Whether it's music, activism or daily life, the one ideal to which I
have always aspired is constant challenge -- taking risks, stepping
out of my comfort zone, exploring new ideas.
I believe the United States -- and all of us --
must do precisely that in the case of what has been the most
unsuccessful, unjust yet untouchable issue in politics: the war on
drugs.
The war on drugs has failed -- but it's worse than that. It is
actively harming our society. That is why ending the drug war is a
matter of social justice.
Violent crime is thriving in the shadows to which the drug trade has
been consigned. People who genuinely need help can't get it. .. We
are spending billions, filling up our prisons with non-violent
offenders and sacrificing our liberties.
[An op-ed article in the Wall Street Journal] dared to say in print
-- in a thoughtful, meticulous argument -- what everyone who has
seriously looked at the issue has known for years: the war on drugs
is an absolute failure whose cost to society is increasingly unbearable
and absolutely unjustifiable.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Monday, March 29, 2010
Learn to Cope: support group for parents and family members of someone addicted to heroin, Oxycontin, etc.
Learn to Cope is a support group for parents and family members dealing with a loved one addicted to heroin, Oxycontin and other drugs. It began in 2004 when I needed a place to go to get support for our family and today our son is alive and well, so there is hope. Currently there is a crisis, an epidemic of OC and Heroin use in Massachusetts. Most of the kids are between 17-26 years old, some start in high school, others have started in college. The rules have changed in society today, because Heroin is now in a snort able form and 80-90% pure.
It doesn't matter where you live, how you have parented, what your income is.......it knows no boundaries and it's out there. Young people and communities need to be educated on prescription drug use as well as the gateway drugs that can lead them to it. Countless lives have been lost.
We are out there warning young people and their parents because this is a community crisis, not just a family's crisis. As many of us say "By the grace God go I". This website was formed to support families and educate them on addiction and well as resources and a "place" to go when feeling desperate or alone and we are here 24/7. Our mission is to support with kindness, care, compassion and empathy. You are not alone.
read more at http://www.learn2cope.org/
Joanne Peterson
It doesn't matter where you live, how you have parented, what your income is.......it knows no boundaries and it's out there. Young people and communities need to be educated on prescription drug use as well as the gateway drugs that can lead them to it. Countless lives have been lost.
We are out there warning young people and their parents because this is a community crisis, not just a family's crisis. As many of us say "By the grace God go I". This website was formed to support families and educate them on addiction and well as resources and a "place" to go when feeling desperate or alone and we are here 24/7. Our mission is to support with kindness, care, compassion and empathy. You are not alone.
read more at http://www.learn2cope.org/
Joanne Peterson
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Magnesium and the Nervous System
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies show that as many as two thirds of all Americans do not consume enough magnesium. The latest government study shows a staggering 68% of Americans do not consume the recommended daily intake of magnesium, which is set way too low meaning these statistics are understatements. Even more frightening are data from this study showing that 19% of Americans do not consume even half of the government’s recommended daily intake of magnesium.
Even a mild deficiency of magnesium can cause increased sensitivity to noise, nervousness, irritability, mental depression, confusion, twitching, trembling, apprehension, and insomnia. Imagine being able to clear these symptoms without dangerous drugs! Magnesium is the premier medicine for depression, sleep disturbances, emotionally disturbed behavior, and neurological diseases because of its strong positive effect in calming and nourishing the nervous system.
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Magnesium deficiency or imbalance plays a crucial role in the symptoms of mood disorders. Observational and experimental studies have shown an association between magnesium and aggression, [6],[7],[8],[9],[10], anxiety, [11],[12],[13], ADHD, [14],[15],[16],[17], bipolar disorder, [18],[19], depression [20],[21],[22],[23] and schizophrenia [24],[25],[26],[27]. The two most basic requirements for the normal operation of our brain are a sufficient energy supply and an optimal presence of biochemicals involved in transmitting messages. Magnesium is crucial in both the production of energy and neurotransmitters, and the integrity of the blood brain barrier. Solid neuroscience connects magnesium to neurological disorders. [28]
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The healthy cell is permeable. This means that nutrients are able to pass into them efficiently to be absorbed and the toxic byproducts of metabolism are eliminated. When the cells are healthy the polarity of the cell is correct, i.e., there is intracellular potassium and magnesium as well as extracellular sodium and calcium. The cell in this state is healthy, and the person functions optimally both physically and emotionally. The unhealthy cell is not permeable. This leads to unhealthy cells with sodium and calcium going inside the cell, and magnesium and potassium being lost.
