Rotary International District 5170

Methamphetamine Awareness Project

Join forces with the Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, the United Way, and other local agencies including treatment providers to lead a community awareness and education project focused on the growing methamphetamine abuse problem.

Desired Outcomes:

1. Prevention of Methamphetamine abuse through education of parents, teens, and the community at large.
2. Alignment of community resources resulting in changes in laws, public policies, budgeting practices, attitudes.
3. Providing Families affected with ready access to an available support networks.
4. Providing users with ready access to available treatment options.

Key Messages:

1. 1.Methamphetamine is an extremely dangerous and highly addictive drug that can result in addiction after one usage. (Methamphetamine is 4-5 times more addictive than cocaine)
2. Methamphetamine abuse has reached epidemic proportions, impacting the entire public support system including law enforcement, hospitals and social services.
3. Help for Methamphetamine users, families of users is available right here within the community.

Specific Project Objectives:

Objective 1: Distribute readily available sources of information for those wanting help

• Online: santacruzmethamphetamine.org, a  web site to promote Methamphetamine Awareness and availability of resource to help those affected
• Brochures available from the Rotary Club of Santa Cruz

Objective 2: Team with schools and other community resources to host educational seminars for Middle and high schools within your community.

Objective 3: Team with law enforcement and other community agencies to host community forums.

Objective 4: Organize and deploy Public Service Announcements

• Methamphetamine Education Ads on cable
• Sponsor ads in the local press.

Objective 5: Deliver Cash Grants to community support organizations that need funding for Methamphetamine specific training.

For more information or to arrange for a program at your club contact:  Jim Weisenstein, Rotary Club of Santa Cruz, 831-566-8606 or weisenstein@mindspring.com Or go to: http://santacruzmethamphetamine.org/index.html

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