Resources for Parents
Youth Tobacco Action Group (YTAG)
This comprehensive program focuses on the risks associated with ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems), other non-cigarette tobacco products and tobacco products among youth using a youth engagement model.
This project is funded by the New Jersey Department of Health, Division of Community Health Services, Community Health and Wellness Unit, Office of Tobacco Control and Nutrition and Fitness.
For more information visit https://www.tobaccofreenj.com/ytag-membership
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Hidden In Plain Sight
Hidden in Plain Sight is a presentation that allows parents, grandparents, teachers, caregivers and other adults the opportunity to examine a mock teenager’s bedroom to identify and examine paraphernalia and hiding places along with other signs that may indicate alcohol or other substance use by a teen.
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Intoxiclock
by Bobbie Hall
This interactive educational tool shows intoxication levels after drinking under different scenarios that include gender, weight, number of drinks consumed over different periods of time, blood alcohol levels and the time it takes levels to reach zero.
Users are able to see how long alcohol stays in the bloodstream after just one drink or after several drinks at different intervals and also by gender and weight, as alcohol metabolism rates for males and females are different with females taking more time to metabolize a drink.
The Intoxiclock also shows how even “harmless” drinking, i.e., one drink before dinner and then one glass of wine during dinner, can affect a person for more than an hour after they leave a restaurant after dining. The levels from binge drinking can also be seen.
How Intoxiclock Works – short video
CONSIDER THIS:
The Intoxiclock can be used throughout the community and could even be set up at an after-prom party for entertainment and education.
Scheduled demonstrations of the Intoxiclock can be arranged by using the contact form below, or visit https://www.fatalvision.com/
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Parents Who Host Lose the Most
by Bobbie Hall
Don’t be a party to teenage drinking
This program encourages parents and the ENTIRE community to send a unified message that teen alcohol consumption is unhealthy, unsafe and unacceptable.
The program takes place at state and local levels, concentrating on celebratory times for youth, such as homecoming, holidays, prom, graduation and other times when underage drinking parties are prevalent.
Parents who host teenage drinking parties face a variety of unpleasant consequences.
Are you willing to…
1. pay a $1,000 fine per person served?
2. spend 180 days in jail per person served?
3. pay a $15,000 fine if an injury occurs?
4. spend 5 years in prison if an injury occurs?
We didn’t think so! Don’t make a “Big Mistake”! Watch this short video clip.
Help us spread the word to all parents in Warren County
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Project Medicine Drop
by Bobbie Hall
For too many, addiction begins in the medicine cabinet
Project Medicine Drop provides the opportunity for anyone to discard unused household and prescription medications any day throughout the year. There are now 9 locations throughout Warren County. (And while you’re at it, don’t forget about Grandma’s stash!!)
Each Project Medicine Drop box is affixed to the floor or a wall in a secure area within police department headquarters, well within view of law enforcement officers, in an area where members of the public may dispose of their unused medications. The prominent “Project Medicine Drop” logos make the boxes highly visible and recognizable.
The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has developed Project Medicine Drop as an important component of its effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. Police departments in Warren County interested in joining Project Medicine Drop should be aware of the requirements. Details are provided in the “Project Medicine Drop Standard Operating Procedure (SOP).”
This initiative builds on the success of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s National Take Back Initiative and the American Medicine Chest Challenge, which is sponsored in New Jersey by the DEA, Partnership for a Drug Free New Jersey and the Sheriffs’ Association of New Jersey. Both programs provide opportunities to drop off unused medications at pre-identified, secure locations.