Read More:
http://magnesiumforlife.com/medical-application/magnesium-in-neurological-diseases-and-emotions/
The biggest benefit of topical/transdermal magnesium
chloride administration is that the intestines are not
adversely impacted by large doses of oral magnesium.
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies show that as many as two thirds of all Americans do not consume enough magnesium. The latest government study shows a staggering 68% of Americans do not consume the recommended daily intake of magnesium, which is set way too low meaning these statistics are understatements. Even more frightening are data from this study showing that 19% of Americans do not consume even half of the government’s recommended daily intake of magnesium.
Even a mild deficiency of magnesium can cause increased sensitivity to noise, nervousness, irritability, mental depression, confusion, twitching, trembling, apprehension, and insomnia. Imagine being able to clear these symptoms without dangerous drugs! Magnesium is the premier medicine for depression, sleep disturbances, emotionally disturbed behavior, and neurological diseases because of its strong positive effect in calming and nourishing the nervous system.
***
Magnesium deficiency or imbalance plays a crucial role in the symptoms of mood disorders. Observational and experimental studies have shown an association between magnesium and aggression, [6],[7],[8],[9],[10], anxiety, [11],[12],[13], ADHD, [14],[15],[16],[17], bipolar disorder, [18],[19], depression [20],[21],[22],[23] and schizophrenia [24],[25],[26],[27]. The two most basic requirements for the normal operation of our brain are a sufficient energy supply and an optimal presence of biochemicals involved in transmitting messages. Magnesium is crucial in both the production of energy and neurotransmitters, and the integrity of the blood brain barrier. Solid neuroscience connects magnesium to neurological disorders. [28]
***
The healthy cell is permeable. This means that nutrients are able to pass into them efficiently to be absorbed and the toxic byproducts of metabolism are eliminated. When the cells are healthy the polarity of the cell is correct, i.e., there is intracellular potassium and magnesium as well as extracellular sodium and calcium. The cell in this state is healthy, and the person functions optimally both physically and emotionally. The unhealthy cell is not permeable. This leads to unhealthy cells with sodium and calcium going inside the cell, and magnesium and potassium being lost.
Read More:
http://magnesiumforlife.com/medical-application/magnesium-in-neurological-diseases-and-emotions/
The biggest benefit of topical/transdermal magnesium
chloride administration is that the intestines are not
adversely impacted by large doses of oral magnesium.
According to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, studies show that as many as two thirds of all Americans do not consume enough magnesium. The latest government study shows a staggering 68% of Americans do not consume the recommended daily intake of magnesium, which is set way too low meaning these statistics are understatements. Even more frightening are data from this study showing that 19% of Americans do not consume even half of the government’s recommended daily intake of magnesium.
Friday, March 12, 2010
Ending an American Tragedy
The first report, Ending An American Tragedy: Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders, provides 4 recommendations for immediate action. These recommendations include:
The President should appoint a Special Advisor for Mental Health/Criminal Justice Collaboration;
Federal Medicaid policies that limit or discourage access to more effective and cost-efficient health care services for individuals with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders should be reviewed and action taken to create more efficient programs;
All States should create cross-system agencies, commissions, or positions charged with removing barriers and creating incentives for cross-agency activity at the State and local level; and
Localities must develop and implement core services that comprise an Essential System of Care;
Each year the report will be updated to provide details on the state of the field and make further recommendations for action. The NLF will meet once a year to track the progress of the recommendations made from previous years and suggest areas for improvement. Click the following link to download a copy of Ending An American Tragedy. http://www.gainscenter.com//html/nlf/pdfs/AmericanTragedy.pdf
The President should appoint a Special Advisor for Mental Health/Criminal Justice Collaboration;
Federal Medicaid policies that limit or discourage access to more effective and cost-efficient health care services for individuals with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders should be reviewed and action taken to create more efficient programs;
All States should create cross-system agencies, commissions, or positions charged with removing barriers and creating incentives for cross-agency activity at the State and local level; and
Localities must develop and implement core services that comprise an Essential System of Care;
Each year the report will be updated to provide details on the state of the field and make further recommendations for action. The NLF will meet once a year to track the progress of the recommendations made from previous years and suggest areas for improvement. Click the following link to download a copy of Ending An American Tragedy. http://www.gainscenter.com//html/nlf/pdfs/AmericanTragedy.pdf
A Collaboration between Corrections and Public Health
In Montana the State Department of Corrections and Department of Public Health and Human Services jointly fund a boundary spanner position that facilitates shared planning, communication, resources, and treatment methods between the mental health and criminal justice systems.
