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Somersworth-Rollinsford Prevention Coalition Upcoming Events

April is National Alcohol Awareness Month.

The 2009 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) estimates that, 19.3 million individuals aged 12 or older needed treatment for an alcohol use problem.

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month, consider what you and your community can do to make injuries and deaths from impaired driving less of a threat.

Plunge for Prevention

Positive Pathways to Prevention of Greater Portsmouth is teaming up with Chucky’s Fight to jump in the ocean at Rye Beach to raise money for substance prevention! Positive Pathways to Prevention , covering Greenland, New Castle, Newington, Portsmouth, and Rye youth, will be co-hosting the “Plunge for Prevention” on December 31, 2010 at 11 a.m. at Rye Beach. The fundraiser’s goal is to highlight the “high-risk day” by making people aware of alcohol and drug prevention.

An update from Portsmouth High School's Project Success Program

The Child and Family Project Success Program(formerly Student Assistance Program) at Portsmouth High School continues to be utilized by many students. Student Assistance Counselor, Marci Albert, has provided direct services to more than 60 youth within the school this year.

R-Squared

The Mission of CDP is to eliminate the need for court involvement or future court involvement for youth and their families through education and service learning. A large component of our work centers on healthy choices empowering individuals to improve their lives. R-Squared is one such initiative. R-Squared is a 12-week intervention which challenges students to weigh the risks and rewards of their decisions. R-squared directly aligns to the priorities set by both Region F and Region J, to increase youth perception of risk and harm specifically around alcohol, marijuana, prescription drugs and over the counter drugs.

Somersworth/Rollinsford Coalition Updates

Updates and news announcements from our coalition partners in Sommersworth/Rollinsford.

Back to School Challenges

Office of Reasearch and Data Analysis, ONDCP

In the next few weeks, more than 12 million teenagers will head back to school, carrying their parents' hopes and expectations of a successful academic year. Each new school year brings new challenges, new friends, new social situations, and new risks to teens' success and well-being. And that includes drugs, both illegal and legal.

Dover Coalition for Youth Updates

As the result of a recent Dover Town Hall meeting that discussed how the Dover area can help combat underage drinking, the Dover Coalition for Youth will be creating two workgroups to implement the ideas that came up.

Strafford County Underage Drinking Enforcement Grant

This is the second year that the Strafford County Sheriff’s Office has been awarded a grant from ONE Voice of Southeastern NH in support of Underage Drinking Enforcement Teams.

New forum will focus on subtance abuse, help youth

Stacy Kramer wants to bring the Seacoast community together to fight back against the dangers of substance use.

A forum to discuss substance use dangers will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Community Campus.

Rochester Youth Group Looks for Safe Alternatives

It was Friday evening. School was out but the football game hadn't yet started. The time was ripe for restless high school students to find trouble.

And that's exactly what members of Students Taking Action in Rochester (STAR) were trying to avoid. So they set up a Battle of the Bands — complete with free pizza and french fries — and invited Spaulding High School students to support their peers and hang out after school.