This article was written by Launch Education Asia Chidekel. Asia is a senior at New Community Jewish High School and will attend the University of Puget Sound in the fall. Click through to the Launch Education site for the whole article. Performing the ‘Reality Party’: A Tool for Parents of Party-ers The “reality party” is [...]
A California family lost their 13-year-old daughter to huffing — unfortunately, this scenario is not as uncommon as you may think. Huffing is the act of sniffing chemicals (often sprayed into a bag) and inhaled. This may cause a reaction is similar to alcohol intoxication — drowsiness, lightheadedness, and a lack of inhibition.
Please read and TAKE ACTION to stop Leno’s 4am Bar Bill Senator Mark Leno has introduced SB 635 to extend drinking hours in California from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. California already suffers $38.4 billion in alcohol-related harm every year, with 10,000 lives lost and hundreds of thousands of additional injuries. Two more hours of [...]
Images of young people using smokeless tobacco products. Creative Commons license. While teenagers across the nation have heard and embraced the “no smoking” message – smoking among teens has fallen more than 45 percent since 1997 – they don’t seem to equate the dangers of nicotine and other toxins with smokeless tobacco. About 20 percent [...]
From Straight Up’s Program Director Katherine Kasmir. This story breaks my heart: 2 Ohio HS football players convicted of raping drunken girl; charges against others possible Two members of Steubenville’s celebrated high school football team were found guilty Sunday of raping a drunken 16-year-old girl, and Ohio’s attorney general warned the case isn’t over, saying [...]
A promising study shows the effectiveness of community-based, substance abuse prevention interventions begun during middle school years. Middle school students from small towns and rural communities who received any of three community-based prevention programs were less likely to abuse prescription medications in late adolescence and young adulthood. The research, published today in the American Journal of [...]
Many thanks to the Thousand Oaks Acorn for writing this article about our recent Reality Parties for Parents. Drugs. Sex. Booze. They’re all commonplace at your average high school “rager,” say members of Straight Up Ventura County. Immaturity, risk-taking and excessiveness have long been a part of the teenage party scene, but do parents really [...]
One in five high school girls binge drink, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The report finds almost 14 million women in the United States binge drink about three times a month. The Partnership at Drugfree.org cites the CDC findings and a CNN report, which state that the binge drinking [...]
From our colleagues and collaborators at Project SAFER. Drinking at college has become ritualized in American culture, and “more than 80 percent of college students drink alcohol” as part of their higher-education experience (NIAAA). Not only can students suffer injury due to assault, sexual abuse and drunk driving crashes as a result of their drinking, [...]
When it comes to grades, students will do just about whatever it takes to stay ahead of the curve. The US has seen a huge jump recently in abuse of prescription drugs, like Adderall, to boost their levels of concentration — a dangerous practice.
More hours means more harm to our community
Please read and TAKE ACTION to stop Leno’s 4am Bar Bill Senator Mark Leno has introduced SB 635 to extend drinking hours in California from 2 a.m. to 4 a.m. California already suffers $38.4 billion in alcohol-related harm every year, with 10,000 lives lost and hundreds of thousands of additional injuries. Two more hours of [...]