Changes Needed in Criminal Justice and Mental Health Policy and Practice
2010 CMHS Nationa GAINS Center Conference
March 17-19, 2010
Orlando, FL
The National Leadership Forum on Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services (NLF) was established in 2008 to address common barriers to successful diversion and reentry – the lack of accessible, quality and appropriate services that help individuals remain and succeed in the community. Forum members represent leading experts in the fields of criminal justice, consumer advocacy, and mental health. These individuals are consumers, directors and CEOs of national consumer organizations, judges and public defenders, mental health practitioners, state mental health agency representatives, state department of corrections directors, and other national leaders in the field. Meetings are used to review the condition of the criminal justice and mental health systems, draft methods for improving key areas of these two systems, organize materials and documents created by the NLF for dissemination, and review the impact these documents have on fostering change in criminal justice/mental health policy and practice at the federal, state, and community levels.
The goal of the NLF is to go beyond previous efforts to address diversion and reentry for persons with mental illness that become justice involved. To do this, the NLF is developing an annual report that will identify several methods on how to improve current practices in these two systems and will make clear that:
The increase number of persons with mental illness in the justice system is a public health and a public safety crisis that demands urgent attention;
We know how to successfully address the needs of people with mental and substance use disorders who come in contact with the criminal justice system;
The information that is already available needs to be put into practice; and
The time for action is now!
The first report, Ending An American Tragedy: Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders, provides 4 recommendations for immediate action. These recommendations include:
The President should appoint a Special Advisor for Mental Health/Criminal Justice Collaboration;
Federal Medicaid policies that limit or discourage access to more effective and cost-efficient health care services for individuals with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders should be reviewed and action taken to create more efficient programs;
All States should create cross-system agencies, commissions, or positions charged with removing barriers and creating incentives for cross-agency activity at the State and local level; and
Localities must develop and implement core services that comprise an Essential System of Care;
Each year the report will be updated to provide details on the state of the field and make further recommendations for action. The NLF will meet once a year to track the progress of the recommendations made from previous years and suggest areas for improvement. Click the following link to download a copy of Ending An American Tragedy. http://www.gainscenter.com//html/nlf/pdfs/AmericanTragedy.pdf
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March 17-19, 2010
Orlando, FL
The National Leadership Forum on Behavioral Health/Criminal Justice Services (NLF) was established in 2008 to address common barriers to successful diversion and reentry – the lack of accessible, quality and appropriate services that help individuals remain and succeed in the community. Forum members represent leading experts in the fields of criminal justice, consumer advocacy, and mental health. These individuals are consumers, directors and CEOs of national consumer organizations, judges and public defenders, mental health practitioners, state mental health agency representatives, state department of corrections directors, and other national leaders in the field. Meetings are used to review the condition of the criminal justice and mental health systems, draft methods for improving key areas of these two systems, organize materials and documents created by the NLF for dissemination, and review the impact these documents have on fostering change in criminal justice/mental health policy and practice at the federal, state, and community levels.
The goal of the NLF is to go beyond previous efforts to address diversion and reentry for persons with mental illness that become justice involved. To do this, the NLF is developing an annual report that will identify several methods on how to improve current practices in these two systems and will make clear that:
The increase number of persons with mental illness in the justice system is a public health and a public safety crisis that demands urgent attention;
We know how to successfully address the needs of people with mental and substance use disorders who come in contact with the criminal justice system;
The information that is already available needs to be put into practice; and
The time for action is now!
