What Parents Can Do National Rx Drug Abuse Summit 4-11-12

1. What Parents
Can Do
April 10-12, 2012
Walt Disney World Swan Resort

2. Accepted Learning Objectives
1. Compare mixed-method studies that focus on
behavioral factors related to drug use and
abuse, especially among youth and
adolescents.
2. Outline proven comprehensive strategies for
combating prescription drug abuse through the
development of community partnerships.
3. Express the impact of prescription drug abuse
on families and communities through anecdotal
personal stories.

3. Disclosure Statement
All presenters for this session, Dr. Carol J.
Boyd, Dr. Gary Martin, and Karen Perry,
have disclosed no relevant, real or
apparent personal or professional
financial relationships.

4. NOPE
Task
Force
Karen
H.
Perry
Mother
of
Richard
Perry,
Jr.
Execu?ve
Director

5. NOPE
Task
Force™
a
501c-­‐3
non-­‐profit
Mission
To
reduce
the
frequency
and
impact
of
drug
overdose
death
through:
 Community
Educa:on
 Family
Support

Purposeful
Advocacy

6. Preven?on
&
Educa?on
Presenta:ons
 Middle
&
High
Schools
 Universi:es
 Parents
&
Communi:es
 Health
Care
Professionals

7. Middle
and
High
School
Presenta?on
TOPICS
OF
DISCUSSION
RELATED
NOPE
TAG
LINES
1. Addic:on
 Be
the
Hero-­‐Tell
Someone®
 One
Time
Can
Kill®
2. Combining
Drugs
=
Overdose
 Make
the
Call!
Dial
911®
3. Make
the
Call!
Dial
911
 Some:mes
You
Never
Sleep
It
Off®

8. Parent
Presenta?on
4
Components:
 Impact
on
family
 Underage
drinking
 Current
trends
 Paren:ng
strategies

9. Follow
Up

10. Efficacy
Empirical
support
indicates
par:cipants
show:
 Change
in
knowledge
 Change
in
aXtudes
towards
drug
Lynn
University
Research,
Boca
Raton,
FL

11. Awareness
 Na:onal
Candle
Light
Vigil
 State
Wide
Media
Campaign
 Prescrip:on
Drug
Take
Back
 Advocacy

12. Family
Support
 Treatment
Support
 ASK
ADAM
 Support
Groups
 Interac:ve
Website
 Publica:ons

13. Communi?es
Served
 Na:onally
over
50
ci:es
in
16
states
have
par:cipated
in
NOPE
Vigils
 In
2011,
more
than
90,000
students
in
Florida
par:cipated
in
NOPE
presenta:ons

9
chapters
in
Florida

14. Partners
 Office
of
Na:onal
Drug
Control
Policy
 Safe
And
Drug
Free
Schools
 Florida
Office
Of
Drug
Control
 Indian
River
County
Sheriff s
Office
 Florida
Office
of
the
Acorney
General
 Okeechobee
County
Sheriff s
Office
 The
Florida
Sheriff s
Associa:on
 Palm
Beach
County
Sheriff s
Office
 The
Florida
Police
Chiefs
Associa:on
 Palm
Beach
County
State
Acorney
 Florida
Coali:on
Alliance
 Pinellas
County
Sheriff s
Office
 Caron
Center
 St.
Lucie
County
Sheriff s
Office
 Hanley
Center
 Sarasota
County
Sheriff s
Office
 Lynn
University
 Seminole
County
Sheriff s
and
 Partnership@drugfree.org
municipal
law
enforcement
agencies

15. Visibility
Panels
 ONDCP
Press
Conference
 Florida
Acorney
General
Media
 CBS
Early
Show
 CBS
Sunday
Morning

16. Where
We
Are
Headed