CADCA

A word about cultural competence as it relates to sustainability

The relationship between sustainability and cultural competence deserves special attention, because they need to be managed closely and tend not to receive their fair share of attention. Both should be addressed at every stage of your coalition’s work—from assessment through evaluation.

This session will provide coalitions and state representatives with information about the CDC’s Prevention Status Reports on Alcohol-Related Harms -- resources developed for coalitions, states, and other public health practitioners. These PSRs focus on policies that address excessive alcohol use including commercial host liability, raising alcohol taxes, and limiting alcohol outlet density.

CADCA is partnering with The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse for their national initiative, Family Day — Be Involved. Stay Involved. Sept. 26. Family Day promotes simple acts of parental engagement as key ways to help prevent risky substance use in children and teens.

A live conversation with Dr. Sandra C. Jones about the parental perceptions associated with their provision of alcohol to underage youth. Dr. Jones is from the Centre for Health and Social Research at Australian Catholic University in Melbourne, Australia.

Energy drinks combined with alcohol were once available for purchase as a pre-mixed beverage, until 2010 when the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that the combination was unsafe. A new study by the Research Society on Alcoholism found that despite what the FDA determined, mixing highly-caffeinated energy drinks with alcohol is still a popular binge drinking practice.

Whether it’s adult binge and underage drinking or prescription drug abuse, the Coalition Against Prescription and Substance Abuse (CAPSAT) of Tulsa, Okla., has been able to change the environment by partnering with many sectors, including one unique coalition supporter, their Mayor.

General Arthur T. Dean, chairman and CEO of CADCA, received the Senator Harold Hughes Memorial Award today from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), part of the National Institutes of Health.

NIAAA Director George Koob, Ph.D., announced his selection during the 142nd meeting of the National Advisory Council on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.

Over the years, companies have brought products into the marketplace that glamorize underage drinking. The latest product is a toy that is marketed to elementary school-age children, a dollhouse to fuel Barbie’s thirst for booze.

On an average day, 1.2 million full-time college students in the U.S. (ages 18 to 22) drank alcohol and 703,759 smoked marijuana, according to a new report by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA).  The report also shows that on an average day, 239,212 part-time college students (ages 18 to 22) drank alcohol and 195,020 used marijuana.  The report differentiated full-time and part-time college students by their college enrollment status.