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Substances were prevalent but they were used with a sense of respect for their ancestors."
That's what Maite Duran has to say about her group, Alcohol Justice, which has received a $1 million grant from California to prevent youth substance use as a result of taxes on recreational cannabis, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
The state's Department of Health Care Services is giving Alcohol Justice the money as part of its Elevate Youth California program, which aims to prevent youth substance use in low-income, under-resourced communities of color "by understanding indigenous and Latinx cultural practices, community organizing, and hands-on environmental projects to prevent substance use," per the state's funding announcement.
To date, 239 organizations statewide have received funding aimed at preventing youth substance use as a result of taxes on recreational cannabis, per the Chronicle.
Alcohol Justice's grant proposal notes that Latinx juveniles in Marin County were 16% of the county's juvenile population in 2009, but were arrested for 39% of the drug offenses and felonies and 41% of misdemeanors.
Duran tells the Chronicle that the interdisciplinary Youth for Justice program focuses on four areas: health and healing, connecting kids with nature, Read the Entire ArticleSelected Grant News Headlines
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GMA Ventures, a wholly-owned investment arm of the...more
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That's the takeaway from a new study out of Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, that looked at more than 1,600 kids ages 5 to 18 who'd suffered a concussion in...more
Foundation: Coca-Cola Foundation 
Some 23 million children missed out on vaccinations in 2020, the highest number since 2009and 3.7 million more than in 2019.
That's why the Coca-Cola Foundation and Project Last Mile are teaming...more
Foundation: Marin Community Foundation 
"If you were to investigate the health of pre-colonial people, there was no addiction.
Substances were prevalent but they were used with a sense of respect for their ancestors."
That's what...more
"If we cannot slay the healthcare 'beast,' millennials will have their future stolen from them."
So writes David Chase in a paper published last month in Relocalizing Health: The Future of...more
If you're in the UK and craving Pepsi, you're in luck: The company has teamed up with Hallam University in Sheffield to create a food and diet innovation hub, the BBC reports.
The idea is to...more
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If you're an Allied Health Professions (AHP) practitioner in Northern Ireland, you're in luck.
The Irish government has come up with a research and innovation strategy for the group, which...more
When Heather Luebben and Natalie Olsen started Apple Tree Dental in Fargo, ND, 18 years ago, they didn't have enough staff to care for all the kids in the area who needed dental care.
But thanks...more
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