Monday, December 3, 2012
Although Chris Herren was chosen 33rd in the draft, injury and substance abuse ended his NBA career after just two seasons with the Denver Nuggets and Boston Celtics.
Sports Illustrated selected Chris Herren for a feature on incoming Big East freshmen soon after he joined the Boston College basketball team, putting him on a trampoline in front of Fanueil Hall. "It was a big picture, complete with me in my maroon Boston College uniform, national exposure," Herren writes in his memoir, Basketball Junkie. "Everyone saw it, made a big deal out of it, and I could live off my laurels for a while longer." The Fall River native, an All-American who scored more than 2,000 points at Durfee High School, was riding high, and when his coach encouraged Herren to attend a drug and alcohol seminar, he reluctantly agreed, only because ditching would have meant a one-game suspension. Later, back at his dorm, Herren found…
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
Braintree hosted an event on Wednesday night that focused on efforts to limit substance abuse and educate young people about drugs and alcohol.
A portion of Wednesday's Substance Abuse Night at Braintree Town Hall was dedicated to showing videos of parents and students talking about the downfalls of drug and alcohol abuse and how to avoid them. The videos, produced by Norfolk County District Attorney Michael Morrissey and paid for with money seized from drug dealers, are available to schools and other organizations. Their message demonstrates a cornerstone of the work done over the past year and a half by Braintree's Community Partnership on Substance Abuse. "I believe we've taken some really good, positive steps," Mayor Joseph Sullivan said. Along with messages from Impact Quincy on this fall's medical marijuana ballot question and Norfolk County Sheriff Michael Bellotti on his …
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Braintree Town Hall
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Norfolk DA Michael Morrissey, Sen. John Keenan and Sheriff Michael Bellotti will be among the guest speakers on Sept. 19.
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012
UPDATE: BCAM will be airing this event live on the government channel at 6:30 p.m. Fall Substance Abuse Night hosted by Mayor Joseph C. Sullivan and Braintree’s Community Partnership on Substance Abuse You are encouraged to attend and bring a friend! Wednesday, September 19, 2012 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Cahill Auditorium, Braintree Town Hall, 1 JFK Memorial Dr., Braintree LISTEN and hear a Norfolk County Substance Abuse Update “Making Choices, Saving Lives”: “What Parents Need to Know” and VIEW the District Attorney’s newest public service videos “What Teens Need to Know” LEARN about important and life changing initiatives and resources UNDERSTAND and learn from someone who is in recovery from addiction Norfolk County District Attorney Michael …
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Braintree Town Hall
1 John F Kennedy Memorial Dr, Braintree, MA
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
The survey was given to Braintree students in middle school and high school this past May with an opt-out for families.
The vast majority of Braintree students at the middle and high school levels have never tried some of the most dangerous drugs such as heroin, methamphetamine and oxycontin, though significant percentages have used marijuana and alcohol, according to a survey distributed at the end of the last school year. School Committee members digested the results at their meeting earlier this week with members of Braintree’s Community Partnership on Substance Abuse, which put together the document. It was distributed in May and reached 1,266 high school students (83 percent) and 1,214 middle school students (92 percent). "To get to the root of the problem [with substance abuse], we need to do data collection," Mayor Joseph Sullivan said. "This is a …
Thursday, June 21, 2012
The training will take place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. on June 25, 2012.
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Thursday, June 21, 2012
Mayor Joseph Sullivan and the Braintree Community Partnership on Substance Abuse will hold an Opioid Overdose Prevention and Response Training at Town Hall on June 25. The training will take place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. and will include a continental breakfast and lunch. Topics include: Please RSVP to Robyn LaFrance at rlafrance@braintreema.gov or 781-794-8026. Training will be provided by Impact Quincy, a program of Bay State Community Services.
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Braintree Town Hall
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Tuesday, April 24, 2012
The survey, to be given to Braintree students by the end of this school year, has an opt-out option for parents.
School officials say a new survey of middle and high school students in Braintree will help community leaders learn the extent of tobacco, alcohol and drug use among the town's young people and facilitate the creation of improved substance abuse prevention programs. The survey, created by local government, school, law and health officials, was approved unanimously by the School Committee on Monday night and will be given to students prior to when Braintree High School seniors finish this academic year. It will be the first time the Braintree Public Schools distributes such a wide-ranging questionnaire, Superintendent Dr. Peter Kurzberg said. The closest comparison have been surveys completed by ninth grade students in health class. …
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Braintree High School
128 Town St, Braintree, MA
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East Middle School
305 River St, Braintree, MA
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South Middle School
232 Peach St, Braintree, MA
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth is a school/community partnership that provides a community-wide effort to support both school and community programs and projects which promote comprehensive school health and human services.
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Tuesday, March 27, 2012
The "Making a Difference Evening" sponsored by the Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth (BASHY) is this Thursday, March 29, at Braintree High School from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. in the auditorium. Students in grades 8-12 are invited, and any interested teachers, staff, parents/guardians, community members, etc. are invited to attend. Guest Speakers: Kathi Meyer Sullivan and former New England Patriot's defensive lineman, Chris Sullivan, share how substance abuse affected their lives. For more information contact Melonie Bennett, Director of Health and Physical Education at 781-848-4000 ext. 2235 or Paula Dowd, Nursing Coordinator at ext. 2224. About BASHY Braintree Alliance for Safe and Healthy Youth is a school/community partnership that…
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Paul Hurteau
1:44 pm on Thursday, September 20, 2012
Funny that the chart showed no mention of the 2 deadliest and true gateway drugs. Alcohol and cigarettes! more ›