Join us for an informative evening on parenting, risks and prevention.
Upcoming Parenting Is Prevention Event – Get Answers
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**FAPSU Alert** “Project X” Parties
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Apr•
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KNOW! To Beware Of ‘Project X’ Parties
If you haven’t heard of Project X, you better get up to speed, because your tweens and teens surely have. Project X is an anything goes-type teenage movie where three “unpopular” high school students gain instant fame, thanks to alcohol, ecstasy, social media and an out-of-control house party thrown while one boy’s parents are out of town.
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Are You A Parent Who Needs Help…
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…with a a child on drugs?
How do I find a treatment program that’s right for my child?
How do I pay for it?
How can I get my child to accept treatment?
Feel Overwhelmed? Go to the right place…
Get Inside Your Teen’s Head
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from Parents – The Anti-Drug -
Get inside your teen’s head and learn how alcohol, marijuana, and prescription painkillers –
three of the most commonly abused drugs by teens – affect the brain.
“Heavy alcohol use can cause structural abnormalities in the cerebral cortex,
such as a smaller or shrunken brain region compared to non-drinkers. ”
enter The 3-D Brain
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Did You Know? Car Crashes Are…
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… no longer the leading cause of preventable death in the United States?
MADISON, Wis. – Overdose deaths from prescription drugs have outpaced car crash fatalities in the United States for the first time.
That’s according to a Los Angeles Times analysis of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention mortality data for 2009.
The findings have local doctors concerned, and Madison’s three hospitals have developed a new plan for dealing with narcotic prescriptions, WISC-TV reported.
What You Can Do … AB 712
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A bill has been introduced in the Wisconsin State Legislature to limit the sale of high-concentrated alcoholic beverages. The ultimate goal of
AB 712 (http://docs.legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/related/proposals/ab712) is to prohibit the public sale of 190 proof grain alcohol. This bill is aimed at protecting the lives of youth who are unaware of the extreme dangers of consuming high-concentrated alcoholic beverages particularly when mixed with high-caffeinated beverages.
Please consider contacting your legislators to urge their support and passage of this important legislation!
Find your legislator:
http://legis.wisconsin.gov/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx
Thank you for your commitment to improving health and safety in Wisconsin!
What FAPSU Can Do For You – Collaboration
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At our meeting on February 9th, we had the pleasure of the presence of middle school students Josh and Codi (pictured with School Social Worker Mark Finne), who gave us a presentation regarding risk-taking. “Parents and Students United” is what we are about. It’s collaboration. It’s about what we can do for you and for each other.
Photo credit: J.Z. Cherubini
Look for another presentation from these fine students at a future Town Hall meeting.
Forest Park Middle School students, Josh and Codi shared an inspiring PowerPoint presentation to FAPSU members at the group’s February meeting. Municipal Judge Fred Klimetz presented FAPSU t-shirts to Josh, Alex and Codi. Brad Syverson, Assistant Manager of Marcus Showtime Theater gave movie passes to the teens.
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Don’t Be Left In The Dark
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Learn about commonly used drugs teens may be experimenting with
Painkillers
Painkillers are drugs commonly prescribed for pain and are only legally available by prescription.
Painkiller abuse can be dangerous, even deadly, with too high a dose or when taken with other drugs, like alcohol. Short-term effects of painkiller abuse may include lack of energy, inability to concentrate, nausea and vomiting, and apathy. Significant doses of painkillers can cause breathing problems. When abused, painkillers can be addictive.
Brand names include: Vicodin, Tylenol with Codeine, OxyContin, and Percocet.
Binge Drinking
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1 out of 6 adults in the U.S., and more in Wisconsin? Would you agree most people aren’t aware of the definition of ”binge” drinking?
No, binge drinking isn’t just in college anymore…
from the Century Council -
Jenna Johnson is right to point out that the binge drinking problem isn’t just about college students anymore.
Ask any college student you know about alcohol on campus. You won’t hear them answer with a number as if playing a game of trivia. College students get hammered, wasted, bombed or blitzed, but they wouldn’t use “binge” to define their behavior. Adults who “binge” would doubtfully use that term nor would they say, “I over consumed last night” at the water cooler the next morning.
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