A drug prevention program you'll never forget.A nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. is using some creative drug prevention and awareness techniques they call The Reality Tour to present the life of a teen on heroin. The Community Action Network for Drug-free Lifestyle Empowerment (CANDLE) Inc., Butler, Pa., produces realistic drug prevention programs with actionable information for community leaders, parents, and children, illustrating the effects of an addictive lifestyle on the addict Any individual who habitually uses any narcotic drug so as to endanger the public morals, health, safety, or welfare, or who is so drawn to the use of such narcotic drugs as to have lost the power of self-control with reference to his or her drug use. , family members, and the community. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The narrated drama and wraparound Wraparound A financing device that permits an existing loan to be refinanced and new money to be advanced at an interest rate between the rate charged on the old loan and the current market interest rate. program involving law enforcement, volunteers, and addicts in recovery educates parents and children ages10 and up. More than a dozen different drugs, including inhalants inhalants, n.pl 1. chemical vapors that are inhaled for their mind-altering effects. 2. in herbology, volatile herbal compounds that are delivered by holding a soaked pad to the nose and mouth, by placing the herbs in steaming water, or and methamphetamine methamphetamine (mĕth'ămfĕt`əmēn): see amphetamine; methedrine. , capture the attention of the audience. The Reality Tour's portrayal of a teen on heroin, from arrest and imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. to overdose and death, underscores the ultimate price an addict may have to pay in any type of substance abuse, a scenario familiar to many families. The Reality Tour Program Model, available for replication for local communities, includes a detailed manual with printed materials that guide local governments, community organizations, schools, parents, and others to stage their own interactive production. All the materials are provided on CD and a DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. workshop is included to train volunteers. The narrative CD serves to set the emotional stage before each scene so that ordinary citizens can be effective in the acting roles. Norma Norris, executive director, founded CANDLE in January 2004 to develop, market, and support the Reality Tour nationally. The Reality Tour Drug Prevention Program won the National Association of Counties' Acts of Caring Award in April 2005 and was a Pittsburgh Business Times 2005 Health Care Hero nominee. PBS-TV station WQED featured Pittsburgh's Reality Tour on a broadcast earlier this year. While it was created as a prevention program for 10- to 12-year-old youth, The Reality Tour has affected at-risk youth ages 16-18 on probation with positive feedback and sustained interest. For more information, visit CANDLE's web site at http://www.candleinc.org. |
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