Thursday, January 10, 2013
Property owners of homes that host illegal drug use and underage drinking in some municipalities can be held accountable for the consequences, even if those adult owners are not present during the parties.
Allegations from a West St. Louis County mother saying her daughter may have been slipped a dangerous new synthetic drug called N-Bomb at a New Year's Eve party in Wildwood are being actively investigated. Capt. Ken Williams, commander of St. Louis County Police's Wildwood Precinct, confirmed with Patch the address of the associated party is within Wildwood's city limits. Williams said the Chesterfield mother, Carley Alves, contacted Wildwood police officers about her concerns about a day or two after the alleged incident. "We are cautious, because there is no evidence or direct proof this drug was in use or consumed by the woman's daughter. We will be re-interviewing the mother, and have reached out to the property owners at the address …
Friday, January 4, 2013
Visitation for this local college student will be 2-7 p.m. Friday at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory in Ballwin, with a funeral at Lafayette High in Wildwood Saturday. He was the son of the director of Eureka-based Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Visitation for this local college student will be 2-7 p.m. Friday at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory in Ballwin, with a funeral at Lafayette High in Wildwood Saturday. He was the son of the director of Eureka-based Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition.
Lafayette High School graduate Michael Heney died Dec. 31, at the age of 20. A funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Lafayette High School Theater, 17050 Clayton Road in Wildwood. He was attending University of Missouri-Columbia. He was the son of James and Renee Heney, and brother of Alissa and Thomas Heney. He was the grandson of Thomas and Paula Heney, and Lyle and Dolores Laveau. Visitation for this local college student will be 2-7 p.m. Friday at Schrader Funeral Home and Crematory, 14960 Manchester Road at Holloway in Ballwin. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to a charity of choice, or to Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition, of which his mother, Renee, is the director. Friends may sign …
Thursday, December 27, 2012
Teens living in Rockwood School District boundaries can enter public service announcements by Jan. 22. Winners will be featured locally as well as on MTV, MTV2 and Nick.
Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition staffers are hosting an "As Seen by Teens" public service announcement (PSA) and poster contest about preventing substance abuse. Entries must be submitted by Jan. 22. To be eligible, students must attend school or live in the Rockwood School District. Winning entries will be featured at Six Flags St. Louis, schools, city halls, fitness centers and on TV channels, including MTV, MTV2 and Nick. First, second and third place prizes, and the People's Choice Awards, will be observed for the best high school and middle school PSAs and posters. A judging and awards ceremony will be held Feb. 20 at B&B Theatres in Wildwood. Rules are: Click here for the contest submission form.
Thursday, October 18, 2012
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Coalition leaders encourage everyone to "be informed voters on Nov. 6 by visiting www.showmeabrighterfuture.com for more information on Proposition B." See where Missouri ranks in national cigarette taxes.
Members of Eureka-based Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition support Proposition B, the November ballot initiative seeking a tobacco tax increase. We believe voters will benefit from additional information about this initiative. Propostion B will raise the tax on ONE product: tobacco. Missouri currently has the lowest cigarette tax in the country at 17 cents per pack. If Prop B passes, the cigarette tax will increase by 73 cents, making the tax 90 cents. This is well below the national average of $1.46. Missouri ranks 39th of the 50 states in life expectancy, and has the 11th highest smoking rate, with 21 percent of adults smoking tobacco. According to the 2012 Missouri Student Survey, 14 percent of middle and high school students have tried …
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Eureka High School had a representative at this national conference that covered a wide range of topics, including prescription drug abuse, underage and binge drinking, synthetic drugs, marijuana myths, and environmental strategies to combat these issues.
Two Rockwood School District teens recently attended a four-day training in Nashville, TN, to learn more about substance abuse prevention. Jessika Buehler, a Eureka High School senior, and Madison Robinson, a Rockwood Summit High School junior, represented the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition at the training, along with the coalition staff. Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s Mid-Year Training Institute was a unique conference designed specifically for community-based substance abuse prevention organizations. The conference covered a wide range of topics, including prescription drug abuse, underage and binge drinking, synthetic drugs, marijuana myths, and environmental strategies to combat these issues. The students and staff were …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
SECOND IN SERIES: May 20-26 is National Prevention Week, held to spotlight the consequences of substance abuse. A team of community leaders united to analyze the situation in Eureka and Wildwood last week.
Heroin is not as cute as the "button" in which it comes. In fact, it doesn't make anyone cute as a button at all. Modern heroin is up to 89 percent pure, and it seizes people's addiction ruthlessly and every time. It stalks addicts' minds and bodies every four to six hours. Whether one calls heroin a button, bean, smack, horse, junk, boy, nod or "H," experts say the results on the human body are the same: fast, furious and fatal. Local community educators, law enforcers and support groups hosted a community town hall meeting Thursday evening at Eureka High School to highlight current circumstances, particularly in St. Louis County. See first article in a Patch series on this topic: I-44 Known Drug Corridor for Narcotics Traffickers:" …
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition members and local authorities will host their next drug take-back event on April 28.
When's the last time you've cleaned out your medicine cabinets? The Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition will hold a medication take-back event on Saturday, April 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Unwanted or expired medicines can be dropped off locally at the following locations: Related articles include: Medication Take-Back and 'Clean Out Houses' Days Equal Worthy Fall Activity Today's Medication Take-Back Event Succeeds Returning Pain Medication can be Painless Got (Unwanted) Drugs? 1,200 Pounds of Medicine Retrieved
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Winners were announced from this year's Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition contest, which was created to assist with drug-related prevention and education.
More than 100 high school and middle school students in the Rockwood community submitted entries for the inaugural “As Seen by Teens” substance abuse prevention public service announcement and poster contest sponsored by the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition, which is based in Eureka. See article: Teen Contest About Substance Abuse Offers Money Prizes The contest judging and awards ceremony was held Feb. 23 at B&B Theatres in Wildwood. Attendees viewed the posters and PSAs on a big screen, witnessed the independent judges complete their scoring rubrics, enjoyed entertainment provided by emcee Joe Fingerhut, and cast their own votes for an “audience choice” winner, according to a news release from coalition representatives. Click here to see all…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Friday is deadline for this drug prevention-oriented contest sponsored by the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition. Thirteen students will earn winning spots.
Rockwood community students in grades six through 12 can enter a local, first-ever contest about substance abuse. The contest is being sponsored by the Rockwood Drug-Free Coalition, and is open to students throughout the Rockwood School District area, including private and home school educational programs. Students from the immediate Wildwood and Eureka areas—specifically Rockwood Valley Middle, Wildwood Middle, LaSalle Springs Middle, Eureka High and Lafayette High—are eligible. The idea for this contest was started at the end of October to engage students in community prevention, said Jenny Armbruster, Eastern Regional Support Center coordinator for the Missouri Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Funded Regional Support Center of the …
Joe
11:37 am on Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Prop B backers fail to reveal one huge fact about their numbers. The leave out the multi-millions in income the State of Missouri receives from bordering state purchasers of Missouri Tobacco products, not to mention other items like gas,supplies etc. these out of state buyers purchase while getting tobacco in Missouri. Take these millions of dollars out and their school money falls flat. Prop B … more ›