ILCAAAP Newsletters

• ILCAAAP News, July 2008

  • Protecting Children - Opposing Gambling Expansion
  • Alcohol Abuse and Prescription Drug Abuse
  • Most Binge Drinking Takes Place in Public, Involves Beer
  • Family History of Alcoholism May Predict Adult Alcohol Use Disorders

• ILCAAAP News, April 2008

  • Saving Lives: Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
  • CSPI to Sue Anheuser-Busch, Miller over Alcoholic Energy Drinks
  • Study Finds Significant Early Drinking in Chicago Schools
  • Young Drinkers Face Array of Health Problems Later in Life

• ILCAAAP News, September 2007

  • Substance Abuse Prevention - Involvement is the Key
  • Study Says Young Drinking Underestimated
  • Reduced Brain Growth in Alcoholics with Family Drinking History
  • Young Binge Drinkers Face Dim Future, Researchers Report

• ILCAAAP News, June/July 2007

  • Gambling - A Bad Bet
  • Editorial: Don't Legalize Marijuana as Medicine
  • Girls Enter Treatment Younger, Use Different Drugs
  • College Athletes and Alcohol

• ILCAAAP News, April 2007

  • Surgeon General Issues Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking
  • New Report Finds Half of College Students Binge Drink, Abuse Prescription and Illegal Drugs
  • The Case For Lowering Legal BAC Levels Even More
  • Early-Age Drinkers Rely on Alcohol As a Stress Reliever

• ILCAAAP News, December 2006

  • We're Lettings Down Our Kids Over Tobacco and Alcohol
  • Family Addiction Poll
  • Fight Teen Drinking from the Outside
  • Alcohol Company to Launch Web-based Entertainment Network

• ILCAAAP News, September 2006

  • Teen Parties Awash in Alcohol and Illegal Drugs - Even When Parents are Present
  • American Drinkers Drink More, and More Often
  • Early Drinking Linked to Higher Lifetime Alcoholism Risk
  • The Addictive Potential of Marijuana
  • Gambling: As the Take Rises, So Does Public Concern

• ILCAAAP News, June 2006

  • Alcohol Industry Targets Hispanics
  • Drug Dealers Distribute Free Samples of Heroin
  • Underage Drinkers and Alcoholics Consume Between 37.5 and 48.8 Percent of Alcohol Sold
  • Long-Term Marijuana Use May Fog Memory
  • Alcohol at Hair Salon
  • Advisory Regarding Claims That Smoked Marijuana Is a Medicine
  • 2006 Alcohol Awareness Poster Contest Winners

• ILCAAAP News, April 2006

  • Alcohol Awareness Month - Focus on Underage Drinking
  • Surgeon General Issues a Call to Action on Underage Drinking
  • New Research Underscores Need To Reduce Youth Exposure To Alcohol Ads
  • Prescription Drug Abuse, Smoking Higher Among Teen Girls
  • Female Drinkers Targeted by Alcohol Industry

• ILCAAAP News, December 2005

  • Underage Drinking - An Environmental Issue
  • National Drunk & Drugged Driving Prevention Month
  • Lowering the Drinking Age Increases Car Crashes Among Youth
  • Early Heavy Drinking Hints at Genetic Risk
  • Message to Parents: Start talking about alcohol early and often
  • NASCAR Racing and Alcohol Sponsorship

• ILCAAAP News, September 2005

  • Heavy Use of Alcohol Dulls Brain
  • Sobriety Checkpoints
  • 'Pot Sucker' Sales Halted
  • Morton Grove Law Bans Off-Track Better Parlors
  • New Booze Gets Youth Buzzed
  • Law Enforcement has Impact on Youth Alcohol Sales

• ILCAAAP News, June/July 2005

  • The GRIP of ADDICTION
  • Excerpts from How Alcohol Outlets Affect Neighborhood Violence
  • Drinking Reinforces Smoking, Study says
  • Adolescent Binge Drinking Associated with binge Drinking During Early Adulthood

• ILCAAAP News, April 2005

  • Together We Can Stop Underage Drinking
  • Heavy Drinking Dulls the Mind... Even After You Sober Up, According to New Study
  • Malt Liquor Favored by Homeless, Unemployed Drinkers
  • Drug Use a Key Part of 'Narc' Video Game

