Behavioral Health
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Illicit Drug Facts
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Prevention Rock Stars
100
As a result of this law, many currently uninsured Americans with mental health and substance abuse problems will become eligible for reasonably priced health insurance coverage.
What is the Affordable Care Act?
100
1 in 3 children starts drinking by the end of this grade; and of them, half report having been drunk.
What is 8th grade?
100
These alternate forms of marijuana produce different and potentially more intense effects than those caused by smoking.
What are edibles?
100
According to the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, this statewide electronic database collects designated data on substances dispensed in the state.
What is the PDMP---Prescription Drug Monitoring Program?
100
As the first recipient of the annual Ramstad/Kennedy National Award for Outstanding Leadership in Promoting Addiction Recovery, this Prevention Rock Star once served as Director of the Bureau of Substance Abuse Services at the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Who is ONDCP’s Acting Director, Michael Botticelli?
200
Three-quarters of adult mental health problems begin before this age.
What is 24?
200
Document issued to focus national attention on addressing alcohol use early, continuously, and in the context of human development using a systematic approach that spans childhood through adolescence into adulthood.
What is the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce Underage Drinking?
200
Because clinical studies about the safety of this product have not been submitted to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, one has no way of knowing if it is safe, which chemicals it contains, and how much nicotine one inhales.
What are e-cigarettes?
200
SAMHSA’s searchable online registry of more than 330 substance abuse and mental health interventions.
What is NREPP--- the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and Practices?
200
A native of Hinton, West Virginia, this Prevention Rock Star once served as the president of the Walmart Foundation in 2012, president of the Global Development Program of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget from 2013 to 2014.
Who is the U.S. Secretary of DHHS, Sylvia Burwell?
300
Suicide is the ____ leading cause of death among youth ages 15-24.
What is third?....(behind accidents and homicide)
300
Two of the highest-risk populations who engage in binge drinking on college campuses.
What are freshmen, student athletes, and/or members of fraternities/sororities?
300
Overall, adults with a behavioral health disorder account for what percent of all cigarettes smoked.
What is 40?
300
Funding that supports community-based coalitions to address local youth substance use and its related consequences is provided by this executive office within the White House.
What is ONDCP--- the Office of National Drug Control Policy?
300
Born in Chicago to post-World War II immigrants from Ukraine, this avid long-distance bicyclist, runner, hiker, and devoted parent of two daughters, currently articulates the best available scientific information to the public regarding ways to improve personal health and the health of the nation.
Who is the U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Boris Lushniak?
400
As of 2007, this is the estimated annual cost of treatment, lost productivity, and crime alone for mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders in young people.
What is $247 BILLION?
400
This national campaign aims to reduce underage drinking among youth ages 9-15 by providing parents and caregivers with information and resources they need to start addressing the issue of alcohol with their children early.
What is "Talk. They Hear You"?
400
Smoking marijuana and driving in Colorado carries this penalty.
What is a DUI (same citation as driving under the influence of alcohol)?
400
This law enacted in 1997 makes funding available to support community-based coalitions to address local youth substance use and its related consequences.
What is the DFC Act of 1997 ----Drug Free Communities Act of 1997
400
An Attorney with over 35 years of experience in management and consulting for public healthcare and human services agencies, this Rock Star is known as the leading voice for the advancement of the nation’s behavioral health.
Who is SAMHSA’s Administrator, Pamela S. Hyde?
500
This document focuses national attention on innovative policies and programs, spanning the spectrum of effective prevention, early intervention, treatment, recovery support, criminal justice, law enforcement, and international cooperation.
What is 2014 National Drug Control Strategy?
500
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the approximate number of deaths that occur each year due to high-risk college drinking.
What is 1,800?
500
According to the recent Monitoring the Future study, these are the second-most abused category of drugs after marijuana among young people.
What are prescription drugs?
500
The only membership organization with over 5000 coalitions working to make their community safe, healthy, and drug-free.
What is CADCA ----the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America?
500
This Rock Star possesses numerous awards resulting from 31 years spent in in U.S. Army and 16 years of stellar leadership with a premier membership organization that represents those working to make their communities safe, healthy and drug-free.
Who is the Chairman and CEO of CACDA, General Arthur Dean?
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