Prevention Digest December 19, 2008

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INDEX

1. OJJDP Bulletin Provides Juvenile Arrest Data for 2006 2. New SAMHSA White Paper Examines the Relationship between Suicide and Substance Abuse 3. SAMHSA OAS report: Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007 4.

CDCMMWR QuickStats on Percentage of Adult Binge Drinking Available 5.

Major Report Finds Screening and Early Intervention Program Used in Diverse Health Care Settings Dramatically Reduces Illicit Drug Use among Patients 6. Final Federal Workplace Drug Testing Guidelines Allow Broader Use of Urine Specimen Testing 7. Parents Underestimate Teens Access to Prescription Drugs 8. Tackling Tough Topics: An Educators Guide to Working with Military Kids 9. Parents. The Anti-Drug: Prescription Drug Abuse 10. Monitoring the Future Findings ========================================================================

1. OJJDP Bulletin Provides Juvenile Arrest Data for 2006 The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has published Juvenile Arrests 2006. The 12-page bulletin draws on data from the FBI's "Crime in the United States 2006 to analyze trends in juvenile arrests. For more information, view online at: http://ojjdp.ncjrs.gov http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2006/index.html

http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.gov/publications/PubAbstract.asp?pubi=243205

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2. New SAMHSA White Paper Examines the Relationship between Suicide and Substance Abuse The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released a new white paper focusing on the current state of knowledge about the interrelationship between substance abuse and suicide. Entitled "Substance Abuse and Suicide Prevention: Evidence & Implications," the document stresses substance abuse as a risk-factor for suicide and suicide attempts and the importance of continued learning about this connection to help prevent suicidal behavior. For more information, view online at:

http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0811203707.aspx

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3. SAMHSA OAS report: Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007 SAMHSA's Office of Applied Studies (OAS) has released The NSDUH Report: Trends in Substance Use, Dependence or Abuse, and Treatment among Adolescents: 2002 to 2007, a 3-page short report based on SAMHSA's National Survey on Drug Use & Health (NSDUH) that provides data on the yearly prevalence of cigarettes, alcohol, illicit drugs, marijuana, nonmedical use of prescription-type drugs, and inhalant in the past month by youth as well as the percentage who met the criteria for alcohol or illicit drug dependence or abuse. For more information, view online at: http://oas.samhsa.gov/2k8/youthTrends/youthTrends.cfm

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4. CDCMMWR QuickStats on Percentage of Adult Binge Drinking Available Overall, 20.4% of adults aged >18 years had five or more alcoholic drinks in 1 day at least once in the preceding year. For both men and women, the percentage decreased with age. In all four age groups, men were substantially more likely than women to have had five or more drinks in 1 day at least once in the preceding year. For more information, view online at: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5749a6.htm Early Release of Selected Estimates Based on Data From the 2007 National Health Interview Survey:

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/about/major/nhis/released200806.htm

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5. Major Report Finds Screening and Early Intervention Program Used in, Diverse Health Care Settings Dramatically Reduces Illicit Drug Use among Patients The Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) program can reduce illicit drug use among patients seeking medical care in a wide variety of health care settings such as hospitals, physician offices, and community clinics, a study finds. For more information, view online at: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0810310048.aspx

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6. Final Federal Workplace Drug Testing Guidelines Allow Broader Use of Urine Specimen Testing The final revisions to the Guidelines announced today in the Federal Register are based on proposed 2004 tevisions which emphasized the important role testing of urine specimens plays in the deterrence of substance abuse in the Federal workplace. The final revisions incorporate tests for a broader range of illicit substances, and establish new procedures for ensuring the reliability and accuracy of urine drug testing. For more information, view online at: http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0811213700.aspx

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7. Parents Underestimate Teens Access to Prescription Drugs Parents of teenagers overestimate how easy it is for teens to buy cigarettes, according to a recent national telephone survey. Thirty-nine percent of parents said that cigarettes are the easiest forteens to buy, compared to one-fourth of teens. In contrast, parents underestimate how easy it is for teens to buy beer and prescription drugs. For more information, view online at: http://www.jointogether.org/news/research/summaries/2008/parents-underestimate-teens.html

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8. Tackling Tough Topics: An Educators Guide to Working with Military Kids

This publication was created to assist you in better understanding and being responsive to the unique issues facing military kids whose parents or loved ones have been or are currently deployed. It provides practical, hands-on information to help you deal with the unique "tough to talk about" topics students experience in the school setting including:

    * Talking to Kids About Violence, Terrorism, and War

    * Supporting Military Kids During Deployment, Homecoming, and

Reunion

    * Helping Kids Cope with Stress

    * Understanding the Impact of Grief and Loss

    * Coping with Death

    * Fostering Resilience

For more information, view online at: http://www.operationmilitarykids.org/public/EventDetail.aspx?ID=778

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9. Parents. The Anti-Drug: Prescription Drug Abuse

For a crash course in safeguarding teens against prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drug abuse - with drug descriptions, information about the signs and symptoms, reasons why teens use them and other resources - encourage parents to visit the Parents, the Anti-Drug website. For more information, view online at: http://www.theantidrug.com/drug_info/prescription_drugs.asp

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10. Monitoring the Future Findings

Overall, 46,348 students from 386 public and private schools in the 8th, 10th, and 12th grades participated in this year's survey. The survey is funded by the NIDA, a component of the National Institutes of Health(NIH), and conducted by the University of Michigan. For more information, view online at:

http://www.nida.nih.gov/Drugpages/MTF.html

http://www.monitoringthefuture.org

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