Substance Abuse Prevention
Overdose
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Prevention
Senior’s Resources
Senior’s Guide to Fentanyl
What You’ll Learn: An understanding Fentanyl, the threat it poses and how to have conversations with adult children and grandchildren.
Programs
PARENTS WHO HOST, LOSE THE MOST
Don’t be A Party to Teenage Drinking. It’s against the law. (M.G.L. c. 138, s. 34)
A public awareness campaign educating communities and parents about the health and safety risks of serving alcohol at teen parties.
One of the strategies to support not providing alcohol to minors that the Partnership facilitates is the Sticker Shock Project. The Partnership recruits and collaborates with interested youth and adults to promote the sticker.
Petition for Commitment of Alcoholic or Substance Abuser for Treatment (Sec 35)
PETITION FOR COMMITMENT OF ALCOHOLIC OR SUBSTANCE ABUSER (SEC 35)
Initiating Court-Ordered Assisted Treatment
A section 35 is a civil commitment of a person that is having alcohol or substance abuse issues. This is how it works. There is a person who is abusing drugs or alcohol. A family member, police officer, guardian or court official petitions the court to “section 35” the individual, which means to detain and send the abuser to a treatment facility. The court has a doctor talk to the abuser and to give an opinion to the court about the severity of the abuser’s condition. The court rules on whether the person should be detained for treatment.
Answers to frequently asked questions about Section 35 Civil Commitments