July 14, 2003
Womens Conf. on Substance Abuse, Baton Rouge, LA
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Family History of Alcoholism?
There are an estimated 26.8 million
children of alcoholics in the United States,
source: ACOA
American women
are 4 times more likely to die from Addiction related illness than
they are from breast cancer?
Brandeis University, 1993
Prison Women and Cycle of Addiction
Approximately
516,200 women on probation (72% of the total), 44,700 women in local
jails (70% of the total), 49,200 women in State prisons (65% of the
total), and 5,400 women in Federal prisons (59% of the total) have
minor children.
Source:
Greenfield, Lawrence A., and Snell, Tracy L., US Department of
Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Women Offenders (Washington,
DC: US Department of Justice, December 1999), p. 7, Table 17.
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Women, Issues, and Addiction
How can this be?
The very Product that puts women at risk
for Breast Cancer is promoting itself as
a concerned corporate citizen?
Labeling
efforts from 1999
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Alcohol and Increased Risk of Breast Cancer
Article one Breast
Cancer
Article Two Breast Cancer and
Alcohol Consumption
We want labeling that validates
that more legible, and very specific in warning those who may have a
family history of Alcoholism (more than 9million children in the
U.S.) of the risks they are choosing when consuming alcoholic
beverages.
"A child who reaches age 21
without smoking, abusing alcohol or using drugs is virtually certain
never to do so."-
Joseph A. Califano, Jr.,
CASA very instrumental in
supporting real policy that is effective
More facts
FAS Fact Sheet
Break the Cycle Stop the stigma
Children of Parents
with Alcohol& Drug Addiction Alcoholism-Alcohol Dependence
-Get Information
Facts on
Underage Drinking
FACT
More than one-half of American adults have a close family
member who has or has had alcoholism
( Dawson and Grant 1998).
More Facts on Alcoholism
A recovering community Issue-Greater risk for our children.
Alcohol is number one abused drug in the country,
Is the
warning label on alcohol clear?
Casa Report on Alcohol Effects on Schools
Keeping your kids alcohol free
matters!
Genetics and the
Environment- Risks for Addiction
Recovering parents, and Parents with a family history of alcohol and other
drug addiction/abuse take note on why
Alcohol Policy
Matters! |
 Our Children
and Policy to reduce risk
Your Children and their Genetics puts them at even higher risk.
Research clearly has shown that putting off Alcohol consumption
until the age of 21 (when their brain is fully developed) greatly
reduces their risk of Alcohol Dependence. All states mandate a
drinking age of 21. Louisiana has a loophole that the liquor
industry is fighting to leave in place. Why? If they are
such supporters of the Law (which was held constitutional by the
Louisiana Supreme Court) then why would this matter?
Truth:
Alcohol sales depend on our youth having access to their
products. The loophole allows youth "easy" access to alcohol.
Closing the loophole allows the intent of our lawmakers to mandate a
drinking age across the state of 21 to take "true" effect.
Nothing kills more children than Alcohol. Corporate profits
enable the heavy purchase of legislative support, everyone in
Louisiana knows this.
21 Drinking age, Not Enforceable with Loophole, listen to the Police Chief and his
desire to close the loophole.
Alcohol & High Risk Youth- EASY to BUY & EASY to Die
4/17 Released Video or Audio of
Interview with Slidell Police Chief-the need to close the loophole
is present in Slidell.
Domestic Abuse-and the Substance
Abuse connection
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