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Our e-newsletters highlight local and national prevention programs, opportunities for community involvement, and resources for anyone seeking alcohol and drug-prevention information. Sign-up today and you will receive a monthly email form the substance abuse program! If you want to see the archived editions of our newsletters, visit the project pages on the right of your screen
Portland Press Herald (August 12, 2009)
By DAVID HENCH
“Everyone loves that Norman Rockwell image of kids and police officers interacting with genuine warmth, but it seldom happens, given the different worlds they occupy. Portland's Public Health Division and Police Department are teaming up to change that, collaborating on a program to have officers "catch kids doing good."”
http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/
story.php?id=276226&ac=PHnws
Catch kids doing things right!
Reclaiming Futures Blog (August 12, 2009)
By AMANDA EDGAR
http://blog.reclaimingfutures.org/?q=juvenile-justice-reform-catch-kids-doing-something-right
Missouri Juvenile Justice Association
2009 Summer-Fall Journal (Page 10)
(Article linked from Reclaiming Futures Blog)
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“Have You Become Your Teen’s Drug Dealer:
What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet?”
Town hall meeting to launch community awareness program on how to prevent
medicine abuse among Portland teens
Portland, Maine, November 18, 2010 – A town hall meeting on November 29, 2010 from 6:30 – 8:00 pm at King Middle School’s Cafetorium will bring together the community’s parents, educators, retailers, law enforcement officials, healthcare professionals and others to discuss solutions to the dangerous trend of teens abusing prescription and over-the-counter medicine.
According to the 2009 Monitoring the Future Survey, the preeminent national study on teen substance abuse, prescription drug abuse has increased by 20 percent since 2002 among those ages 12 and older. In 2009 in Cumberland County, 10.9% of high school students and 6.9% of 7th and 8th graders reported using a prescription drug not prescribed to them one or more times during the past 30 days, according to the Maine Integrated Youth Health Survey (MIYHS).
Ronni Katz, Portland Public Health’s Substance Abuse Prevention Program Coordinator says, "National data tell us that the majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs, obtain them from their own home. This is a problem that affects us all and it is also something that the well-informed parent can do something about. The information that will be presented is just too important to miss."
For more information about this event, contact Ronni Katz at 756-8116 or visit our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/portlandprevention.
The November meeting is sponsored by the City of Portland Public Health Division (Health and Human Services Department), Portland Public Schools and Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).
Portland Prevention on Facebook
Maine Association of Substance Abuse Programs (MASAP)
Maine Alliance for Addiction Recovery (MAAR)
The City of Portland Health & Human Services Department Public Health Division's Substance Abuse Prevention Program uses an array of strategies to target populations, ranging from adolescents to adults. This program is based on the goal of empowering people to make choices that will ensure healthy and productive lives while providing options that help reduce the harm caused by drug use.
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