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Minnesota Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grant

Have you heard anyone talk about the Strategic Prevention Framework State Incentive Grante (SPF SIG)?  Learn more about what this is, what the steps involved are, and what's going on in Minnesota regarding the SPF

Minnesota ATOD Prevention Coalitions

Minnesota is home to a number of coalitions that work to reduce and prevent alcohol and other drug use throughout the state.  This page includes a list of grantees along with their websites. 

School Bullies More Likely To Be Substance Users, Study Finds

March 7, 2012

Middle- and high-school students who bully their classmates are more likely than others to use substances such as cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana, a new study found.

Marijua-no Understanding the Changing Culture of Marijuana Use

Maple Grove, MN
February 6, 2012
7:00 - 8:30 PM

A Presentation for Parents of 6th – 12th graders

Marijua-no Understanding the Changing Culture of Marijuana Use

Osseo, MN
January 10, 2012
7:00 - 8:30 PM

A Presentation for Parents of 6th – 12th graders

The Myths of Marijuana Debunked - With Workbook

Video Rental--Not for Purchase

This video provides science and data to help disprove many of the common ideas that support the notion that marijuana is a safe substance. A teacher's workbook is also included with a number of activity sheets.

2008, DVD, 21 Minutes

Please note that video rentals are subject to availability.  To check on current video availability please call 763.712.7634

$0.00
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MPRC Marijuana Fact Sheet

The use of marijuana can produce adverse physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral effects. It can impair short-term memory and judgment and distort perception.

Fall ATOD Forums

Program Sharing 2011

October 27, 2011 - October 28, 2011

Program Sharing is Minnesota's premier conference showcasing effective prevention programs, practices and strategies around the issues of alcohol, tobacco, other drugs and related violence (ATOD).

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

St Paul, MN
October 20, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Hibbing, MN
October 13, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Bemidji, MN
October 6, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior.

Report finds vast majority of marijuana users aged 12 to 14 get it free from friends and family

September 23, 2011

A new spotlight report from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that 70.1-percent of the 523,000 teens aged 12 to 14 who had used marijuana in the past year received the drug for free the last time they used. Only 26.6-percent of these young marijuana users purchased the drug.

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults--Cancelled

Little Falls, MN
September 16, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior.

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Moorhead, MN
September 29, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior that are specific to each region.

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Rochester, MN
September 9, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior that are specific to each region.

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Roseville MN
August 26, 2011
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior.  This is the first of eight forums traveling throughout the state.

Marijuana Update 2011

Burnsville, MN
September 30, 2011
8:30 - 3:00

Come learn the latest regarding marijuana.

Drug Abuse Trends in Minneapoils/St. Paul, Minnesota: 2010

This report analyzes trends and patterns in substance abuse in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota metropolitan area, based on the most recent data available from multiple sources. It is produced twice annually for participation in the Community Epidemiology Work Group of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, an epidemiological surveillance network of selected researchers from 22 U.S. metropolitan areas.  This is the June 2011 edition.

Grammy for Winehouse's 'Rehab' a mistake?

July 28, 2011

Her most famous song may have been about substance abuse, but it mocked urges and demands to enter a rehab facility for her addiction problems.

Fall ATOD Forum: Alcohol & Other Drug use in Minnesota Amongst Youth & Young Adults

Redwood Falls, MN
September 2, 2011
9:00 -2:00 PM

Rick Moldenhauer, LADC from the Minnesota Department of Human Services Alcohol and Drug Abuse Division will present on alcohol and other drug data from the Drug and Alcohol Abuse Normative Evaluation System (DAANES) and Minnesota Student Survey (MSS) data sources to show trends and associations with substance use and behavior.

Just Two Talks With Teens Can Reduce Marijuana Use For At Least A Year

June 30, 2011

Researchers from the University of Washington and Virginia Tech have demonstrated that a brief, voluntary conversation with an adult led to up to a 20 percent decrease in marijuana use for teenagers who frequently used the drug.