Substance Abuse Prevention

Know the Signs of Overdose – Save a Life

Get Smart about Drugs: A Resource for Parents, Educators & Caregivers

Identifying Drugs and Paraphernalia

Why do Teens Use Drugs?

Social Media: Understanding a Teen’s World

Talking to Your Child When You Suspect Drug Use

Prescription Drug Abuse

Medications in Your Home: Nearly one in four teens reported abusing a prescription drug at least once

Marijuana: Facts and Fiction (video)

Preventing Marijuana Use Among Youth and Young Adults

Teen Brain on Pot: New Study Examines First Exposures

Edible Marijuana: What We Need To Know To Protect Kids

How Opioid (Painkiller) Abuse Can Lead to Heroin Use

What is Heroin?

Now you can drop off all of your old or unused prescription medications

24 hours a day, 7 days a week in the lobby of the

Falmouth Police Department, 750 Main Street, Falmouth, MA

List of of Approved Medications

FALMOUTH PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP

Members of the Partnership, representing a wide-range of community involvement, have been working to assess the extent of the substance abuse problem in Falmouth, and develop and implement prevention strategies that are unique to our community.

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.

PROJECT STICKER SHOCK

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 (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