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December 11, 2007Statement From Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America on 'Monitoring the Future' Findings |
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From Ascribe Newsfeed: The findings, released at a news conference today, showed that illicit drug use among eighth, tenth and twelfth graders continued its overall decline but prescription drug abuse remained at high levels. We know that we need comprehensive community-wide approaches to effectively prevent and reduce drug abuse, and that's what CADCA coalitions are doing in towns and cities nationwide." "That's why CADCA is working with partners such as the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to address prescription and over-the-counter medicine abuse. We are developing a new publication with ONDCP specifically focusing on strategies to prevent prescription drug abuse among teens, which will be unveiled at our 18th Annual National Leadership Forum, February 11-14, 2008 in Washington, D.C." "In addition, last year CADCA developed a toolkit, called A Dose of Prevention: Stopping Cough Medicine Abuse Before It Starts, in collaboration with the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA), especially designed to help coalitions address the abuse of cough medicine, which was found to be used by 4 percent of eighth graders, 5 percent of 10th graders and 7 percent of 12th graders. CADCA and CHPA also supported the adoption of National Medicine Abuse Awareness Month by the United States Senate. The month of August will be dedicated to education and outreach to help coalitions, parents and other concerned citizens reduce this troubling trend." CADCA's mission is to build and strengthen the capacity of community coalitions by providing technical assistance and training, public policyadvocacy, media strategies and marketing programs, conferences, and special events. For more information about CADCA, visit http://www.cadca.org.
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