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Menard County School and Community Task Force |
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Working together to make families strong. |
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Prevention First—Number one site for concerned Parents to find help: |
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Prevention Links For Parents and Students |
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The following web sites for parents and students provide information for parents and fun activities to students, all aimed to prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. Please check back regularly as Web Casts and additional web pages will be added as they are located.. |
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Drugs 4 Real—an interactive drug prevention program for early teens: Click on the link and “Register Now”. This free, new web-based drug prevention program teaches early teens about the influence of alcohol and other drugs, and strengthens their commitment to avoid these substances. |
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CADCA TV: Every parent wants to raise Drug Free Kids. Watch this free Webcast provided by CADCA. Designed for parents, this program explores the differences between brain function in Teens and adults, ways to help parents connect with teens, and how communities can work together to keep kids drug free. |
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How to Learn More and Study Less: This site lists Zen habits which help students manage their daily life in a way which maximizes their learning. Easy to read, great to post next to a desk for an easy reminder. |
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The Partnership at Drugfree.org: A site for parents and Teens, this site includes Prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery assistance. Watch videos to hear real life stories to help parents and teens. |
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Stop the Madness! Alcohol Alert - Learn the hard cold, sobering facts about Drunk Driving in the United States. Learn how to intervene, and help save a life. The life you save may be your own, or the life of someone you love. |
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For Information about any of our events, contact: Kay Daniel
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Phone: 217-632-2984 Fax: 217-632-3675 E-mail: kdaniel@menardchd.org |
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CADCA Coalition Resources: Article on Bath Salts used as “Fake Cocaine” and inhaled by youth. This story highlights the growing concern over youth experimentation with a variety of legal substances currently being used in a harmful manner. http://www.cadca.org/resources/detail/bath-salts-their-way-down-drain |
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Meet Stinky, get free downloads, send Stinky Text and Stinky E-cards while learning about tobacco. See Stinky and his friends at: |
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Listen to Lea’s Story A real story of a student—don’t let it be you. This news story was seen by Task Force members while at CADCA convention in Washington, DC. Part 1: http://www.wusa9.com/video of Lea part 1
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ONDCP Fact Sheet on Synthetic Marijuana: Learn about K2, Spice and Bath Salts from the Presidential Office of National Drug Control Policy: http://www.whitehouse.gov/.../synthetic_marijuana.pdf |
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Brain Games for Teens: Exercise your brain and test you knowledge with these games: |
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Meth Shake and Bake causes burns: A crude new method of making methamphetamine poses a risk even to Americans who never get anywhere near the drug: It is filling hospitals with thousands of uninsured burn patients requiring millions of dollars in advanced treatment — a burden so costly that it's contributing to the closure of some burn units. View recent News article
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