Nevada Prevention Resource Center
UPDATE Providing weekly updates for Professionals, Counselors, Educators, Parents and Activists
Volume:
10
27 January 2014
Issue: 4
The NPRC will be hosting a Social Media campaign throughout Drug Facts Week. We will be utilizing Facebook, Twitter, and our own website to disseminate information all week long to our followers.
Join Foundation for Recovery tonight in Las Vegas as they kick of Drug Facts Week with a Drug Facts Trivia Night. Attendees can come with their own team or join one there.
CADCA Responds to Obama’s Comments on Marijuana CADCA is concerned that only a portion of what the President said during his interview has made headlines, when in fact the President expressed some serious concerns about marijuana legalization. CADCA believes that substance abuse is a public health concern and has wide-reaching negative effects on our young people and society. So we agree with President Obama’s comment that marijuana use is a ‘bad habit’, a ‘bad idea and a waste of time’. We also echo the President’s sentiment that
In the News
the case for marijuana legalization is ‘overstated’ and will not solve the many social problems our society faces. The President’s remarks and comments carry significant impact. Therefore, at a time when national studies indicate that the majority of high school seniors don’t view marijuana as harmful and marijuana use is trending upwards among teens, we ask that the President consider the wide body of research showing the harms of marijuana use on young people and use the bully pulpit to positively influence teens
Awareness Campaigns
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Obama: Pot not ‘more dangerous’ than alcohol
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Groundhog Day 2/2
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Women have been particularly affected by the War on Drugs
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Creativity Month
How Colleges Are Preparing Students for a Country Where Pot Is Legal
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day 1/27
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Surgeon general report links more diseases, health problems to smoking tobacco
This publication was supported in whole or in part by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Agency (SAPTA) through State General Funds and/or the SAPT Block Grant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. DHHS, SAMHSA, or the State of Nevada.