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This is just one of 12 school districts in MN that DHS-ADAD is currently funding to do a comprehensive community approach to ATOD prevention – And while they focus on the positive that ‘Most’ youth aren’t using, they never forget the seriousness of or fail to provide services for the youth that are experimenting with […]

Most Wyoming high school and middle school students don’t use illegal drugs, binge drink, or smoke tobacco, but mistakenly believe that many more of their classmates do than a new statewide survey reveals. “It’s both interesting and significant that the survey showed wide divides between perception and reality when it comes to substance use and […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Fewer Michigan State University students than ever are drinking and driving in 2008, and nearly 70 percent fewer report driving after having five or more drinks compared to 2000 data, according to information released Oct. 9 by the university’s Olin Student Health Center. Among other positive health signs for MSU students […]

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A new campaign that highlights the difference between reality and perception about teen drinking is being launched in communities throughout Minnesota. The research based-campaign, called Most of Us®, is funded by the Minnesota Department of Human Services. Citing many publicized cases of student deaths from alcohol abuse in recent years, Human Services Commissioner Cal Ludeman […]

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Fewer Michigan State University students than ever are drinking and driving in 2008, and nearly 70 percent fewer report driving after having five or more drinks compared to 2000 data, according to information released Oct. 9 by the university’s Olin Student Health Center. Among other positive health signs for MSU students […]

Courtesy of MyFOX9.com ST. PAUL – A new campaign to fight teen drinking is relying on the idea that fewer teenagers drink than everyone thinks. The Minnesota Department of Human Services is funding the advertising campaign, called “Most of Us.” A survey of high school students in several Minnesota towns last winter showed they overestimated […]

By Marilyn King The State News Published: August 6, 2008 East Lansing is at a 28-year low for serious crimes, according to recent reports conducted by the East Lansing Police Department. Numbers for serious crimes, or part I crimes, which include murder, non-negligent manslaughter, criminal sexual conduct, rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, auto theft […]

Public Health – Seattle & King County www.metrokc.gov/health March 24, 2008 Contact: James Apa 206-205-5442; Matías Valenzuela 206-205-3331 17th U.S. Surgeon General keynotes national KING COUNTY, WA – What’s new and next in tobacco prevention and cessation will be featured in Seattle, as over 300 tobacco prevention specialists and advocates will converge for Access 2008, […]