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A Message from Harvey Weiss the Executive Director of the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition
Posted May 18, 2011
When Prevention Fails or Comes Too Late:By: Harvey Weiss the Executive Director of the National Inhalant Prevention Coalition At a recent meeting I mentioned data included in this and our last UPDATE and was challenged about the data’s accuracy. This sort of reminded me of the old Rodney...
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Q&A with the Director of the New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition: Howard Wolfe
Posted May 18, 2011
Howard Wolfe is the Director of the New England Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition. He started working on inhalant abuse with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health in 1994, as a founding member of Massachusetts Inhalant Abuse Task Force. The task force developed an educational campaign...
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Aaron Hunt
Posted March 22, 2011
WWW.AARONHUNT.ORG On the evening of April 12, 2010 while riding in a car with 2 other people, Aaron Hunt chased a dangerous high inhaling propane fumes. His heart stopped and his brain was without oxygen for around 10 minutes before rescue workers arrived.Aaron was put on life support when he...
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Thank You to the Eastern Aerosol Association
Posted March 2, 2011
ACE would like to extend a big THANK YOU to the Eastern Aerosol Association (EAA) for their kind contribution. We would also like to thank EAA for the work they are doing in the community in raising awareness of inhalant abuse via their efforts in minor league baseball. Once again THANK YOU, and...
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National Inhalants & Poisons Awareness Week (NIPAW) is March 20 - 26, 2011.
Posted March 2, 2011
Fast Facts about Inhalant Abuse* - The Average age of first time users was 16.9 years.- 67.9 percent of first time users were under age 18 when they first used.- 813,000 people aged 12+ used inhalants for the first time in the last year.- Inhalant Abuse (Huffing, Dusting, Sniffing) - can kill......