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	<title>Breakingthecycles.com - Changing the Conversations &#187; Alcohol-Related Public Policy</title>
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	<description>...using 21st century brain and addiction-related research to change how we talk about, treat and prevent substance misuse, underage drinking, addiction and secondhand drinking/drugging.</description>
	<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Finding Effective Addiction Treatment Can Be Tough!</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/20/finding-effective-addiction-treatment-can-be-tough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/20/finding-effective-addiction-treatment-can-be-tough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:23:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a guest post from Eileen and Alisa, mother and daughter, working together to fight the family disease of addiction.
Appropriate addiction treatment is hard to find. Recently I did a web search (google) for best rehabs.  I called the first 800# and told the operator that my husband was using, and we needed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A HUGE Resource for Forming Community Coalitions On Underage Drinking Prevention</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/08/a-huge-resource-for-forming-community-coalitions-on-underage-drinking-prevention/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/07/08/a-huge-resource-for-forming-community-coalitions-on-underage-drinking-prevention/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 04:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
Boy&#8230; this seems like a terrific resource for groups wanting to put together coalitions to address underage drinking issues. It was created by the National Association of Governor&#8217;s Highway Safety Representatives (NAGHSR) and provides a comprehensive list of organizations that have an interest in or knowledge about underage drinking issues.
Click here to read/print [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Underage Drinking: One Community&#8217;s Approach</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/27/underage-drinking-one-communitys-approach/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/27/underage-drinking-one-communitys-approach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 16:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[talking to teens]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is an excellent, 8-minute video, that includes the voices of parents, teens, addictions&#8217; specialists, a doctor, police officer and others to address one community&#8217;s underage drinking problem. It presents many important facts and suggestions for how and why it&#8217;s important to address underage drinking.


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		<title>Recovering in Anonymity Continues the Secrecy and Shame</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/24/recovering-in-anonymity-continues-the-secrecy-and-shame/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/06/24/recovering-in-anonymity-continues-the-secrecy-and-shame/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 21:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[help for families of alcoholics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[treatment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
You have probably been told something like, “Alcoholism / drug addiction is just like any other disease.” After which you have probably said to yourself or to whomever made the statement, “Like *!?!#! it is! People with diabetes or heart disease don’t steal money from me or endanger my children by driving while [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Closing the Treatment Gap &#8211; Will We?</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/25/closing-the-treatment-gap-will-we/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/25/closing-the-treatment-gap-will-we/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 19:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alcoholism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[treatment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is an excerpt from a blog post by David Rosenbloom, Director of Join Together, an organization supporting community-based efforts to advance effective alcohol and drug policy, prevention, and treatment since 1991.
&#8230;In the early 1900’s negative and hateful stereotypes about who used heroin, cocaine, marijuana and alcohol were codified into law, and it seems [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s in &#8216;that&#8217; drink? We need alcohol-labeling laws to tell&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/16/whats-in-that-drink-we-need-alcohol-labeling-laws-to-tell/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/16/whats-in-that-drink-we-need-alcohol-labeling-laws-to-tell/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 18:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alcohol labeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[standard drink labels]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The following is a reprint of my Guest Opinion appearing in the May 14, 2010, Palo Alto Weekly, copy online. I would love to hear your comments!

There is a relatively new drink on the market. It&#8217;s called &#8220;four Loko&#8221; and it is especially popular with young people. It&#8217;s advertised as a &#8220;caffeinated alcoholic beverage&#8221; and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Academy of Pediatrics Updated Policy Re: Alcohol Use By Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/11/american-academy-of-pediatrics-updated-policy-re-alcohol-use-by-youth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/05/11/american-academy-of-pediatrics-updated-policy-re-alcohol-use-by-youth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 00:57:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy makers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=2293</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
Alcohol use and heavy drinking are common during adolescence and
young adulthood, although the minimum legal drinking age across the
United States is 21 years. Some individuals may start hazardous alcohol
consumption earlier in childhood. The prevalence of problematic
alcohol use continues to escalate into the late adolescent and young adult
age range of 18 to 20 years. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Important Resource: Brain Development and Underage Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/18/important-resource-brain-development-and-underage-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/18/important-resource-brain-development-and-underage-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[adolescents]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brain development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/?p=2188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
For anyone working to reduce underage drinking, one of the keys to helping coalitions, parents, and young people better understand the &#8220;reasons&#8221; is to share the new science &#8212; the science-based answers now possible due to new imaging technologies that allow neuroscientists and medical professionals to study the live human brain like never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>South Carolina Takes on Underage Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/15/south-carolina-takes-on-underage-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/15/south-carolina-takes-on-underage-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 00:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[efforts to reduce underage dirnking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
I like to post stories about collaborative efforts to reduce underage drinking. Here is one on a statewide effort by South Carolina. Quoting from News Channel 7 WSPA  Staff Report, &#8220;Statewide Campaign Blitzes Underage Drinking,&#8221; appearing on their website, www2.wspa.com:
An &#8220;enforcement and education blitz&#8221; coordinated by the S.C. Department of Alcohol and Other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SAMHSA Resources: Parity Legislation &amp; Underage Drinking</title>
		<link>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/01/samhsa-resources-parity-legislation-underage-drinking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.breakingthecycles.com/blog/2010/04/01/samhsa-resources-parity-legislation-underage-drinking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:52:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Frederiksen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alcohol-Related Public Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Help for Families]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Underage Drinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parity legislation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAMHSA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[by Lisa Frederiksen
I wanted to draw your attention specifically to two new articles included in recent SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration) newsletters. The first is on the new parity legislation to end discrimination in many health insurance plans against consumers of mental health and substance abuse treatment services, and the second is [...]]]></description>
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