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I did the same as your parents... watching my boys dye their hair blonde on top!  LOL and my girls select unnatural colors like blue to streak through their tresses....  drew the line at tats and piercings while they were my "children" [QUOTE=babs10][QUOTE=SnowOwl]  I did envy my older brother his beautiful waist-length hair though, even if my dad sighed over it and shook his head, my parents had the sense to know to choose their battles and let him express himself with extra shampoo and conditioner.    [/QUOTE] I can say the same, waddie...I couldn't be prouder of my clan....  Unfortunately, it's difficult to operate effective prevention programs. Look at DARE for example - it has some successes but not in terms of its primary goal to prevent drug use. It's hard to make people care enough when it's not a problem to take action (prevention). Addicts and their support systems are much more motivated to make changes and seek treatment when becomes a problem (lose job, prison). I'm not sure how to get around that mind shift, but I can't overstate the role of parents in drug prevention. [QUOTE=babs10]it's sad that 98% of their funds go to "SHOVEL UP WRECKAGE OF ILLNESS, CRIME, SOCIAL ILLS; ONLY 2 CENTS GOES TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT" by Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. ...
About Casa[/quote][QUOTE=Spelunker] [QUOTE=babs10]it's sad that 98% of their funds go to "SHOVEL UP WRECKAGE OF ILLNESS, CRIME, SOCIAL ILLS; ONLY 2 CENTS GOES TO PREVENTION AND TREATMENT"

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Looking at the Senior Staff it would seem that a great deal of $$$$ must be spent there as well.

Although I do realize that the "shoveling up" was in reference to government spending.

The Mission Statement seems to make it clear that CASA is not necessarily in the prevention and treatment business, rather they are a think tank, dedicated to research and analysis

To see treatment at its finest, is to witness the hours dedicated volunteers spend holding, rocking, and comforting newborns addicted to heroin and/or a host of other drugs.

[quote=Jan Lucinda]THere is a new Council....[/quote]
Is CASA new? Or does it have a well-established history?
[quote]Founded in 1992 by Former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare Joseph A. Califano, Jr. ...
About Casa[/quote][/QUOTE]

 

I said there was a new Council report.  The report was new.  You didn't read the entire sentence.

[QUOTE=Jan Lucinda]I said there was a new Council report.  The report was new.  You didn't read the entire sentence.[/QUOTE]
In point of fact, Jan Lucinda, I read the entire sentence more than once. I freely admit to being confused by your statement;
[quote=Jan Lucinda]THere is a new Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse at Columbia University report on government spending on substance abuse and addiction.[/quote]
Perhaps, just perhaps. for clarity the statement would have been more meaningful if you would have said, "There is a new report from the Council on Alcohol and Substance Abuse..."

However, I am the first to admit that it doesn't take much to confuse me...adjectives are no exception.

I do thank you for answering my query! Yeah!

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