WebMD, April 28, 2011
"Letting younger teens drink alcohol with supervision from mom and dad may lead to higher drinking rates and more alcohol-related problems as kids get older than a 'zero tolerance' approach, a new study suggests.
The research offers an international perspective on underage drinking and parental supervision since it looked at two countries on opposite sides of the globe with different attitudes toward it.
In the study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, scientists compared the opinions of 1,945 seventh-grade students and their parents over a three-year period. Slightly less than half the group came from Washington state while the rest were from Victoria, Australia." Read More
Friday, April 29, 2011
Youth services to hold drug disposal site
Norwich Bulletin (Hebron, CT) April 28, 2011
"In an effort to get prescription drugs out of the hands of teens, youth services is hosting a local medication disposal site as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RHAM High School, 85 Wall St., on Saturday. The event is being put on by the Andover, Hebron and Marlborough Youth and Family Services’ Substance Abuse Task Force.
It’s also being sponsored by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and State Police Troop K.
'The goals we’ve talked about is to provide a safe and effective way to get id of these medications,' said Kelly LaFleur, a member of the task force who’s coordinating the event.
Anyone from any town is invited to drop off unused, unwanted and expired prescription and over the counter medications, LaFleur said. Items that won’t be accepted include illegal narcotics and other drugs or needles. The service is free and anonymous." Read more
"In an effort to get prescription drugs out of the hands of teens, youth services is hosting a local medication disposal site as part of National Prescription Drug Take Back Day.
The event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at RHAM High School, 85 Wall St., on Saturday. The event is being put on by the Andover, Hebron and Marlborough Youth and Family Services’ Substance Abuse Task Force.
It’s also being sponsored by the Federal Drug Enforcement Agency and State Police Troop K.
'The goals we’ve talked about is to provide a safe and effective way to get id of these medications,' said Kelly LaFleur, a member of the task force who’s coordinating the event.
Anyone from any town is invited to drop off unused, unwanted and expired prescription and over the counter medications, LaFleur said. Items that won’t be accepted include illegal narcotics and other drugs or needles. The service is free and anonymous." Read more
Connecticut police and DEA collecting unused prescription drugs in safety effort
Daily Journal (Hartford, CT) April 28, 2011
"Connecticut state police and federal agents will be collecting unused prescription drugs in an effort to prevent pill abuse, theft and potential health hazards.
Troopers are urging the public to bring unwanted or expired prescription drugs to one of more than a dozen drop-off sites across the state on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There's no cost, and no questions will be asked.
People nationwide turned in about 242,000 pounds of prescription drugs last September at more than 4,000 sites run by the Drug Enforcement Administration and state and local law enforcement officials." Read More
"Connecticut state police and federal agents will be collecting unused prescription drugs in an effort to prevent pill abuse, theft and potential health hazards.
Troopers are urging the public to bring unwanted or expired prescription drugs to one of more than a dozen drop-off sites across the state on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. There's no cost, and no questions will be asked.
People nationwide turned in about 242,000 pounds of prescription drugs last September at more than 4,000 sites run by the Drug Enforcement Administration and state and local law enforcement officials." Read More
Monday, April 25, 2011
State Police are Taking Back Unwanted Prescription Drugs at Local Barracks
Naugatuck Patch (Bethany, CT) April 22, 2011
"State police and federal officials will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring your medications for disposal to Connecticut State Police Barracks Troop I at 631 Amity Road, Bethany, just down Route 63 from Naugatuck. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.
The Connecticut State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are sponsoring the program.
Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — or 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners." Read More
"State police and federal officials will give the public an opportunity to prevent pill abuse and theft by ridding their homes of potentially dangerous expired, unused, and unwanted prescription drugs.
On April 30 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. bring your medications for disposal to Connecticut State Police Barracks Troop I at 631 Amity Road, Bethany, just down Route 63 from Naugatuck. The service is free and anonymous, with no questions asked.
The Connecticut State Police and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) are sponsoring the program.
Last September, Americans turned in 242,000 pounds — or 121 tons — of prescription drugs at nearly 4,100 sites operated by the DEA and more than 3,000 state and local law enforcement partners." Read More
Bullying hits parents, too
MSNBC, April 24, 2011
"One evening two weeks ago, Nancy Anderson Dolan's 13-year-old son opened his laptop and yelled like he'd been struck. Dolan rushed to his side and saw what had appalled her child: An expletive-filled message from a child her son has known for years, threatening to hurt him.
Moments later, her son's phone lit up with text messages from another child: More threats, more cruel insults.
'It was an odd experience, like kind of a home invasion, actually, because it was just so sudden and unexpected,' Dolan, a counselor in Calgary, Alberta, told LiveScience. 'It was freakish. You just couldn't wrap your mind around something like this happening.'
