News (Media Awareness Project) - CN BC: Massive Rescue Effort Underway |
| Title: | CN BC: Massive Rescue Effort Underway |
| Published On: | 2006-11-08 |
| Source: | Kamloops This Week (CN BC) |
| Fetched On: | 2008-01-12 22:36:32 |
MASSIVE RESCUE EFFORT UNDERWAY
Imagine the Rescue Effort It Takes to Pull Someone Out of a Raging
River Current.
Then imagine what it would take to prevent that person from falling
in to begin with.
The $3 million in provincial government funding (see story next page)
will benefit meth users if it is used wisely to build on current meth
prevention to keep youth fully aware of the dangers of using.
Patrick McDonald, program supervisor at the Phoenix Centre, said he
has not spent much time examining the province's most recent
meth-education program, but he is cautiously optimistic.
"I want to look at all the angles," he said.
"Coming through the pipe, it sounds like a good plan. It's one of the
options the government has to hit [meth] at a school level."
The education campaign is aimed at parents, students and teachers.
The campaign includes the launch of a no2meth website, a parent's
guide and classroom lessons as part of a plan to increase public
awareness about meth.
McDonald said he is interested to see how the program will add to
existing meth-prevention plans in the school district.
"If this adds to that, and takes us further, that's fantastic."
McDonald said if the program consists of just a bunch of posters,
pamphlets, and a commercial, then the money will be wasted.
Angela Lawrence, the drug and alcohol prevention/intervention
co-ordinator with School District 73, works out of the Henry Grube Centre.
"As a co-ordinator, I do a lot of raising awareness in the community
as well as the school district."
"It's a huge job," she said, "lots of curriculum development."
Lawrence said she trains staff and offers information to parents.
Regarding the new government funding, she said: "As far as I know,
there will be some curriculum development.
Time will tell whether the campaign lives up to its potential.
"It's hard to backtrack when you haven't been parenting wisely," Lawrence said.
Lawrence said educating parents on how to talk to their kids and how
to see the signs of meth addiction is most important in meth prevention.
Imagine the Rescue Effort It Takes to Pull Someone Out of a Raging
River Current.
Then imagine what it would take to prevent that person from falling
in to begin with.
The $3 million in provincial government funding (see story next page)
will benefit meth users if it is used wisely to build on current meth
prevention to keep youth fully aware of the dangers of using.
Patrick McDonald, program supervisor at the Phoenix Centre, said he
has not spent much time examining the province's most recent
meth-education program, but he is cautiously optimistic.
"I want to look at all the angles," he said.
"Coming through the pipe, it sounds like a good plan. It's one of the
options the government has to hit [meth] at a school level."
The education campaign is aimed at parents, students and teachers.
The campaign includes the launch of a no2meth website, a parent's
guide and classroom lessons as part of a plan to increase public
awareness about meth.
McDonald said he is interested to see how the program will add to
existing meth-prevention plans in the school district.
"If this adds to that, and takes us further, that's fantastic."
McDonald said if the program consists of just a bunch of posters,
pamphlets, and a commercial, then the money will be wasted.
Angela Lawrence, the drug and alcohol prevention/intervention
co-ordinator with School District 73, works out of the Henry Grube Centre.
"As a co-ordinator, I do a lot of raising awareness in the community
as well as the school district."
"It's a huge job," she said, "lots of curriculum development."
Lawrence said she trains staff and offers information to parents.
Regarding the new government funding, she said: "As far as I know,
there will be some curriculum development.
Time will tell whether the campaign lives up to its potential.
"It's hard to backtrack when you haven't been parenting wisely," Lawrence said.
Lawrence said educating parents on how to talk to their kids and how
to see the signs of meth addiction is most important in meth prevention.
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