Four Loko

• Four Loko is an alcohol energy drink that is receiving local and national media attention. • Ingredients include: 12% alcohol by volume, caffeine, carbonation, sugar, guarana, and taurine. • Four Loko is sold in a 23.5 oz can and comes in a number of different flavors that mask the taste of alcohol in these drinks, flavors include: grape, fruit punch and watermelon. • Drinking 1 Four Loko is equal to approximately 4-5 standard drinks, the caffeine in 3-4 cans of Coke, and has an estimated 600-800 calories per can. • Four Loko has caused students to experience: Walking Blackouts,

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Alcohol Whip Cream

A new alcoholic beverage is sweetening the market and it’s got college students, parent groups and federal officials all whipped up. Whipped Lightning, or what the cool kids are calling “Whipahol,” is an alcoholic whipped cream and has become very popular among students. Alcohol whip cream is quickly moving around the US. It can be purchased at liquor stores. The website on the can is www.givemecream.com. The cans have a “bullet” shape and actually look like a can of hairspray if you didn’t know what it was or read the information on it. It has 15% alcohol by volume and

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Ivory Wave

ALERT: IVORY WAVE (BRAND NAME) – Ivory Coast, Purple Wave and Vanilla Sky FACT SHEET Marketed as bath salts. American police reports of “Ivory Wave” bath soap crystals, which in reality is a chemical kissing cousin of Ecstasy, in March of 2010 started in the United Kingdom in 2007. A few cases have appeared in Illinois and is expected to increase because of its intoxicating effects and lack of legal restrictions. Worse Than Cocaine and Legal. Samples reportedly contain a substituted cathinone derivative MDPV and the local anesthetic lignocaine. Other chemicals like Pentylone are speculated to be added. That being

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CLUB DRUGS ON THE RISE IN FLAGSTAFF

There’s an apparent uptick in the number of people who have drugs slipped in their drinks in downtown Flagstaff bars that make them intoxicated and forgetful — and more susceptible to sexual assault. The stories all come second-hand, but they’ve included men who’ve awakened missing a wallet and with no recollection of the night before following one beer, and individuals of both genders who have been raped. “We’re seeing an uptick in the introduction of those kinds of drugs in (sex) assaults,” said Jim Molesa, a special agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration, speaking of data on sex assaults here

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What treatment options exist for meth abuse?

The most effective treatment is comprehensive cognitive-behavioral interventions. For example, the Matrix Model-a behavioral treatment approach that combines behavioral therapy, family education, individual counseling, 12-step support, drug testing, and encouragement for non-drug-related activities- has been shown to be effective in reducing meth abuse. Contingency management interventions, which provide tangible incentives in exchange for engaging in treatment and maintaining abstinence, have also been shown to be effective. THERE ARE NO MEDICATIONS at this time approved to treat meth addiction; however, this is an active area of research for NIDA. Taken from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Meth Use Surveys

According to the 2008 Monitoring the Future Survey (a national survey of 8th, 10th and 12th graders) methamphetamine abuse among students has shown a general decline in recent years; however, it remains a concern.  Survey results show that 2.3% of 8th graders, 2.4% of 10th graders and 2.8% of 12th graders have used meth in their lifetime. In addition, 0.7% of 8th graders, 0.7% of 10th graders, and 0.6 % of 12th graders were current (past month) meth abusers. Past-year abuse remained steady across all grades surveyed from 2007-2008. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health reported the number

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Hookah smoking

11-13-09 Taken from the NIDA for Teens website Hookah—or water pipe smoking—practiced for centuries in other countries, has recently become popular among teens. Hookah tobacco comes in many flavors, and the pipe is typically passed around in groups. Although many hookah smokers think it is less harmful than smoking cigarettes, water pipe smoking still delivers the addictive drug nicotine and is at least as toxic as cigarette smoking. People may refer to hookah smoking as “narghile,” “argileh,” “shisha,” “hubble-bubble,” or “goza.”

Fathers’ alcohol use

FATHERS’ ALCOHOL USE MAY SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECT THEIR ADOLESCENT CHILDRENS’ USE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUGS Alcohol dependence or abuse among fathers living with their  youths  12-17 may increase the risk of alcohol or illicit substance use among their children according to a new national study. SAMHSA shows that the rate of past year alcohol use was dramatically higher among adolescents living with a father with an alcohol use disorder than those living with a father who had not used alcohol in the past year (38.8% versus 21.1%). The study highlights the continuing need to educate fathers, mothers and other role models

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Emerging drug trends-slavia divinorum

EMERGING DRUG TRENDS: SALVIA DIVINORUM Salvia Divinorum (commonly known as Salvia), a herb of the mint family, is now the most commonly used hallucinogen in the U.S. behind Ecstasy. It is ingested through chewing the leaves of the plant, drinking extracted juices, smoking dried leaves, or inhaling vapors.  Salvia’s active ingredient, Salvinorin A is as potent as LSD and is the strongest known naturally occurring hallucinogen. Despite its intense hallucinogenic properties, neither Salvia nor Salvinorin A are currently regulated under the Federal Controlled Substance Act.  However, the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) has identified Salvia as a drug of concern. Salvia’s

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Drop in tobacco sales 11-3-09

NATIONAL DROP IN  TOBACCO SALES TO MINORS CONTINUES The Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) announced that the sale of tobacco to underage youth (those younger than 18) have continued to decline, and have in fact reached historic lows under the Synar Amendment program – a federal and state partnership program aimed at ending illegal tobacco sales to minors. The Synar Amendment (introduced by the late Representative Mike Synar of Oklahoma) requires states to have laws and enforcement programs for prohibiting the sale and distribution of tobacco to persons under the age of 18. All 50 states and

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