The first report, Ending An American Tragedy: Addressing the Needs of Justice-Involved People with Mental Illnesses and Co-Occurring Disorders, provides 4 recommendations for immediate action. These recommendations include:
The President should appoint a Special Advisor for Mental Health/Criminal Justice Collaboration;
Federal Medicaid policies that limit or discourage access to more effective and cost-efficient health care services for individuals with serious mental illnesses and co-occurring substance use disorders should be reviewed and action taken to create more efficient programs;
All States should create cross-system agencies, commissions, or positions charged with removing barriers and creating incentives for cross-agency activity at the State and local level; and
Localities must develop and implement core services that comprise an Essential System of Care;
Each year the report will be updated to provide details on the state of the field and make further recommendations for action. The NLF will meet once a year to track the progress of the recommendations made from previous years and suggest areas for improvement. Click the following link to download a copy of Ending An American Tragedy. http://www.gainscenter.com//html/nlf/pdfs/AmericanTragedy.pdf
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Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Schizophrenic: Who will care?
An LA Times Opinion piece by Marcia Meier.
excert:
...They kept him three weeks, diagnosed him with schizophrenia and put him on medication. Then they released him, with medicine to take and an appointment to see a county psychiatrist. He finished the pills they sent him home with, but he refused to see the doctor and never returned to the county mental health department.
That was more than 20 years ago. My brother remains resistant to treatment, fearful, broke. But he's luckier than many with this devastating illness. Many people with schizophrenia live on the streets; he lives in a mobile home my mother bought for him after my dad died...
read more:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meier28-2010feb28,0,7835691.story
excert:
...They kept him three weeks, diagnosed him with schizophrenia and put him on medication. Then they released him, with medicine to take and an appointment to see a county psychiatrist. He finished the pills they sent him home with, but he refused to see the doctor and never returned to the county mental health department.
That was more than 20 years ago. My brother remains resistant to treatment, fearful, broke. But he's luckier than many with this devastating illness. Many people with schizophrenia live on the streets; he lives in a mobile home my mother bought for him after my dad died...
read more:
http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-meier28-2010feb28,0,7835691.story
Targeting Blacks
Targeting Blacks: Drug Law Enforcement and Race in the United States
In this new Human Rights Watch report, detailed new statistics show persistent racial disparities among drug offenders sent to prison in 34 states. All of these states send black drug offenders to prison at much higher rates than whites.
Key findings include:
Across the 34 states, a black man is 11.8 times more likely than a white man to be sent to prison on drug charges, and a black woman is 4.8 times more likely than a white woman.
In 16 states, African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at rates between 10 and 42 times greater than the rate for whites. The 10 states with the greatest racial disparities in prison admissions for drug offenders are: Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Colorado, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/us0508/
Publication Year: 2008
In this new Human Rights Watch report, detailed new statistics show persistent racial disparities among drug offenders sent to prison in 34 states. All of these states send black drug offenders to prison at much higher rates than whites.
Key findings include:
Across the 34 states, a black man is 11.8 times more likely than a white man to be sent to prison on drug charges, and a black woman is 4.8 times more likely than a white woman.
In 16 states, African Americans are sent to prison for drug offenses at rates between 10 and 42 times greater than the rate for whites. The 10 states with the greatest racial disparities in prison admissions for drug offenders are: Wisconsin, Illinois, New Jersey, Maryland, West Virginia, Colorado, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Michigan.
http://hrw.org/reports/2008/us0508/
Publication Year: 2008
New CASA Report: Only 2% Spent on Prevention, Treatment
New CASA Report Finds Federal, State and Local Governments Spend Almost Half a Trillion Dollars a Year on Substance Abuse and Addiction
May 28, 2009
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From:
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University
633 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017-6706
Of Every Federal and State Dollar spent, 96 Cents Goes to Shovel Up Wreckage of Illness, Crime, Social Ills; Only 2 Cents Goes to Prevention and Treatment
Washington, D.C. -- Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467.7 billion in 2005, according to Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets, a new 287-page report released today by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University.
