The next Board of Directors meeting is Wednesday, January 25th, 8:30 a.m. in the RCI Room at the United Way, 3901 N. Meridian.The agenda will be:
8:30 Introduction of new 2012 Drug Free Community Fund grantees
9:00 Business Meeting:
Consent Agenda Items (November and December 2011 Meeting Minutes, Director's Report) * Please read and review all materials pertaining to the Consent Agenda items before the board meeting.)
Financial Report
Introduction of New Board Members & Officers
Board Tasks & Responsibilities: Review & Sign Board Member Responsibilities; Follow-Up: One-on-One Interviews; Committee Participation & Support; Strategic Plan Review
NOTE: If you are unable to attend the meeting, please assign another board member your proxy so that we may conclude necessary business.
Drug Free Marion County has announced the 2012 Marion County recipients of Drug Free Communities Grants, awarded in the categories of Prevention/Education, Treatment/Intervention and Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice.
See the a list of 2012 recipients here.
For more information on the Drug Free Communities grant, call Randy Miller at 317-254-2815.
The Partnership at Drugfree.org has launched its Time To Act website, a comprehensive resource for parents who suspect -- or know -- their teen is using alcohol or other drugs. Parents choose one of two tracks -- I think my child is using or I know my child is using -- and the site guides them through the steps to take to address the issue.
Visit the site here.
For more information on The Partnership at Drugfree.org, visit the organization's main website.
In 2011, the Indiana General Assembly banned certain chemicals commonly found in synthetic marijuana (such as Spice and K2) and synthetic stimulants (marketed as bath salts). However, manufacturers simply tweaked the chemical makeup of their products to sidestep the ban. Senate Bill 234 would strengthen the ban, adding additional chemical compounds and broadening the definition of synthentic cannabinoids.
Read more about SB234 here.
Learn more about these synthetic or "designer" drugs here.
For more information, contact Drug Free Marion County at 317-254-2815.
Indiana state senator Boots has authored Senate Bill 20, which would allow the sale of carryout alcohol on Sundays. In addition, the bill would allow those under age 21 to accompany a parent or guardian into a package liquor store.
Read more about SB20 here.
The bill has been assigned to the Senate's Commerce and Economic Development Committee, on which bill author Boots serves.
If you would like to discuss the topic of Sunday carryout alcohol sales with your state senators and representatives, find out how to contact them here.
Read Drug Free Marion County's fact sheet on Sunday alcohol carryout sales.
Indiana state senator Boots has authored Senate Bill 20, which would allow the sale of carryout alcohol on Sunday. In addition, the bill would allow those under age 21 to accompany an adult into a package liquor store.
If you would like to discuss the topic of Sunday carryout alcohol sales with your state senators and representations, find out how to contact them here.
Read Drug Free Marion County's fact sheet on Sunday carryout alcohol sales here..
State senator Phil Boots has authored Senate Bill 20, which would allow carryout alcohol sales in Indiana. The bill also would permit youth under the age of 21 to enter package liquor stores when accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Learn more about SB 20 here.
The bill has been assigned to the Senate's Commerce and Economic Development committee, of which Senator Boots is a member.
If you would like to discuss Sunday alcohol sales with your state legislators, learn how you can contact them here.
Read Drug Free Marion County's fact sheet on Sunday alcohol sales here.
WISH-TV continued its look at the alcohol permit process in Indiana with a story on the Hookah Lounge Cali Bugaloo. This northside Indianapolis business signed up to receive a three-way alcohol permit at the recent state ATC auction, despite the fact that the renewal of its current license has been denied by the local ATC board due to underage drinking and crime reports at the Lounge.
Watch the report here.
For information on how to fight a new alcohol permit for a business in your neighborhood, read our Remonstration Manual online or call 317-254-2815.
WISH-TV continued its excellent coverage of the state ATC's alcohol-permit auction on Nov. 18. Can you believe a buyer using the business name Liquor License R Us was prequalified by the ATC to bid on more than 30 permits statewide? Watch the report to learn more.
Nancy Beals was interviewed by WRTV and WXIN detailed the link between alcohol outlet density and violent crime.
DFMC board president Charlotte Pontius wrote a letter to the editor of the Indianapolis Star, which added its own editorial on the subject.
Permits that were auctioned by the state will need to be approved by the local ATC board in Marion County. Learn how to remonstrate against an alcohol permit by reading our Remonstration Manual. Have questions? Call us at 317-254-2815.
The Transformed by Tragedy presentation on teen substance use -- held in Lawrence Township on Nov. 16 and sponsored by Drug Free Marion County -- received coverage on Fox 59, including an interview with Randy Miller.
See the story here.
Need more information on prescription drug and/or inhalant use? Call us at 317-254-2815.
Investigatve reporter Karen Hensel of WISH-TV is taking an in-depth look at the dangerous synthetic drugs sold as bath salts. She's done two reports to date. Drug Free Marion County has been invited to be part of a statewide task force working to develop ways to address the problem. Watch the reports below:
Report One: Laws Lag as Chemists Cook Up New Highs
Report Two: The First Task Force Meeting
Need more information on bath salts? Call us at 317-254-2815.
WISH-TV is covering the issue of how alcohol permits are issued in Marion County, the number of permits currently existing and the auction of even more permits scheduled to take place on Nov. 18. Click here to see the first story, which ran on Nov. 14. It includes an interview with DFMC's Nancy Beals.
Want more information? Call us at 317-254-2815.
The next Board of Directors meeting is Wednesday, November 16, 8:30 a.m. at CAFÉ (Community Alliance of the Far Eastside), 8902 East 38th Street.
...at the DEA's Drug Takeback program on Saturday, October 29th, 10am - 2pm at any one of the six Marion County locations listed below.
Prescription drugs that languish in home medicine cabinets are highly susceptible to diversion, misuse, and abuse, creating a public health crisis. The rate of prescription drug abuse in the U.S. today is at an alarmingly high level—two-and-a-half times more people currently abuse prescription drugs than the number of those using cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, and inhalants combined, according to the recently released 2010 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The same study shows that a majority of abused prescription drugs are obtained from family and friends, including from the home medicine cabinet.
Your voice is important in raising the profile of effective drug prevention with the White House! The Community Anti-Drugs Coalitions of America (CADCA) has posted a petition on the White House's "We the People" website. If 25,000 people sign the petition by Nov. 4, the White House Administration will discuss the issue. Add your signature to the list today!
It takes less than one minute to sign the petition: Just create a username and password, return to the petition link and hit refresh, then click "Sign Petition."
Click here to get started now!
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