Even now, after involving her son's school and helping him recover from the cyberbullying incident, Dolan finds herself on edge.
'We are having a pretty optimal response, but still that sense of not being able to keep my child safe is so pervasive,' she said. 'It strips away any facade you might have that you think you are able to protect your children.'
Most research on bullying has focused on its effect on children, for the good reason that children bear the brunt of the suffering. But parent reports suggest that Dolan's emotional reaction isn't unusual. When a kid is bullied, many parents say they feel angry, frustrated and helpless." Read More
"One evening two weeks ago, Nancy Anderson Dolan's 13-year-old son opened his laptop and yelled like he'd been struck. Dolan rushed to his side and saw what had appalled her child: An expletive-filled message from a child her son has known for years, threatening to hurt him.
Moments later, her son's phone lit up with text messages from another child: More threats, more cruel insults.
'It was an odd experience, like kind of a home invasion, actually, because it was just so sudden and unexpected,' Dolan, a counselor in Calgary, Alberta, told LiveScience. 'It was freakish. You just couldn't wrap your mind around something like this happening.'
Even now, after involving her son's school and helping him recover from the cyberbullying incident, Dolan finds herself on edge.
'We are having a pretty optimal response, but still that sense of not being able to keep my child safe is so pervasive,' she said. 'It strips away any facade you might have that you think you are able to protect your children.'
Most research on bullying has focused on its effect on children, for the good reason that children bear the brunt of the suffering. But parent reports suggest that Dolan's emotional reaction isn't unusual. When a kid is bullied, many parents say they feel angry, frustrated and helpless." Read More
Torrington teens surveyed on drinking
Republican American (Torrington, CT) April 24, 2011
"It came as little surprise to substance abuse experts that roughly seven out of 10 Torrington High School juniors have tried alcohol at least once, and 34 percent reported drinking in the past 30 days.
Those figures, compiled from an anonymous survey of local students in grades 7-11 conducted in June 2010, are comparable to results found in similar surveys at the state and national level. That according to a report prepared by Quantitative Services on behalf of the Northwest Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking and the McCall Foundation, a local nonprofit that administers the state grants which fund the coalition.
Kevin Pettit, prevention coordinator at the McCall Foundation, said the survey, the first of its kind conducted locally, has helped the coalition — already active for about a decade — to shape its prevention strategy." Read More
"It came as little surprise to substance abuse experts that roughly seven out of 10 Torrington High School juniors have tried alcohol at least once, and 34 percent reported drinking in the past 30 days.
Those figures, compiled from an anonymous survey of local students in grades 7-11 conducted in June 2010, are comparable to results found in similar surveys at the state and national level. That according to a report prepared by Quantitative Services on behalf of the Northwest Coalition to Stop Underage Drinking and the McCall Foundation, a local nonprofit that administers the state grants which fund the coalition.
Kevin Pettit, prevention coordinator at the McCall Foundation, said the survey, the first of its kind conducted locally, has helped the coalition — already active for about a decade — to shape its prevention strategy." Read More
Friday, April 22, 2011
After Son's Death, Mom Pushes for Awareness of Teen Alcohol Abuse
Chantilly Patch (Chantilly, VA) April 21, 2011
"What can happen in an hour?
That's what Karla Rupp thought when she dropped off her son Bo at a concert last September, an hour before it started.
But what happened in an hour cost Bo his life.
'Bo didn't know what could happen in an hour,' Rupp said. 'Dying wasn't part of the plan.'
Rupp spoke for the first time publicly this week about the circumstances leading up to her son's death at a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting. Bo Rupp, then a sophomore at Westfield High School, made headlines back in September when he apparently ran in and out of traffic near his Virginia Run home on Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville, then sat down in the middle of the roadway and was struck by a neighbor's car. He died the next day.
Karla Rupp said that Bo brought his backpack to the concert that night. Nothing to be alarmed about inside, she thought, just some iced tea bottles." Read More
"What can happen in an hour?
That's what Karla Rupp thought when she dropped off her son Bo at a concert last September, an hour before it started.
But what happened in an hour cost Bo his life.
'Bo didn't know what could happen in an hour,' Rupp said. 'Dying wasn't part of the plan.'
Rupp spoke for the first time publicly this week about the circumstances leading up to her son's death at a Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) meeting. Bo Rupp, then a sophomore at Westfield High School, made headlines back in September when he apparently ran in and out of traffic near his Virginia Run home on Pleasant Valley Road in Centreville, then sat down in the middle of the roadway and was struck by a neighbor's car. He died the next day.
Karla Rupp said that Bo brought his backpack to the concert that night. Nothing to be alarmed about inside, she thought, just some iced tea bottles." Read More
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