| Prescription Drug Take Back | | |
April 30th, 2011
CCADC had it's most successful, to date, Prescription Drug Take Back on Saturday April 30th. We collected 196 lbs of prescription, over-the-counter, and veterinary medications in four hours at the First Vision Bank offices in Manchester and Tullahoma. Our success can be placed on the shoulder of tireless volunteers. So many came out to help us collect, count, and identify medications. A special thanks goes to the Tullahoma Police Department, the Coffee County Sheriff's Department, Manchester Police Department, Marcrom's Pharmacy and Tullahoma Drug Store.
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| Parkpalooza and Senator Stewart | | |
May 14, 2011
Parkpalooza will take place this Saturday, May 14th from 8am-10pm. Parkpalooza is a county wide event celebrating the parks, however, it will take place through the Manchester Parks (Fred Deadman and Rotary Park).
8am begins the All Creatures 5k Run/Walk. Bring your dog and enjoy the beautiful May morning. Registration fees will benefit the backpack program for all three school systems.
10am - 4pm begins the park festivities. CCADC is helping to organize and sponsor a Wellness Trail. Local organizations, non-profits, and law enforcement departments will have booths and free goodies. Participants in the Wellness Trail will be eligible to enter for donated door prizes! After perusing the Wellness Trail enjoy inflatables, a petting zoo, carnival games, the green way, Coffee County's Longest Yard Sale, local bands and attractions to the Rotary Park Amphitheater, and the Rotary Club's Chicken Dinner.
11am bring Senator Eric Stewart to the Rotary Park Amphitheater (located beside the Manchester Rec Center). Senator Stewart will speak to the prescription drug and synthetic drug problem facing our youth today. Please come out to support our local Senator's efforts. CCADC see's Senator Stewart as a Prevention Champion on Capitol Hill.
5pm-9pm bring the events to the Square in Manchester for a Cruise-In. Enjoy the classic cars on display.
7pm-10pm enjoy Jammin' in Your Jammies, a free concert by "The Springs" a Southern/Rock band from Nashville.
For questions, please call the Coalition or the Manchester Rec Center. |
| Law Enforcement Support Postcards |
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 Parents Who Host Lose the Most is a initiative the Coalition started using to target underage drinking. As part of the initiative CCADC has developed Law Enforcement Support Postcards. The postcards simply state the we support the efforts of the Law Enforcement to enforce underage drinking laws. The Coalition has passed out and received back numerous signed post cards from Coffee County residents. We know that Chief Blackwell, Sheriff Graves, and Commissioner Simmons have began receive our support cards. If you would like to send out a postcard please reply to this e-mail. The Coalition has pre-printed/pre-stamped postcards for your use!
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Next Coalition Meeting
May 19, 2011 at 12 (noon) at the Coffee County Schools Board of Education, Board Room (Lunch Provided) |
| Permanent Take Back Boxes | | |
CCADC has partnered with the Coffee County Sheriff's Department and Tullahoma Police Department to install two permanent prescription drug take back boxes. Each box is located in the lobby of the Department. Citizens may anonymously drop off their unwanted/unused prescription and over the counter medications at any time of the day to either box. DEA, State, and Local disposal laws will be followed by each law enforcement entity.
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Questions for your Medical Professionals
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CCADC has partnered with PIRE (Pacific Institute of Resource and Evaluation) to complete an application for a NIH (National Institute of Health) funded grant on Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. As we are preparing the grant with PIRE we need a few questions answered from Medical Profressionals. Could you please ask your medical professional (nurse practitioner, pharmacist, doctor, doctor's assistant, nurse, etc...) three simple questions?
1) Do you prescribe/hand
medication?
2) Do you think medical professionals would participate in focus group sessions concerning needed resource for prescription drug abuse prevention?
3) Do you think educational lunches that take place in medical offices would be the best way to get medical professionals involved in the conversation concerning prescription drug abuse prevention including free resources for patients?
We would love to have answers to these three questions by the end of May! Thank you in advance for your help in this matter.
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| Contact Information | | |
Kristina Clark
Executive Director
931.247.2542
kclark@ccantidrug.org
Christina Merino Prevention Coordinator 931.273.3830 cmerino@ccantidrug.org |
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