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“A child who gets through age 21 without smoking, abusing alcohol or using illegal drugs is virtually certain never to do so.”
—Joseph Califano, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 2006
TCSD Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
This is available for all employees - benefitted and non-benefitted. The employee assistance program is our partner in living a life filled with energy, strength, and vitality. Taking care of your mental health is as essential to your well-being as taking care of your physical health. Rewarding relationships at home and work, effective stress management skills, and learning to thrive with life changes are all goals that EAP can assist employees to achieve. Services offered include: counseling, help for caregivers, and crisis services.
Parents are the #1 reason kids don’t drink
The harms of underage drinking are real, but as a parent, you can help prevent it. All kids need their parents’ help to stay alcohol-free and protect their healthy brain. Visit Parents Empowered for more information.
Vaping/E-Cig
Vaping/E-Cig
E-cigarettes are a gateway to smoking among youth.
“There is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use by youth and young adults increases their risk of ever using conventional cigarettes.”
· They are addictive!
“There is substantial evidence that e-cigarette use results in symptoms of dependence on e-cigarettes."
· They are toxic.
"There is conclusive evidence that in addition to nicotine, most e-cigarettes contain and emit numerous potentially toxic substances.”
Marijuana Use
Marijuana Use
Talk to your kids about underage marijuana misuse.
Hey parents, let's talk gray matter—the stuff in the brain responsible for critical thinking, analysis and creativity. The gray matter in your kid's brain will be developing till early adulthood; and if they misuse marijuana before then, they risk disrupting their brain's growth. You might not know this, but you're actually the most influential person in their life. So, we thought it best that you start the convo. You got this. Marijuana Cannabis PDF.
Underage Drinking
Underage Drinking
Why prevent underage drinking?
Because it protects a child’s future. Alcohol affects a young, still developing brain very differently than an adult’s brain, impairing proper development and increasing risks of addiction, depression, suicide, injury, violence, academic problems and more.4
Vaping/E-Cig
Vaping/E-Cig
ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience) is a free online prevention education resource from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. ASPIRE delivers tobacco prevention education to teens and adolescents at a self-directed pace, and is used as a prevention education course for our TCSD students.
Student Login: https://aspire2.mdanderson.org/ then click “login”, followed by “Create Account.”
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