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Your local Regional Action Council (RAC) can assist with all of your prevention needs. RACs are highly effective, community-based partnerships with successful programs that have been recognized at both the state and national levels! Some of the programs/services offered by your local RAC include:
Connecticut Prevention Network Find out about substance abuse prevention efforts across the
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The Connecticut Prevention Network (CPN) is a network of the state's 14 community partnership Regional Action Councils (RACs) that work to provide your community with education, training, and advocacy for substance abuse prevention. What is a Regional Action Council (RAC)? Regional Action Councils (RACs) were created by the Legislature in 1989 to help our struggling local communities fight the "War on Drugs." The 14 Regional Action Councils bring key constituency groups together to reduce substance abuse, and provide training, education, and prevention programming to their respective communities. Recognizing that alcohol and other drug abuse leads to a host of other social problems like violence, teen pregnancy, drunk driving, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS infection and suicide, the RAC's promote broad based prevention programming that addresses all of these issues. Because Regional Action Councils are led by local educators, parents, business persons, social service providers, law enforcement officials, clergy, government leaders, and youth, these organizations are responsive, focused, and tailored to meet your community's specific needs. All RAC Directors are required to be certified by the State of Connecticut as Prevention Professionals which means your RAC offers the highest quality prevention programs available in the state. What
is Prevention? (b): prescription and over-the-counter drugs are used only for the purposes for which they are intended; (c) other substances (e.g., aerosols) are used only for their intended purposes; and (d): illegal drugs and tobacco are not used at all.
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Using the drop-down box below, choose your town to find your Regional Action Council (RAC). Towns with a star (*) have a RAC with an active website; selecting any of the other towns will show you the name address of your RAC. All of CPN will be on line soon, so check back often if your RAC's full site is not up yet!
Related Prevention Links: Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services National Resources Office of National Drug Control Policy Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration National Institute on Drug Abuse Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America
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