Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard visited with the Navajo County Coalition Against Drug Abuse on August 11, 2008, to discuss issues of mutual concern pertaining to meth, drugs and treatment.

2nd Annual Northeastern Arizona Anti-Drug Summit

September 17, 2008 — 8:00 am- 1 pm
Northland Pioneer College Silver Creek Campus Snowflake, Arizona

Agenda:
Keynote speaker: Bill Suedmeyer, MEd,
Prescott Valley Youth Chamber
Drug Alert: Prescription Drug Abuse
Sean Walsh, LIASC, Calvary Addiction Recovery Center,
Overview of 2007 Summit & Community Action
Breakouts by community for brainstorming, facilitated by Pima Prevention Partnership

Complimentary continental breakfast and coffee break

Drug prevention & awareness booths and information
Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Extreme K9 Solutions, White Mountain Living Solutions, Calvary Addiction Recovery Center and others
Free and open to the public. Community leaders and decision makers are encouraged to attend. Certificate of attendance provided.

Get the Schedule of Events Here or Register Online Here

Did you miss our "Into The Light" Event? Watch it Online at
www.ShowLowTV.com!
Head to the Archives section and look for it under "Special Events".

Don't forget to listen to DrugNet! The White Mountain's only Radio source for information and help on drugs for the community, businesses, family, friends, addicts and alcoholics who want to know more.

Navajo County Black Out $10 T-Shirt Purchase
Drug Free Fridays—Wear A “Not Even Once” T-Shirt
Make a community statement by creating “black outs” in work places by all employees/students wearing “Not Even Once” T-shirts on Fridays! Companies can buy or encourage employees to buy & wear T-shirts on Drug Free Fridays—employees can lobby by wearing T-shirts!!

Support Navajo County Coalition Against Drug Abuse
Choose Friends of the Coalition as your United Way donor agency, join the Coalition as a volunteer, join a Coalition committee or make a tax-deductible contribution to The Friends of Navajo County Coalition Against Drug Abuse to support the Coalition’s education and community efforts.

1 for 2 T-shirts—$20
Adults pay $20 for a T-shirt, automatically donating one T-shirt to a county foster child, a Little Brother/Little Sister, or an at risk/needy child identified by Salvation Army/Child Protection Services/ Fire Departments/ schools, etc. Adult donor will fill out a self-addressed envelope for recipient child to write the donor a thank you note.

Join Hands Across the County
Wear your T-shirt and join other Coalition supporters wearing their T-shirts to form a human link across the county to express your commitment to fight drug use and abuse in Navajo County. Look for future details for this Spring event!

Fund Raising opportunities available for groups who wish to sell T-shirts on our behalf. Earn $2.50/shirt for sales over 50 shirts!! Great for school projects

Tax-deductible proceeds benefit Friends of Navajo County Coalition Against Drug Abuse
(26-0468100) and its Coalition programs that served more than 15,000 county citizens in 2007.

According to the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy, every day, 2,500 kids age 12-17 abuse a prescription painkiller for the first time and more people are getting addicted to prescription drugs. Drug treatment admissions for prescription painkillers increased more than 300 percent from 1995 to 2005. Teens are abusing prescription drugs because many believe the myth that these drugs provide a "safe" high. Especially troubling is that the majority of teens who abuse prescription drugs say they are easy to get and are often free.

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