Events

MONDAY JANUARY 23, 2012

Portland Recovery Community Center GRAND OPENING!  Drop in between 10 am and 6 pm
468 Forest Avenue, Portland, ME (207)458-4366
Park on side streets - no onsite parking at the Center

THURSDAY, JANUARY 26 - webcast

"Designer Drugs: The New Frontier"  A FREE, Public Domain Video Program available as a C-Satellite Downlink and as an On-Demand Webcast

Thursday, January 26th, 2012   1:00-2:00 PM Eastern Time              

Register online at http://www.mctft.com/telecasts/upcoming_telecourses.shtml

• Sponsored by CADCA and produced by the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training Program (MCTFT),  a division of the Center for Public Safety Innovation at St. Petersburg College in St. Petersburg, Florida.  
• During this hour long program, Designer Drugs: The New Frontier,  we'll take a look at this new and emerging drug threat, hear who is most at risk, and learn what we can do about it. We will travel to Bangor, Maine where some experts are saying this is the worst drug epidemic they have ever seen. 

 

From the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center

New Distance Learning Course Launched: Environmental Strategies

• The Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) and the Underage Drinking Enforcement Training Center (UDETC) are pleased to launch the second in a series of on-line distance learning courses.  These courses aim to provide law enforcement and community organizations with valuable, no-cost training that focuses on the reduction of underage access to alcohol.  The newest course in this series is “Environmental Strategies” and can be accessed at www.udetc.org/distancelearning.htm.
• This two hour online course is designed as a basic-level familiarization to environmental strategies targeting the reduction of youth access to alcohol and a foundation for follow-up on-site training provided by UDETC.  The course provides basic strategies and information on assessing community needs and applying science-based strategies.

 

Click here for the link to a flyer for A Parent’s Guide To Social Networking, a DVD tool for parents created by the Coastal Healthy Communities Coalition. 

• A free version is available online at YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/user/chccune) or you can purchase the DVD for $10 from Bill Paterson (602-3589).

 

Save the Date: Saturday, April 28 2012 is the next National Drug Take Back Initiative.   Mike Wardrop from the DEA Portland provided the following information about the October 29^th collection:

• Again, Maine ranked #1 per capita in the US for the largest state collection.
• For the first time, Maine had the largest collection in New England with 14,140 lbs.  Massachusetts had the 2^nd largest collection with 12,464 lbs.
• Maine ranked #6 in the US for its total collection effort behind the states of CA, NY, WI, OH and PA.

Ongoing Events

Maine Prevention Calendar