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		<title>We Love Babies! Beauty Salons Do Too!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Jacquelynn Engle, M.S., I.C.P.S., Kidsnow Plus Coordinator
Regional Prevention Center of Seven Counties Services, Inc.
Here is something that most people don’t know. If a woman avoids alcohol for the entire nine months of pregnancy, she has prevented the leading known cause of mental retardation in the United States: Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Many women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=117</link>
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		<title>How To Quit Smoking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It really is one of the toughest things to do in the world.  If you regret starting and just want to quit, the  Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness and the Kentucky Partnership in Cancer Control offers classes that can help you stop smoking. The classes use the Cooper/Clayton method, a 13-week course that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=116</link>
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		<title>Underage Drinking &#038; The Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by Stephanie K. Benson, MS
Regional Prevention Center of Seven Counties Services, Inc.
I was asked to write an article on underage drinking,  I was a little baffled. There are so many problems associated with underage drinking:  health, violence and psychological issues - just to name a few.  A colleague was kind enough to send me [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=115</link>
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		<title>Substance Abuse Prevention: Dinners Make the Difference</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dinners Makes a Difference
By:  Tamela Russell Pumphrey, MA
Seven Counties Regional Prevention Center
As a teen, dinner time in my home meant, upon my fathers’ arrival from work, the entire family would meet at the table to share a meal.  Little did I know that by engaging in this evening ritual, my parents were lowering [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=109</link>
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		<title>Prom &#038; Graduation: Prevention tips for celebration season</title>
		<description><![CDATA[High school prom and graduation are important milestones in a young person&#8217;s life, and the season is often marked with parties, outings, and other celebrations. During this time, teens may feel more pressure to celebrate by partying with illicit drugs, alcohol, or even prescription (Rx) drugs.
From 2008 to 2009, the percent of teens who say [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=108</link>
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		<title>Mini grants awarded for rounds 2 and 3 from Kentucky ASAP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Grants have been awarded to champion groups around the Seven Counties region from Kentucky ASAP, region 6.  These monies are applied to specific programs to help create a region free of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use.

Round 2:
Family and Children Place - Family and Schools Together (FAST) - FAST Works
Spencer County CAN - Social Norms [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=107</link>
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		<title>PRIDE2010 Conference comes to Louisville</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Plans are underway for the 33rd Annual PRIDE World Drug Prevention Conference in Louisville, Kentucky. The conference is slated for  March 31-April 3, 2010 at the Galt House Hotel as youth and adults from all over the world to celebrate, motivate and educate! Kentucky ASAP 6 has registration scholarships for adult sponsors, middle and high school [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=106</link>
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		<title>Open plea to all parents of young drivers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Vicki Serrano, MA/CPS
For over ten years now, I have worked with young people who have been cited for an underage DUI offense, also known as a “zero tolerance” offense in Kentucky (blood alcohol level of anything over a .02%).   As December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, I want to talk [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=64</link>
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		<title>Kentucky ASAP Region 6 Mini-Grants Awarded</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Region 6 KY ASAP Local Board is pleased to announce the following recipient of mini grants:

C.H.O.I.C.E. Inc. (Children Have Options in Choosing Experiences -  for its “Dare to Dream” Sports Leadership and Mentoring Expansion Training Program
Kentucky Action - Advocacy Efforts to encourage Jefferson County Board of Education to pass a new policy creating a 100% [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://kentuckyasap6.org/?p=62</link>
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		<title>So you THINK you know underage drinking?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Written by:  Dodie Huff-Fletcher, Ph.D.  Submitted by Deanna Felts, M.S.
Prevention Division of Seven Counties Services, Inc.
How much do you know about underage drinking?  I just took a web quiz conducted by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) that tests people’s knowledge about underage drinking and I was surprised to find that many [...]]]></description>
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