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Welcome
to the March 2009 'News of Hope'
Here in California, spring has sprung!
We hope you, too, begin to thaw out
shortly from a very cold winter!
This month, we're touching on new and
interesting news in prevention that
you may want to impact your kids with,
enlighten your clients and neighbors,
or tuck away as interesting party
conversation!
Pics above from Susie's California
garden - spring IS worth waiting for
:)
Pic 1 - Do you know what these guys
are? Email us your guess!
Pic 2 - Sometime in May, this dingy
cactus produces a dozen remarkable
8" blooms that open during the
day and last 2 days a piece. Gorgeous
works of nature!
Pic 3 - Here's the tricky pic - What
do you see? What is the preying mantis
looking at? You guess this and you're
our gardening wizard for this spring!
Pci 4 - Can you give this guy a name?
We'll announce the winners of our
picture guestimates in April :)
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Something
for TEEN BOYS to
know: Study Sees
Link Between
Marijuana Use,
Testicular Cancer
Research Summary
form Join Together
- February 9, 2009
"Researchers
say that young men
who smoke
marijuana weekly,
or who have smoked
from their teen
years on, face
twice the risk of
developing
nonseminona, an
aggressive form of
testicular cancer,
the Guardian
reported Feb. 9.
Researchers said
the elevated risk
compared to
nonusers may be
due to stimulation
of immature
testicular cells
that can later
become tumors. The
testicles are one
of the few organs
in the body that
have receptor
sites for
cannabinoids, the
active ingredient
in marijuana.
Increases in the
number of
testicular-cancer
rates since the
1950s could be due
to higher rates of
marijuana use
during the same
time period,
experts said.
Current
marijuana users
had an overall
70-percent
increased risk of
testicular cancer
compared to
nonusers.
"Our study is
not the first to
suggest that some
aspect of a man's
lifestyle or
environment is a
risk factor for
testicular cancer,
but it is the
first that has
looked at
marijuana
use," said
researcher Stephen
Schwartz.
The study from
researchers at the
Fred Hutchinson
Cancer Research
Center was
published online
in the journal
Cancer.
COMMENTS ON THIS
ARTICLE from
readers:
Posted by Robin on
10 Feb 09 05:55 PM
EST
I can't believe
that this is the
FIRST time
researchers have
considered
marijuana as a
risk factor!
Hasn't it been
common knowledge
that marijuana can
affect fertility
in males for a
LONG time? My
husband died at 47
from testicular
cancer and had
smoked on and off
since he was a
young teenager."
SUSIE'S
COMMENT:
A number of teens
through the years
have expressed
comments after
assemblies that
they smoke pot,
but they don't
believe there are
any medical
hazards. They say
that they've heard
there isn't any
proof it causes
lung cancer and
it's not
addictive. Here is
recent research to
refute kids'
claims that it
won't do them any
harm. And, of
course, there are
many people in
recovery programs
for addiction to
marijuana.
Additional
research-based
ammunition for
debunking the myth
that marijuana is
a harmless high.
Read
more about what
employers need to
know and how to
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Liquor Ads Return to Prime Time
- Consider talking to your kids!
 Join
Together alerted us to a change in TV
network commercial programming in
their Feb 17, 2009 alert:
"Economic considerations are
driving TV networks to broaden their
acceptance of advertising for alcohol
products, the Los Angeles Times
reported Feb. 13.
Local CBS affiliates in Los Angeles
and 14 other cities aired ads for
Absolut Vodka during the Grammy Awards
broadcast earlier this month, the
first time in years that hard-liquor
ads have been aired on network
television. Such ads have been shown
on cable TV for about the last decade,
but the volume has tripled between
2001 and 2007, experts say.
Ad buyer Kathy Doyle of Universal
McCann said broadcast networks that
would have rejected liquor ads a year
ago are now giving them serious
consideration. "The bottom's
dropped out in the market, and they're
looking for new sources of
revenue," she said.
"We're looking at a different
world than we were three years ago,
relative to the economy," agreed
Jim Burke, president of sales for Fox
Television Stations, which owns a
number of local Fox stations.
"We're looking at a number of
categories, trying to find ways to
increase our revenue."
