Submitted by guest author Kevin Spading, Director, MN Prevention Resource Center.
Over the last year or so, I must admit, my heart has been
heavy.
Last October, in St Cloud, we welcomed the wonderful
leadership of Jack Claypoole and the outstanding efforts of the Drug Free
Communities grants to our conference and learned about their effectiveness and
their recipe for success in communities..
While in Washington DC recently, I was invited to the
National Press Club for the press conference releasing the National Survey on
Drug Use and Health: 2008 Findings...
I don’t know if it’s an official term in demographers’
language, but “young old” describes a lot of baby boomers—people ages 60-74. As
public health and social service people, we need to pay additional attention to
this group and their needs..
