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Blumenthal Highlight of SAAC Annual Meeting
Attorney General Richard Blumenthal was the keynote speaker at the 16th Annual SAAC Meeting
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Give the Gift of a Lift
The holiday season is one of the deadliest and most dangerous times of the year due to an increase in impaired driving
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Govenor Rell Announces Substance Abuse Prevention Grant for Central Connecticut area Non-Profit
SAAC receives $100,000 grant
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SAAC URGES SUPPORT FOR THOSE RECOVERING FROM DRUG USE
SAAC works to inform residents in our communities that dependence on and addiction to drugs and alcohol is a disease that can be treated.
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BACK TO SCHOOL HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT FOR PARENTS
Be aware of challenges facing children as they make transitions in school.
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Informational Inserts Are Here !
Now, it's easy for you to inform your members and co-workers about new practices that help prevent substance abuse
by using the informational inserts designed by the Substance Abuse Action Council of Central Connecticut, Inc. (SAAC)
Click on the links below and use your web browser Save as button to store the files on your comuter
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Tobacco Usage Insert
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Underage Drinking Insert
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Underage Gambling Insert
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Inhlants 3 across
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Inhlants half page
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Monitor Your Child's Media Habits
Parents who are more involved in their child's life, the less likely they are to try drugs or alcohol. œBe aware of challenges facing children as they make transitions in school.
Be aware of challenges facing children as they make transitions in school
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Continuation Funding Received
The Substance Abuse Action Council of Central Connecticut has received word
from the Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention that the funding for SAAC's
prevention initiative for parents and girls will be continued until September 2005
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SAAC Celebrates 15th Anniversary
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Clergy Gather to Learn about Problem Gambling
Local clergy discusses issues realted to gambling
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Dr. Patricia J. Checko receives recognition award
Director of the Bristol/Burlington Health Department, has been awarded the Joseph
H. Harper Jr., Senator Emeritus, Regional Recognition Award.
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Building A Grand Relationship Helps Keep Your Grandkids Drug Free
Making the most of chances to talk about tough issues like alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs is one way that grandparents can help keep their grandkids
mentally healthy and drug free.
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Information about Inhalants
Sniffing messes people up - sometimes for keeps!
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Abuse of cough and cold medicine
Health experts are concerned about the forms of cold/cough medications containing dextromethorphan
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Substance Abuse Action Council Hands Out Grants
Grants awarded to nine regional councils.
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SAAC Awarded Federal Grant to Combat Drug Use
SAAC will provide regional alcohol, tobacco, and other drug prevention programs, partnering with the Girl Scouts' Connecticut Trails Council.
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The Great American Smokeout
What Can You Do to Stop
Smoking?
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TIPS FOR SAFE HOLIDAY PARTIES
As the holiday season approaches, the Substance Abuse Action Council of Central CT
would like to remind you to make it an alcohol safe holidayby following these tips
for safe parties.
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DECEMBER IS NATIONAL DRUNK & DRUGGED
DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH
For many, drinking is a social habit, but for others, it is a chronic problem that can
lead to erratic, often reckless, behavior, including frequent impaired driving incidents.
And chances are that that individual has already driven impaired as many as 1,000 times
before being caught the first time....
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PARENTS, WANT TO LOSE YOUR HOUSE, CAR, OR FAMILY BECAUSE OF ALCOHOL?
It's very possible when
your teen drinks. In addition to the health consequences of underage
drinking,there are numerous legal
issues involved as well.
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Let's Make It a Safe and Healthy Holiday
Season
As you plan your holiday
and millennium celebrations, please remember to provide
non-alcoholic beverages for those who choose not to
drink alcoholic beverages and those who should never consume alcohol.
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Give the Priceless Gift of Time This Holiday Season
Teens Need Family Presence More Than Presents:
Involved Parents Remain the Number One Factor in Preventing Teen Drug Use
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TAKE A LOOK AT COLLEGE
DRINKING |
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the culture of the college campus, they are confronted with many
challenges and opportunities: the opportunity to be independent of
parental control, the need to conform; and the insecurity of a new
social setting.Binge drinking, which can lead to fatal injury, alcohol poisoning, and academic failure...
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National Drug and Alcohol
News
News page courtesy of
Join Together Online |
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YMCA Brings Anti-Drug Message to Neighboorhood
SAAC Prevention
Mobile |
SOUTHINGTON
When it
comes to children, there can never be enough education against
drugs, according to Y in the Afternoon Outreach workers.
The Substance Abuse Action Council "Prevention Mobile" bus, a mobile education unit,
went to the site with a video presentation and activities for the
children.
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Red Ribbon Week
National Red Ribbon Week is October 23-31 every year. It is a time when schools and communities celebrate
a healthy, drug-free lifestyle. The Red Ribbon Celebration, first held in 1988, is dedicated to the memory
of Enrique Camarena, a Drug Enforcement Administration agent. Drug dealers in Mexico murdered him in
1985. A national campaign developed around the red ribbon, as a catalyst to mobilize communities in the fight
for drug-free youth, families, and neighborhoods.
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Smoke-free Workplaces
On October 1, 2003, the new law for smoke-free work places goes into effect. Connecticut is the fourth state nationwide to pass statewide smoke-free work place legislation.
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