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ASAP has strategic planning retreat Monday

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For the past four years, Allies for Substance Abuse Prevention, or ASAP, has been funded by the Drug-Free Communities Support Program. This 10-year grant-funded program has provided training, technical assistance, and financial support for the implementation of environmental prevention strategies in Anderson County, a press release said. ASAP has just entered the final year of the first phase of the grant program.

“We have enjoyed automatic renewal of our grant for several years, but we now face competitive renewal for the second five-year term,” the press release said.

The Drug-Free Communities Grant is a highly competitive program, funding a small percentage of applicants each year. To ensure the coalition is prepared with a strong action plan, ASAP invites residents to participate in a strategic planning retreat on Monday, October 27, from noon to 3 p.m. at the Oak Ridge Associated Universities’ main campus at 100 ORAU Way in Oak Ridge. [Read more…]

Guest column: D.A.R.E. graduates 395 students

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By Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Mark Whaley

The 2013/2014 Anderson County Sheriff’s Department Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program finished its instruction at the end of the school year. A total of 395 students successfully completed the curriculum. Each student earned a certificate of completion and was awarded a special D.A.R.E. T-shirt as an award.

For the first time, we were asked to start D.A.R.E. classes at the Clinch River Community School, where we introduced the program to the fifth and sixth grade students. The primary focus of this year’s D.A.R.E. classes was peer pressure and how important it is to make good choices. [Read more…]

Ask a pharmacist: Lunch-and-Learn at Senior Center

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As people age, they will most likely take many more medications than in their younger years and sometimes the medicines are from many different doctors as well. A scary problem can occur when these medications do not work well together.

Bring your prescription medications to the Senior Center at noon Aug. 30 to help prevent these possible problems. The Oak Ridge Senior Center in conjunction with the Allies for Substance Abuse of Anderson County will be presenting a Lunch-and-Learn with South College School of Pharmacy and physician’s assistant students, followed by one-on-one consultations regarding each person’s medications. [Read more…]