Ellington Drug Abuse Prevention Council - Be The Change - Parent Connection - Rise Above - DAPC - CT

The Parent Connection Newsletters:

Sites with information and helpful tips for parents:

Sites for Youth:

www.thecoolspot.gov

www.sadd.org

Site for ERASE (East of the River Action for Substance Abuse Elimination, Inc.)

ERASE Newsletters:

07-08 ERASE NEWSLETTER October Issue ELLINGTON

BOOKS

Teen-Proofing - Fostering Responsible Decision Making In Your Teenager by John Rosemond
Get Out of My Life, but First Could You Drive Me & Cheryl to the Mall: A Parent's Guide to the New Teenager by Anthony E. Wolf, Ph.D
From Binge to Blackout-A Mother and Son Struggle with Teen Drinking by Chris Volkmann and Toren Volkmann
How to Say NO and Keep Your Friends-Peer Pressure Reversal for Teens and Preteens by Sharon Scott

Just Say Know: Talking With Kids About Drugs and Alcohol by Cynthia Kuhn, Ph.D, Scott Swartzwelder, Ph.D, and Wilkie Wilson, Ph.D

Talking to Tweens: Getting It Right BEFORE It Gets Rocky with your 8 to 12-Year-Old by Elizabeth Hartley-Brewer

50 Rules Kids Won't Learn in School: Real World Antidotes to Feel-Good Education by Charles J. Sykes

Queen Bees & Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman: Helping your daugher survive cliques, gossip, boyfriends and other realities of adolescence

In 2005, underage drinkers consumed 16.2% of all alcohol sold in Connecticut, totaling $325 million in sales.

These sales provided profits of $157 million to the alcohol industry!

More than 3 in 5 teens say prescription pain relievers are easy to get from parents' medicine cabinets.

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10.7 million (or 28% of) youth ages 12 to 20 report they consumed alcohol in the past 30 days!