Drunk Driving Crashes Reduced Since Drinking Age Was Raised to 21

By Join Together Staff | February 25, 2014 | Leave a comment | Filed inAlcohol, Legal, Legislation, Prevention & Young Adults

Raising the minimum drinking age to 21 has been associated with a reduced rate of drunk driving crashes among young Americans, according to a new review of studies.

The increased legal drinking age has also led to a reduction in other health threats associated with heavy drinking, including unsafe sex, suicide and dating violence, HealthDay reports.

In one study, researchers found 36 percent of U.S. college students said they had engaged in binge drinking (five or more drinks in one sitting) in the past two weeks in 2011, compared with 43 percent in 1988—the first year all states implemented a legal drinking age of 21. Among high school seniors, binge drinking decreased from 35 percent in 1988, to 22 percent in 2011.

The findings are published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs.

“The evidence is clear that there would be consequences if we lowered the legal drinking age,” lead researcher William DeJong of Boston University School of Public Health, said in a journal news release. He called for increased enforcement of the legal drinking age, instead of lowering the age, to further decrease alcohol-related health threats among young adults. “Some people assume that students are so hell-bent on drinking, nothing can stop them. But it really is the case that enforcement works,” he said.

In 2008, a group of more than 100 U.S. university presidents and chancellors called for re-evaluating the legal drinking age, pointing to a hidden culture of heavy drinking among college students.

Good morning everyone,
This is a reminder that The Next Overdose Prevention and Education Advisory Board Meeting is this Wednesday!

Please note: If you have already RSVP’d, there is no need to RSVP again.

If you have not RSVP’d yet and are interested in attending, just follow the link below or simply reply to this email.

Wednesday February 26th

Time: 5:00pm - 6:30 pm

Location: Chancellor Center - Classroom #2

Council Rock Coalition for Healthy Youth

30 N. Chancellor St. Newtown, PA 18940

215-944-1006

Light food and beverages will be provided.

ALL SECTORS OF THE COMMUNITY ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND !
Please forward this open invite to your contacts!
Click here to RSVP !
You are invited to come out and find out what is being done in both Bucks County as well as state wide in response to overdose deaths and the increased use of opioid drugs. You are invited to be part of not only the conversation but learn how you can be part of the solution.
The Overdose Prevention and Education Advisory Board goals include but are not limited to:

· Educate others on the topic.

o Outreach and education creates partnerships that may then focus on other initiatives or strategies.

· Train members to facilitate Overdose Prevention and Education trainings.

· Promote awareness and encourage further action.

o Actions may include getting the word out and gaining support for legislative actions such as Senator Pileggis HB 1164 – good Samaritan Act.

Please feel free to David Fialko with any and all questions at 215-230-8218 x 3162

Click this link for more information- Unintentional Drug Overdoses: An unfortunate trend affecting all communities and what you can do.
This program is made possible by funding through the

Bucks County Drug Alcohol Commission, Inc.

Sincerely,
David Fialko, BS

Prevention Specialist

The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc.

252 West Swamp Rd. Unit 33, Doylestown, PA 18901

Office: 215-230-8218 x 3162

February 25 v 23 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB

As surely as a north wind brings rain, so a gossiping tongue causes anger .

Step 10  -We continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.

Out of all my defects of character , this is the one I struggle with most . What I have to try and do is mind my own business . I have to consider the person I am talking about ! Its called trust and once you lose it is almost impossible to earn it back .Someone told me your mouth is a cage and your teeth are bars so lock it up tight and just listen .

Jesus said I am the truth the life the way ,no one comes unto the father but through me . 

Like us on Facebook                      www.councilsepa.org               Follow us on Twitter       The Council and PRO-ACT are pleased to invite you to the William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107 (13th and Spruce Streets)   Wednesday evening, February 26, 2014 for a new showing of the feature documentary film about the 23.5 million Americans living in long-term recovery, and the emerging public recovery movement that will transform how alcohol and other drug problems are dealt with in our communities.    To view the trailer, click here  Doors open at 5:30 pm; Welcome and Expo Opportunities 6:00-6:30 pm; Film Begins at 6:30 pm followed by a Panel Discussion (8-9 pm) with the following  behavioral health and public policy experts: Roland Lamb, Director, Office of Addiction Services Philadellphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services   Christopher Whitney, Public Health Professional Board of Directors, The Council of Southeast Pennsylvania, Inc.  Brooke M. Feldman, Community Outreach Coordinator Mental Health First Aid Unit, Dept. of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services Fred Martin, Project Coordinator PRO-ACT Philadelphia Recovery Community Center    Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions of panelists Tickets You may purchase tickets in advance or at the door for the same price of $15 (thanks to our sponsors) Click here to purchase tickets now For sponsorship information email Michael Harper here  or call 215-345-6644, ext 3109 www.councilsepa.org

February 23 v 29 v 30 TWELVE STEPPING WITH POWER IN THE PROVERB

Who has anguish? Who has sorrow?

Who is always fighting? Who is always complaining?

Who has unnecessary bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes?

 It is the one who spends long hours in the taverns,

trying out new drinks.

STEP 1 -We admitted we were powerless over alcohol and drugs—that our lives had become 

unmanageable. 

What the Proverb is missing is trying out new drugs. It does not , nor can it not get any clearer than that. The Bible has your entire life covered that's why God put it here . Its sad and devastating too think kids in schools don't have the instruction book taught to them like the old days. Let us not wait for some stranger too teach them about drugs because someone will and some parents wont find out until the fateful phone call comes. The Proverb is a warning for everyone. I never listened too the Proverb in Catholic school and I wound up with more than red eyes and bruises , I wound up homeless lost and desperate for a better way . Step one taught me that I was not alone and my life was not over .Once I could see through the blurry haze of my false sense of reality I found God . God gave me my life back but not just life but a new one full of excitement peace love and joy . I can't explain it but its real and it can happen , you just have to come to the end of you !

Powerful, billionaire drug lord captured in Mexico

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