Business
Alliance
The East County
Business Alliance is a coalition of employers and public health
advocates working to increase responsible business practices to address
alcohol and illicit drug abuse in the workplace. A healthier, safer,
more productive workplace is a drug free workplace and the business
community can play a major role in preventing substance abuse at work
and in the community.
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Drug-Free
Workplace
Drug abuse in
the workplace dropped nationwide in 1999 to the lowest level in eleven
years. Still, more than two-thirds of substance abusers are employed
and nearly five percent of six-million workplace drug tests a year
report positive. Bottom line is that employees who abuse substances
COST YOU time and money.
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East
County Hospitality Resource Panel
The East County
Hospitality Resource Panel (HRP) is dedicated to fostering responsible
principles and practices in the sale and service of alcohol beverages
through collaborative efforts between the food and beverage industry,
law enforcement, government and prevention groups to promote a safe
community.
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Crime-Free
Multi-Family Housing
The apartment
industry also plays a major role in preventing substance abuse in
a community, and again we have taken the lead. A network of apartment
managers called the Resident Managers Support System (RMSS)
supports positive family activities and holds the line against tenants
who deal or use drugs. RMSS advises owners and property managers
in techniques to maintain profitable and drug-free apartments.
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Discovery
Club
Discovery Club
is an after-school program that opens doors to a brighter and healthier
future for youth in nine El Cajon schools, grades three through eight.
We serve nearly 300 students a day who would otherwise greet an empty
house after school.
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Drug-Free
Communities Support Program
The Drug Free
Communities Support Act is a federally funded program that allows
Communities Against Substance Abuse to provide technical assistance
and limited financial resources to communities in East San Diego County
to develop long term, comprehensive prevention planning and implement
youth focused prevention initiatives.
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East
County Community Prevention Alliance
Communities
Against Substance Abuse
provides staffing and support to the East County Community Prevention
Alliance, which is the County-funded regional alcohol, tobacco
and illicit drug prevention collaborative based in communities throughout
East San Diego County.
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Partnership
For A Drug-Free San Diego
Communities
Against Substance Abuse/Partnership for a Drug-Free San Diego
is a progressive organization that helps prevent substance abuse through
research, education, advocacy, and service, conducting year round
alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) prevention activities such
as media advocacy, media advertising campaigns, community presentations,
and after-school activities. The organization works with some 16 regional,
and issue-based community collaboratives, in addition to a region
wide youth alliance.
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San
Diego County Methamphetamine Strike Force
Methamphetamine
is a dangerous and persistently used stimulant that has created havoc
in our region's emergency rooms, jails, psychiatric settings, and
homes. In March 1996, San Diego County Supervisor Dianne Jacob encouraged
the Board of Supervisors to authorize the formation of a multi-disciplinary
Methamphetamine Strike Force. Included in the Meth Strike
Force is a Media Action Team to communicate through the mass media
the growing problem of meth.
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San
Diego Policy Panel On Youth Access To Alcohol
The county of
San Diego has created a countywide task force to address underage
drinking. Several subcommittees of the task force have been created
to examine and address different approaches to combating underage
drinking.
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Technical
Assistance
Communities
Against Substance Abuse provides staffing and technical assistance
to East County community collaboratives in Alpine, El Cajon, Lakeside,
La Mesa, Lemon Grove, Spring Valley, Santee and the Mountain Empire
communities of Pine Valley, Descanso, Jamul, Campo, Jacumba, Tecate/Potrero,
and Boulevard.
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Youth
Alliance
Teenagers throughout
East San Diego County assert strong leadership and support substance
abuse prevention. Young people advocate for prevention of alcohol
and drug abuse and they work in close cooperation with businesses,
public health agencies, law enforcement, service organizations, recreation
programs, schools and families to make positive changes in community
standards, practices and policies.
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