Join our web chat �Alcohol & Health: Where Do You Draw the Line?� TODAY, April 9, 2003 1:00 � 2:00 p.m. ET NIAAA brochures on mixing alcohol with medications and family history now available online and in NASD kits NASD public service announcements: watch the video or listen to the radio PSA! Find a site in your area! Office of Applied Studies (OAS) at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) produces statistical short reports on substance abuse. Short reports on other specific topics are also available. OAS releases a new report every week or so. NIAAA focuses on college drinking prevention SAMHSA�s Treatment Improvement Protocols (TIPS) help healthcare providers Health watch: Drinking and Your Pregnancy Tougher penalties on parents who allow underage drinking			Publicity Nationwide Focuses on This Thursday�s National Alcohol Screening Day�! This week news broadcasts and print media across the nation will highlight National Alcohol Screening Day to get Americans thinking about how alcohol may be affecting their health. Check out these national publicity pieces: National Coverage USA Today � See the article in the Life section of today�s (April 9) paper! Hints from Heloise � Double-feature! Heloise ran an article April 1 and featured National Alcohol Screening Day on her radio show this morning (April 9). Annie�s Mailbox (formerly Ann Landers)- Read the Monday March 31 column PARADE � See the April 6 feature about alcohol and health and try the online screening Dear Abby � An important message from the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy G. Thompson There is still time to advertise your site on local radio or television stations. Use our publicity materials to get started; press releases, op-eds, PSAs, and more are available! Want to hang more posters in your area? Download the PDF files of the community poster, college poster, or Spanish poster and make color copies! Tip of the Month: Have FUN At Your Screening! Many sites will hold events this week, and we hope you all enjoy yourselves while you do it! The more casual and fun you make your site, the more likely you are to attract people to your screening. Play music at your event � Work with friendly and gregarious staff members � Hold a raffle � Bring food or candy � Talk with members of your community! Make the day enjoyable for yourself, your staff, and the people you screen as you educate and motivate attendees to be more conscious of their drinking and its consequences. Celebrate National Alcohol Screening Day with thousands of other people across the country, and have fun! REMINDER: Follow-Up After Screening Day Return the Summary form with all completed screening forms to the NASD office as soon as possible after your screening day. An self-addressed envelope is included in your kit for this purpose. Screen More People � � � � � � �Receive a $300 Gift Certificate! The Top Ten Sites (five college and five community) of NASD 2003 will each receive a $300 gift certificate to Amazon.com! Take part in this challenge to screen the most people in a nationwide effort to educate about alcohol�s effect on health. Have friendly staff engage passersby at your event, and screen as many people as you can! Top copies of the screening forms and a summary form must be sent back to the NASD office by May 1st to be eligible to win. Colleges: FREE Online Screening Still Available Take advantage of this opportunity to screen students through a new medium: Screening for Mental Health is offering its online screening free of charge to colleges for the months of April and May! Screenings are anonymous and provide immediate feedback and a customized referral directing students to the counseling center or other appropriate college resources that you specify. To participate, contact Shiney at (800) 253-7658 x 116 or through email.

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National Alcohol Screening Day� is a program of Screening for Mental Health, Inc., and is funded by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) of the Department of Health and Human Services. Questions? Comments? Contact Us! Email Us or call 1-800-253-7658

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