Thursday, April 3, 2008
8:30 AM @
Attending:
Kristen Blanchard, Fred MacCormack, George Meldrum, Yvonne Nass, Janet
Ray, Kathy Ward, Libby Thomas
Staff Attending:
Roberta Gealt, Mary Perno
Discussions:
University/Schools
We need to
define the problem more publicly, including trend information and where we are
above the national averages for high school & college students:
OTC Drugs-DE is above
national norms
Binge Drinking-DE is
above national norms
Buying in school went
from 26% to 22 %
Marijuana is still the
easiest to buy
Kids are less likely to
perceive great risks
The liquor
lobby is strong in DE, so laws such as the social host law, open container law,
haven’t been passed. We should get in
contact with Pam Maier
302-737-7223
Office: 577-8723
Fax: 577-6396
as well as
build contacts with other legislators and decision-makers. Roberta will be
presenting the Sophia slides at the Kids Caucasus on May 7th. This will be a source of contacts. Also, NHPS is sponsoring a debate specific to
kids’ issues between the candidates for governor. It will take place on May 28th.
Family Day-It was agreed upon that
Town Hall Meetings-four were held on April 2,
2008.
Enforcement- It was suggested that
We could
invite the SRO, wellness centers, treatment centers, religious groups,
corporations, etc to this forum. We
could invite schools to highlight their successes. It was agreed upon that April is the best
time of year to hold this type of forum.
Kathy Ward told us that the Dover
Sheraton costs her about $8000 for 200 people for the YELL conference. Maybe the YMCA could possibly help with some
money for this. SAMSHA also has a grant
for conferences. SADD has a national
list of speakers for us to choose from, also.
Some ideas were to get in touch with
Frank Hawkins who runs the DE Idol contest.
George said that maybe AARP would sponsor a speaker. Yvonne said that we should get in touch with
AAA. Kristen suggested that we have
vendor tables and Fred thinks we should involve the gambling council.
We could include different tracks
but focus on substance abuse. Howard
Isenberg has some connections in the medical community, which might also be
helpful