. Parents can teach kids decision- making skills necessary to withstand the allure of getting high, rehearse with them the things they might say or do in response to an offer that is harmful or contrary to your values." more details… |
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