The CASA report found that of $373.9 billion in federal and state spending, 95.6 percent ($357.4 billion) went to shovel up the consequences and human wreckage of substance abuse and addiction; only 1.9 percent went to prevention and treatment, 0.4 percent to research, 1.4 percent to taxation and regulation, and 0.7 percent to interdiction.
The report, based on three years of research and analysis, is the first ever to assess the costs of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse to all levels of government. Using the most conservative assumptions, the study concluded that the federal government spent $238.2 billion; states, $135.8 billion; and local governments, $93.8 billion, in 2005 (the most recent year for which data were available over the course of the study).
"Under any circumstances, spending more than 95 percent of taxpayer dollars on the crime, health care costs, child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other consequences of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction, and only two percent to relieve individuals and taxpayers of these burdens, is a reckless misallocation of public funds. In these economic times, such upside-down-cake public policy is unconscionable," said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA's Founder and Chair and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. "It's past time for this fiscal and human waste to end."
The report found that the largest amount of federal and state government spending on the burden of substance abuse and addiction -- $207.2 billion, or 58 percent -- was for health care (74.1 percent of the federal burden). The second largest amount -- $47 billion, or 13.1 percent -- was spent on justice systems, including incarceration, probation, parole, criminal, juvenile and family courts (32.5 percent of the state burden).
"With health care costs by far the heaviest burden of shoveling up, to attempt health care reform without providing for prevention and treatment of this disease is like trying to make a Reuben sandwich without corned beef and sauerkraut."
May 28, 2009
Share Email Print Subscribe Announcement
From:
The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) at Columbia University
633 Third Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10017-6706
Of Every Federal and State Dollar spent, 96 Cents Goes to Shovel Up Wreckage of Illness, Crime, Social Ills; Only 2 Cents Goes to Prevention and Treatment
Washington, D.C. -- Substance abuse and addiction cost federal, state and local governments at least $467.7 billion in 2005, according to Shoveling Up II: The Impact of Substance Abuse on Federal, State and Local Budgets, a new 287-page report released today by The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA*) at Columbia University.
The CASA report found that of $373.9 billion in federal and state spending, 95.6 percent ($357.4 billion) went to shovel up the consequences and human wreckage of substance abuse and addiction; only 1.9 percent went to prevention and treatment, 0.4 percent to research, 1.4 percent to taxation and regulation, and 0.7 percent to interdiction.
The report, based on three years of research and analysis, is the first ever to assess the costs of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse to all levels of government. Using the most conservative assumptions, the study concluded that the federal government spent $238.2 billion; states, $135.8 billion; and local governments, $93.8 billion, in 2005 (the most recent year for which data were available over the course of the study).
"Under any circumstances, spending more than 95 percent of taxpayer dollars on the crime, health care costs, child abuse, domestic violence, homelessness and other consequences of tobacco, alcohol and illegal and prescription drug abuse and addiction, and only two percent to relieve individuals and taxpayers of these burdens, is a reckless misallocation of public funds. In these economic times, such upside-down-cake public policy is unconscionable," said Joseph A. Califano, Jr., CASA's Founder and Chair and former U.S. Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. "It's past time for this fiscal and human waste to end."
The report found that the largest amount of federal and state government spending on the burden of substance abuse and addiction -- $207.2 billion, or 58 percent -- was for health care (74.1 percent of the federal burden). The second largest amount -- $47 billion, or 13.1 percent -- was spent on justice systems, including incarceration, probation, parole, criminal, juvenile and family courts (32.5 percent of the state burden).
"With health care costs by far the heaviest burden of shoveling up, to attempt health care reform without providing for prevention and treatment of this disease is like trying to make a Reuben sandwich without corned beef and sauerkraut."
$1.1 Million in Grants Available for Drug Prevention Coalitions
More than $1.1 Million in Grants Available for Community-Based Drug Prevention Coalitions
DFC Mentoring Grants to Fund 15 Drug-Free Community Programs Across the Nation in 2010
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing the availability of more than $1.1 million for new Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring program (DFC Mentoring) grants. An estimated 15 new Mentoring grants will be awarded (up to $75,000 per grant, per year) to drug and alcohol prevention community coalitions from across the nation. The length of the project period is up to two years.
