TEXT-A-TIP: Help in Hand for Teens
Text "224HELP" to 274637
Envíe un Mensaje “224AYUDAME” al 274637
March 2, 2015 - Beginning today, teenagers in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, and Riverwoods can use their preferred method of communication - text messaging - to reach out for help for themselves or friends. Text-A-Tip is available 24/7, is completely anonymous, and is staffed with local counselors to support teenagers (and others) who have a concern or a crisis.
Click on the document below for more details.
Text "224HELP" to 274637
Envíe un Mensaje “224AYUDAME” al 274637
March 2, 2015 - Beginning today, teenagers in Bannockburn, Deerfield, Highland Park, Highwood, and Riverwoods can use their preferred method of communication - text messaging - to reach out for help for themselves or friends. Text-A-Tip is available 24/7, is completely anonymous, and is staffed with local counselors to support teenagers (and others) who have a concern or a crisis.
Click on the document below for more details.
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Prescription Drug Disposal Locations:
Teens are abusing prescription drugs at unprecedented levels. Nearly half of teens who had misused or abused a prescription drug obtained it from their home medicine cabinet. Dispose of any old, outdated, or unused prescription drugs at one of the following locations:
Highland Park Police Department
677 Old Deerfield Rd., Highland Park
Deerfield Police Department
850 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield
North Shore Health Center
1840 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park
For more locations visit:
drugfreelakecounty.org or saveastar.org
Recommended Websites:
Jordan Michael Filler Foundation:
Teens are abusing prescription drugs at unprecedented levels. Nearly half of teens who had misused or abused a prescription drug obtained it from their home medicine cabinet. Dispose of any old, outdated, or unused prescription drugs at one of the following locations:
Highland Park Police Department
677 Old Deerfield Rd., Highland Park
Deerfield Police Department
850 Waukegan Rd., Deerfield
North Shore Health Center
1840 Green Bay Rd., Highland Park
For more locations visit:
drugfreelakecounty.org or saveastar.org
Recommended Websites:
- National Institute of Drug Abuse NIDA http://www.drugabuse.gov
- The Lake County Under Age Drinking & Drug Prevention Task Force http://www.drugfreelakecounty.org
- Monitoring the Future http://www.monitoringthefuture.org
- Home drug testing kits: www.nickbeinlich.com This website has information about home drug testing kits and will send a kit for free. These kits can also be purchased at Walgreens and other pharmacies.
Jordan Michael Filler Foundation:
Neuqua on Drugs is a student-produced documentary created to remember the three students from Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville who died of drug overdoses in the last few years. Through candid interviews of their friends and peers, viewers see the alarming growth of heroin use, its harrowing effects on the lives it touches, and, most importantly, that no family or community is immune. Parents and their high school-aged students are invited to watch clips from the movie and hear from a panel of experts as we view and process this eye-opening film together. The panel includes Lake County State's Attorney Mike Nerheim; DHS School Resource Officer Anthony Kropp; Maura Mooney, LCSW, CADC of NorthShore University HealthSystem; Mark Filler of the Jordan Michael Filler Foundation and Lee and Mark Mulert, DHS Parents. * Due to the graphic
nature of the film, parental discretion is advised.
We have parents of a Highland Park student and Deerfield High School student on the panel. They will share their stories about their experiences with their child and addiction in our community.
We have parents of a Highland Park student and Deerfield High School student on the panel. They will share their stories about their experiences with their child and addiction in our community.
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