• ILCAAAP News, December 2004

  • Is Alcohol A Parental Blind Spot?
  • Gambling Among Adolescents and Young Adults Associated with Psychiatric Problems
  • Study: College Binge Drinking a Bigger Problem
  • Hiding Drug Use from Doctors Could Be Risky

• ILCAAAP News, September 2004

  • Meth Hurts Moms, Kids in Rural Areas
  • Mothers Against Meth
  • A Drink a Day Doesn't Keep the Doctor Away
  • Researchers Develop System to Spot Early Teen Marijuana Use
  • Almost One in Ten Americans Has Addiction Disorder

• ILCAAAP News, July 2004

  • SLOTS - A Bad Bet
  • Congress Calls on NCAA to Ban Alcohol Ads
  • Alcohol Billboard Removed Near School in Grayslake
  • Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

• ILCAAAP News, April 2004

  • Save a Life - End Underage Drinking
  • Doctors Use Casino as Lab to Test Secondhand Smoke
  • College Freshmen Drinking Less
  • Underage Youth Have Easy Access to Alcohol Web Sites
  • Moderate Alcohol Consumption Linked to Brain Shrinkage

• ILCAAAP News, December 2003

  • The Ugly Side of Gambling
  • Campaign for "Alcohol-free Sports TV"
  • National Crackdown on Impaired Drivers
  • Marijuana As Medicine

• ILCAAAP News, October 2003

  • Study Links Early Alcohol Use & Behavior Problems in Young Adulthood
  • Smoking Deaths Tied to State Policies
  • Social Norms Marketing Doesn't Reduce Alcohol Use

• ILCAAAP News, July 2003

  • Gambling + Alcohol Is a Losing Proposition
  • Reasons for Addiction Different for Girls
  • Radio Daze: Alcohol Ads Tune in Underage Youth
  • Facing Hard Choices, Teens Turn to Religion
  • Prenatal Drinking Linked to Child's Alcoholism

• ILCAAAP News, April 2003

  • Fooling the People
  • Drunk Drivers
  • Underage Drinkers at Higher Risk of Brain Damage than Adults
  • Binge Drinking

• ILCAAAP News December 2002

  • Smoking Marijuana Is A Heath Hazard
  • TV Advertising For Distilled Spirits
  • Health Groups Want Movie Industry to Stop Promoting Smoking
  • Teen Drug Use Linked to Later Psychological Disorders

• ILCAAAP News September 2002

  • "I never thought it could happen to me"
  • Supreme Court OKs Drug Test for Some Prep Students
  • When Fathers Recover From Substance Abuse, Children Show Improved Behavior, Functioning
  • One Nation, Over-Medicated

• ILCAAAP News, June 2002

  • Recovery Community Tackles Nicotine Addiction
  • Study: Alcohol a factor in deaths of 1,400 college students each year
  • Strong maternal bond effective in preventing teen addiction
  • Americans doing more binge drinking
  • Adults-only gelatin

• ILCAAAP News, March 2002

  • Spirituality and Religion
  • Study Find Strong Association Between Problem Drinking and Gambling, with Risk Increasing 23-Fold
  • Avoiding Alcohol in Cooking
  • Alcohol More Strongly Linked to Violence than Other Drugs

• ILCAAAP News, September 2001

  • New program helps college freshmen avoid alcohol
  • Need to strengthen DUI law
  • Alcohol problems may have generational link
  • Alcoholism on the rise in nursing homes

• ILCAAAP News, June 2001

  • Women Alcoholics Suffer More
  • National Media Campaign to Prevent Underage Drinking
  • Coffee Houses Become Bars?
  • Alcohol & Violence

• ILCAAAP News, April 2001

  • Alcohol and Health
  • Substance Abuse & Gambling
  • President Urged to Challenge Beer & Liquor Ads
  • TEAMS (Time to End Alcohol Marketing in Sports)

• ILCAAAP News, December 2000

  • Death Raises New Awareness About Campus Alcohol Abuse
  • An Analysis of Policies to Reduce Youth Access to Alcohol
  • Alcohol Industry Needs to Bear Some Responsibility
  • Challenge Business as Usual

• ILCAAAP News, September 2000

  • Why be Concerned About Problem Gambling?
  • Nonviolent Offenders Offered Treatment
  • Club Drugs - It's the Rave
  • Drinking Group Founder Pleads Guilty