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The primary focus of the DFC Mentoring program is to provide grant funds to existing DFC grantees, so they may serve as mentors to newly formed and/or developing coalitions that have never received a DFC grant to increase their capacity to implement effective drug-prevention strategies in the communities they serve.
"The Drug Free Communities Support program is the foundation for our Nation's efforts to prevent and reduce substance abuse," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "One of the novel things about the Mentoring Program is that it helps new community coalitions learn about effective prevention strategies from the experiences of more established coalitions."
To be eligible for a DFC Mentoring grant, a coalition must have been in existence for five years; be a current DFC grantee or grantee applicant; have achieved measurable results in youth drug and alcohol prevention; and have dedicated staff, volunteers, or members to assist the mentee coalition(s). Prevention-ready communities seeking to be mentored under a DFC Mentoring grant must demonstrate the ability to garner community support from local key sectors and stakeholders, including youth, parents, businesses, media, law enforcement, government, and religious and civic organizations.
DFC Mentoring grants are awarded through a competitive peer review process. The deadline to submit a DFC Mentoring grant application is Friday, April 23, 2010.
To learn more about the Drug Free Communities support program, grant application, or its requirements, please visit: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/dfc
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DFC Mentoring Grants to Fund 15 Drug-Free Community Programs Across the Nation in 2010
The White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), in partnership with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), is announcing the availability of more than $1.1 million for new Drug Free Communities Support Mentoring program (DFC Mentoring) grants. An estimated 15 new Mentoring grants will be awarded (up to $75,000 per grant, per year) to drug and alcohol prevention community coalitions from across the nation. The length of the project period is up to two years.
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The primary focus of the DFC Mentoring program is to provide grant funds to existing DFC grantees, so they may serve as mentors to newly formed and/or developing coalitions that have never received a DFC grant to increase their capacity to implement effective drug-prevention strategies in the communities they serve.
"The Drug Free Communities Support program is the foundation for our Nation's efforts to prevent and reduce substance abuse," said SAMHSA Administrator Pamela S. Hyde, J.D. "One of the novel things about the Mentoring Program is that it helps new community coalitions learn about effective prevention strategies from the experiences of more established coalitions."
To be eligible for a DFC Mentoring grant, a coalition must have been in existence for five years; be a current DFC grantee or grantee applicant; have achieved measurable results in youth drug and alcohol prevention; and have dedicated staff, volunteers, or members to assist the mentee coalition(s). Prevention-ready communities seeking to be mentored under a DFC Mentoring grant must demonstrate the ability to garner community support from local key sectors and stakeholders, including youth, parents, businesses, media, law enforcement, government, and religious and civic organizations.
DFC Mentoring grants are awarded through a competitive peer review process. The deadline to submit a DFC Mentoring grant application is Friday, April 23, 2010.
To learn more about the Drug Free Communities support program, grant application, or its requirements, please visit: www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/dfc
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Useful Numbers in a Crisis
Ventura County Mental Health Crisis Team 652-6727
Santa Barbara County Mobile Crisis Team 888-868-1649
Santa Barbara County Mobile Crisis Team 888-868-1649
Monday, March 8, 2010
Did You Know?
Did you know that this 16 bed facility needs to serve geriatric patients with dementia, young adults having their first break as well as jail inmates who are experiencing psychosis? That when the locked geriatric ward at St Francis Hospital was closed, Cottage Hospital promised to create one but has not?
Did You Know?
Did you know that we have only 16 psychiatric beds in Santa Barbara? For a county of 42,000 people?
Did You Know?
Did you know that Santa Barbara residents are being sent to state prison for a mental health evaluation?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
David Bearman: Strong Families Our Best Defense Against Drug Abuse
Local Santa Barbara Marijuana Doctor, David Bearman weighs in on Federal Drug Laws and local Marijuana Dispensaries in a recent Noozhawk story.
http://www.noozhawk.com/noozhawk/print/030110_david_bearman_strong_families_our_best_defense_against_drug_abuse/
http://www.noozhawk.com/noozhawk/print/030110_david_bearman_strong_families_our_best_defense_against_drug_abuse/
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