“Drugs & Society: The True Cost to YOU!”

Drug Endangered Children

Wednesday 15 September, 2004
1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

Available On C-Band Analog and GETN Digital Satellite Downlinks

a. Sponsors: This program is sponsored by the Multijurisdictional Counterdrug Task Force Training (MCTFT) Program at St. Petersburg College, the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America and the Drug Enforcement Administration with the extended technical support of the Satellite Education Network Ft. Lee, VA.

b. Availability: This free, live and interactive, public domain broadcast will be available on the GETN Military/Federal/Warrior digital CDV satellite networks and on C-Band Analog satellite networks. (There is NO KU analog or digital coverage.) Other private and public satellite networks may also carry the program, check with your satellite provider. (Note: This program WILL NOT be available on small digital dish networks such as DirecTV or Echostar systems.)

Will this program be Video streamed: This program may be webcast. Details will be send to registered sites in the final coordination message.

c. Target Audience Statement: Primary target audiences for this program will include law enforcement officials, drug prevention specialists, Drug-Free Communities Act grantees, Safe and Drug-Free Schools coordinators, educators, administrators, counselors, treatment providers, drug court members, policy makers, business leaders, coalition volunteers, drug demand reduction coordinators, concerned parents, criminal justice professionals, youth coalition members, members of the religious community and other community partners who may be interested. This program is also suitable for Public Access television distribution.

d. Program Summary: An increasing number of children in the United States are exposed to toxic chemicals because methamphetamine laboratories are being operated in or near their homes. The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) reports 3,300 children were found in the 8,000 meth labs seized nationwide in 2003. Children who inhabit homes where laboratories are present often inhale dangerous chemical fumes or gases or ingest toxic chemicals or illicit drugs. Exposure to these substances can cause serious short – and long-term health problems including damage to the brain, liver, kidneys, lungs, eyes and skin. Children whose parents or legal guardians produce or abuse methamphetamine also are likely to develop emotional and behavioral problems stemming from abuse or neglect. Few areas in the country have programs in place to coordinate the social and legal aspects of cases involving children at methamphetamine laboratories; however implementation of an effective program is possible. The goal of this broadcast is the educate the public about the problem, provide solutions, and present ways that coal can become more involved in protecting children and reducing the tragic human costs associated with drug abuse.

Witness what it is truly like to enter a meth site. We go onsite to give you a first-hand view of what law enforcement often finds at a meth “cook site.” The broadcast will also feature a roundtable of experts who will share their views.

e. Program Objectives: Viewers of this program will understand how drug abuse can have a lasting effect on children, the individual, the family, our communities, the economy, our environment and our security.

Consider these facts:

90 % of the identity theft cases are generated by drug users, mostly methamphetamine users.
In 2001, over 6 million children live with at least one parent who abused or was dependent upon alcohol or illegal drugs.
The Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) reports 3,300 children were found in the 8,000 meth labs seized nationwide in 2003.
In 2000, Americans spent $64 billion to buy illegal drugs, and amount larger than that year’s combined revenues of the four largest food giants in the Fortune 500.

The $181 billion in social costs attributed to drug abuse in 2002 cost the American family an average of $2,446.
For each pound of methamphetamine produced, five to six pound of hazardous waste is generated.
Second only to alcohol, marijuana is the drug most detected in impaired drivers, fatally injured drivers and motor crash victims. Almost as many young people drive under the influence of marijuana as alcohol.

We all have a role to play in reducing the damage that drugs cause to our society. We can help make our communities safer and healthier. Join host Kareemah Abdullah from the National Community Anti-Drug Coalition Institute and her expert panel, including nationally recognized leaders from DEA and NIDA, for a discussion of this fascinating topic—the “secondhand smoke” analogy—for the drug problem.

f. Program Panelists:

Debbie Augustine - Victim Witness Program Manager, Drug Enforcement Administration
Ron Mullins - Coordinator, National Drug Endangered Children Alliance
John Martyny - Associate Professor, Division of Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences, National Jewish Medical & Research Center

g. CEUs, CMEs, Certificates: There are no CEUs, CMEs available for this program.

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