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One Year Celebration Event!

Posted by Press Release on October 26, 2009
  Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force to host 1st Annual Celebration Event!   The Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force will be hosting their 1st Annual Celebration event on Tuesday, October 27th at 7:00 pm at Portage City Hall ... Read more

The Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force gets grant to fight drug abuse

Posted by Kalamazoo Gazette on September 18, 2009
KALAMAZOO -- The Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force has received a five-year, $625,000 federal grant to help prevent and reduce drug use among the county's youths ... Read more

Kalamazoo Task Force on Substance Abuse Smart Summer 2009 question campaign aimed at helping parents, kids

Posted by Kalamazoo Gazette on September 14, 2009
Kalamazoo Task Force on Substance Abuse Smart Summer 2009 question campaign aimed at helping parents, kids - Kalamazoo News Posted by Aaron Aupperlee | Kalamazoo Gazette September 14, 2009 09:44AM PORTAGE -- Simone Snyder sent out nearly 5,000 e-mail messages during this summer's Kalamazoo Task Force on Substance Abuse Smart Summer 2009 campaign ... Read more

Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force targets prescription-drug abuse

Posted by The Kalamazoo Gazette staff on August 20, 2009
Thursday August 20, 2009, 12:38 PM FOR MORE INFORMATION Visit the Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force Web site at www.kzootaskforce.com. The task force also can be reached by calling (269) 388-4200 ext ... Read more

Letter to the editor

Posted by Kalamazoo Gazette; Submitted by Portage Strategy Team member Denise Ahle on August 19, 2009
Printed in the Kalamazoo Gazette; August 16, 2009   Children copy what they see their parents doing Four out of five of the most abused narcotics in high schools are prescription drugs ... Read more

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Viewpoint: Parents are responsible if they host a party with alcohol for teens
By Viewpoint May 08, 2010, 7:47AMBy The Kalamazoo County Substance Abuse Task Force Steering CommitteeDon’t be a party to teenage drinking ... Read more

Parents who enable teen drinking put themselves financially at risk
It’s prom and graduation time, which is putting some parents in a quandary: How tough should they be in reinforcing laws against teenage drinking, if they do so at all?For some parents, teen drinking is an accepted rite of passage — and they figure that since teens are going to drink no matter what the law, they might as well do it under adult supervision ... Read more

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