Drugs Charities Call Upon Party Leaders to Take Action Against Legal Highs

Via World Net Daily News

This article summarizes the recent London meeting of four drug charities: Legal highs awareness charity, Angelus, Northamptonshire-based charity, and Solve It. The charities called upon party leaders to act against the dangers of legal highs. 

Their joint report "Legal Highs: An Action Plan for Change”, published June 26^th, sets out how Departments should be coordinating efforts on education, prevention, and information sharing. 

The full report can be read here.

2nd Annual Inhalant Prevention Conference in VA

The Virginia Inhalant Abuse Prevention Coalition is holding its second annual Inhalant Abuse Prevention Conference! The conference will take place on March 16, 2009 in Williamsburg, Virginia at the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotel.

The conference will be beneficial for educators, law enforcement, prevention specialists, emergency care providers, social workers, school health and mental health professionals, policy makers, health care professionals, juvenile justice staff, PTA representatives and anyone who is concerned about protecting the health and safety of our youth. Early registration fee is $55 (by Feb 13th). After that, regular registration is $65.

Those in attendance will hear from experts about the problem of inhalant use and learn about successful prevention initiatives that have been developed to combat it. For a complete description of the conference agenda, workshops, and to register on-line, please go to www.htsac.org.

Please click here to view the flyer for the conference. For more information, please feel free to contact Sandy Bailey at sbailey@co.newkent.state.va.us or (804) 869-4311; Nadia Williams at nwilliams@tni.net or (757 )476-5070.