4/1/14 - Two meetings aimed at reducing substance abuse in Livingston County will be held in conjunction later this month. A gathering on April 24th will include the kickoff of this year's Parents Who Host Lose The Most campaign as well as the third meeting in a series aimed at creating a strategic substance abuse prevention plan for the county. Parents Who Host Lose The Most is a program to inform adults that providing alcohol to minors, even their own children, is illegal under Michigan social host laws. Organizers prefer to launch the campaign in the spring to coincide with prom and spring break, which Fink says are common occasions for adults to provide alcohol to students. At the same gathering, organizers trying to put together a substance abuse prevention strategic plan for the county will hold the third of four meetings. The series began late last year and has been focusing on producing a system of programs that are proven to be effective at reducing substance abuse in communities that provide them. Members of the public that attend the kickoff are invited to take part in the community conversation that follows. The two events will take place in the Hartland Educational Support Center's board room on April 24th. (TD)
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