The NBA also has lifted a ban on
courtside liquor ads at basketball
games, and Google and Facebook also
are allowing liquor ads on websites.
Facebook allows alcohol ads on pages
of users ages 21 and older, while
Google allows ads on searches for
alcohol-related keywords..
"When you have the evaporation of
advertising revenue, you have to look
for new and creative ways of getting
sellers in the door," said Tim
Winter, president of the Parents
Television Council. "It's coming
in the way of adult-themed products
and content."
COMMENTS ON THIS ARTICLE:
Posted by Wanda on 17 Feb 09 04:36 PM
EST
Alcohol ads should not be on tv, at
the risk of young kids and teens
seeing it. They should not be allowed
on tv until after ten at night. Make
your big bucks and don't care if a
under age teen drinks and drives
because the commercials make it look
like fun and the in thing to do. Our
children are more important then these
large companies needing money for
their ceo's. A life is worth more than
seeing these companies stay in
business. This world is losing all of
its character and respect for our
young kids."
SUSIE'S COMMENTS:
The key is to keep the conversations
going with our kids. Use a TV liquor
ad to talk to your children about the
power and influence of commercials.
Explain that just because a commercial
says it, doesn't make it right, in
line with your family values, or even
a healthy thing to do.
With elementary and middle school
kids, play a game - Have your kids
watch for commercials that they
believe have their best interests in
mind and to identify those that don't!
Help them become discerning TV
watchers.
LEGACY
OF HOPE® enlightens kids about
dangers of underage drinking
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U.S.
Teens and Adults
Choose Same
Brand of
Cigarettes
Teen smokers and
adult smokers
agree that the
Marlboro brand
is their
cigarette of
choice, and
anti-smoking
advocates say
advertising is
the reason why,
the Associated
Press reported
Feb. 12.
A new report
from the Centers
for Disease
Control and
Prevention (CDC)
shows that three
brands of
cigarettes --
Marlboro,
Newport and
Camel -- were
preferred by 81
percent of
middle- and
high-school
students. Survey
results show
that 52 percent
of established
smokers in
high-school
chose Marlboro,
while 21 percent
chose Newport
and 13 percent
preferred Camel;
the middle
school
percentages were
43, 26 and 9
percent,
respectively.
The CDC analyzed
data from the
2004 and 2006
National Youth
Tobacco Survey
of nearly 5
million 12- to
17-year-olds,
drawing on
survey responses
from 54,301
regular smokers.
The conclusions
parallel those
in the 2007
National Study
on Drug Use and
Health, which
found the same
three brands to
be the most
popular smoked
by U.S. adults.
Despite evidence
that smoking
rates are on the
decline among
teenagers,
anti-smoking
advocates said
that cigarette
advertising that
ostensibly
targets adults
has influenced
the teenage
audience.
"Cigarettes
are still the
most heavily
advertised drug
in
America,"
said Victor
Strasburger, a
spokesman for
the American
Academy of
Pediatrics.
David Sutton of
the Altria
Group, which
owns Philip
Morris USA and
the Marlboro
brand, said that
adult influence
contributes more
significantly to
teen smoking
than
advertising,
while David
Howard, a
spokesman for
Camel
manufacturer
R.J. Reynolds,
said that the
brand's
third-place
ranking in the
survey is
evidence that
the company is
successfully
avoiding
marketing to
young people.
http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2009/us-teens-and-adults-choose.html
Assemblies
based in strong
research DO make
a lasting
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R. Gil Kerlikowske
is a 36-year law enforcement veteran
and was appointed as the Chief of
Police for the Seattle Police
Department on August 14, 2000. Serving
a Seattle population of 592,800
people, he leads about 1,800 men and
women to prevent crime, enforce the
law and support public safety.
Kerlikowske was the former deputy
director for the U.S. Department of
Justice, Office of Community Oriented
Policing Services that provides
federal grants to local police
agencies in support of community
policing services. He served as the
police commissioner for Buffalo, New
York, where his selection by the mayor
became the first outside appointment
in 30 years. He also served as the
chief of police for two Florida
cities, Fort Pierce and Port St.
