Co-chair of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

[NNN0LHI]

http://www.myflorida.com/myflorida/governorsoffice/firstlady/biography.html

Columba Bush, First Lady of Florida

Currently, she serves as co-chair of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) Leadership to Keep Children Alcohol Free, a committee composed of other governors’ spouses dedicated to the reduction of youth alcohol abuse. This initiative, which is supported by federal agencies and public and private organizations, is the only national effort that focuses on alcohol-use prevention among children ages 9 to 15.

Since 2000, she has served as honorary chair of Florida's annual Statewide Prevention Conference. In each of the past five years, more than 1500 prevention specialists and high school students have come together to celebrate declining drug use rates, motivate sustained momentum, and to learn what works best in preventing youth use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs.

Additionally, she serves on the board of Columbia University's Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA), the nation's foremost resource institution on the prevention of substance abuse, and is a spokesperson and member of Informed Families of Florida.

Her board memberships extend well beyond Florida’s borders and encompass national boards such as the Phoenix House and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). As the National Madrina for SAMHSA, she helps empower Latinas to turn their backs on drugs and alcohol and raises awareness of the vast contributions to Florida’s heritage made by Hispanic Americans through this initiative.

...She frequently speaks to parents about their key role in preventing youth alcohol and drug use...

[hardrainfallin]

1. Just when you thought 'bitter irony' couldn't get any more bitter. n/t

[Botany]

2. hahahahahahaha

:rofl:

Just like; "Flood control has always been a high priority for the bush administration."

[TallahasseeGrannie]

3. She must do it in Spanish

because she doesn't speak English well enough to understand her.

Now, no flames.... not a thing wrong with Spanish speaking folks, but this lady truly has such a heavy accent she is uninteligible. I've met her.

Wish I spoke Spanish better.

[goclark]

4. Nominated - please don't let her speak to my kid

What a sham the entire family is ---she probably needs to be on the other side of the table.

Maybe now she can "help" her own child.

So Sad!

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Does she use her children as props? Like this guy? Her Son, her daughter

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