Lucie, of which both cities received
the Attorney General's Crime
Prevention Award. He began his law
enforcement career in 1972 as a police
officer for the St. Petersburg Police
in Florida.. He also served in the
U.S. Army Military Police.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Every day the men and women do their
part in carrying out the
department's mission to keep Seattle
one of the safest in the nation. Led
by Kerlikowske, some of those
accomplishments include:
Developing a less lethal options
program to provide officers with
alternatives to lethal force when
circumstances warrant.
Emphasizing the importance of officer
training and officer safety.
Working with community leaders to
create the Seattle Police Foundation
in 2002, which has since raised over
$1,400,000.
Leading the department in 2003 to its
first national accreditation from the
Commission on Accreditation for Law
Enforcement Agencies.
Establishing a partnership with
INTERPOL in 2004.
Partnering with the Seattle Municipal
Court and Attorney's Office to
implement a Gun Seizure program in
2005 to increase public and personal
safety of domestic violence victims.
Initiating a statewide database in
2006 that officers can access
instantly and receive alerts of armed
career criminals.
Completing the installation of video
cameras in all patrol cars in 2007.
ACHIEVEMENTS & AWARDS
Chief Kerlikowske holds many law
enforcement positions and offices. He
serves as president of the Major
Cities Chiefs Association, an
organization composed of 56 largest
law enforcement agencies in the U.S.
He is a member of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police, the
world's oldest and largest
membership organization of police
executives.
He is a member of the Washington
Association of Sheriffs and Police
Chiefs and the King County Police
Chiefs Association. He serves on the
board of directors to the Washington
State Criminal Justice Training
Center.
He is a national and international
speaker on law enforcement, addressing
nationwide viewers and listeners of
major television and radio stations
such as ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, FOX,
MSNBC, BBC, PBS, and NPR; including
readers of USA Today, Seattle Times,
New York Times, Los Angeles Times,
Wall Street Journal, Philadelphia
Inquirer, and the Washington Times. He
has lectured in Budapest, London,
Glasgow, Toronto, and throughout the
United States. Kerlikowske also
maintains an adjunct professor role in
state university and colleges teaching
law enforcement courses.
Throughout his career, Kerlikowske has
received many awards and accolades. He
received the "James V. Cotter
Award" in 2006 from CALEA for
leading three police agencies to
achieve national accreditation. He was
a Seattle Post-Intelligencer 2004
Jefferson Award nominee for his
leadership and compassion in
preventing youth crime and violence.
He was a 1990 recipient of the "Gary
Hayes National Memorial Award for
Innovation in Policing," an award
sponsored by the Police Executive
Research Forum (PERF), and where he
served as the president between 1996
and 1998. He received a one-year
fellowship to evaluate police
procedures throughout the country from
the U.S. Department of Justice in
1985. He was named the Outstanding
Military Police Officer Honor Graduate
in 1970, and later received a U.S.
Army Presidential Service Medal.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
No matter how busy his commitments are
with his day-to-day responsibilities,
Kerlikowske finds the time to give
back to his community. He is chair
of the board of directors of Fight
Crime: Invest in Kids, which is a
national organization that looks into
the research and reasons on how to
prevent kids from becoming criminals. (Check
it out at www.fightcrime.org)
He also serves on the Seattle/King
County Advisory Board of the Salvation
Army, feeding the hungry and helping
the homeless
EDUCATION
He holds a B..A. and M.A. in criminal
justice from the University of South
Florida in Tampa, and is a graduate of
the National Executive Institute at
the Federal Bureau of Investigations
Academy in Quantico, Virginia.
SUSIE'S COMMENTS
Chief Gil Kerlikowske has a background
that will bode well for our newest
Drug Czar's impact on intervention,
prevention and rehabilitation. His
experience speaks for itself. Very
community minded, he is interested in
preventing use by working on the
source of our children's vulnerability
- at-risk family issues.
His involvement with Fight Crime:
Invest In Kids is particularly
interesting to me. I find the
recommendations in their From
America's Front Line Against Crime:
A School and Youth Violence Prevention
Plan to be very sound, addressing
the right issues, and providing valid
solutions. You can see for yourself by
following the link below.
Check out Fight Crime:Invest in
Kids "School and Youth
Violence Prevention Plan"
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