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Celebrating Recovery Month
Left: Rockville City Hall glows purple for Recovery Month rockvillemd.gov/rockvillegoespurple
May Family Wellbeing Forum with Kahoot! For Cash Tournament Finale!! Don’t miss out!
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Montgomery Goes Purple is a coalition of county government and school, non-profit, faith, and community organizations with a shared mission to prevent substance use related injury and death through education and resources.
You are invited to the next forum, which will include sessions for youth and adults, individually and jointly, in both English and Spanish. Sample topics include:
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Kahoot! For Cash Tournament Finale—1st Place Prize $1,000!!
May 20th, 2023
9:00-12:00 p.m.
Seneca Valley High School
19401 Crystal Rock Drive,
Germantown, MD 20874
Please RSVP to attend this in person event.
(The link is case sensitive):
Students may not even be aware that they are taking a counterfeit pill that is poisoned with fentanyl which can be found in most any illicit substance now. That fact makes it more important than ever to have frequent and frank conversations about even experimenting with any substance. The latest data from SAMHSA demonstrates just how prevalent youth substance use is and how much more work we have to do. You can read more here (the link is case sensitive): shorturl.at/qtMPY
Family Forums on Fentanyl video:
English: https://youtu.be/wFHoAL_XUl8
Español: https://youtu.be/9nnAihRwFMM
APRENDA CÓMO MANTENERSE A USTED Y A SU FAMILIA SALUDABLES
Montgomery Goes Purple es una coalición de organizaciones gubernamentales y escolares, sin fines de lucro, religiosas y comunitarias del condado con la misión compartida de prevenir lesiones y muertes relacionadas con el uso de sustancias a través de educación y recursos.
Estás invitado al próximo foro, que incluirá sesiones para jóvenes y adultos, individual y conjuntamente, tanto en inglés como en español. Entre los temas de ejemplo se incluyen:
· Salud mental y bienestar
· Perros de terapia
· Autocuidado y gestión del tiempo para estudiantes
· Arteterapia
· Habilidades de rechazo y planificación de "escotilla de escape"
· Cómo tener conversaciones difíciles
· Musicoterapia
· Capacitación y distribución de Narcan
· Deportes y Bienestar
· Zumba
· ¡Y mucho más!
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¡Kahoot! Para la final del torneo en efectivo: ¡¡premio del 1er lugar $1,000!!
20 de mayo de 2023
9:00-12:00 p.m.
Escuela Secundaria Seneca Valley
19401 Crystal Rock Drive,
Germantown, MD 20874
Por favor, confirme su asistencia para asistir a este evento en persona: https://tinyurl.com/ck5vzkxx
Es posible que los estudiantes ni siquiera sepan que están tomando una píldora falsificada que está envenenada con fentanilo que se puede encontrar en la mayoría de las sustancias ilícitas ahora. Ese hecho hace que sea más importante que nunca tener conversaciones frecuentes y francas sobre incluso experimentar con cualquier sustancia. Los últimos datos de SAMHSA demuestran cuán frecuente es el uso de sustancias entre los jóvenes y cuánto más trabajo tenemos que hacer. Puede leer más aquí (el enlace distingue entre mayúsculas y minúsculas): shorturl.at/qtMPY
Foros familiares sobre el video del fentanilo:
English: https://youtu.be/wFHoAL_XUl8
Español: https://youtu.be/9nnAihRwFMM
Additional Resources and References
How you talk about substance use and persons with substance use and mental health disorders will impact how they feel about themselves and whether they are "worthy" of treatment, and their willingness to reach out to you for help. Keep an open mind and be kind.
•Shatterproof – Change Your Language, video & downloadable Addiction Language Guide
•NIDA’s Words Matter - Terms to Use and Avoid When Talking About Addiction
Supporting MGP at the 2022 kickoff event. Stephanie Iszard, Dr. Pariticia Kapunan, Superintendent Dr. Monifa McKnight, then BOE President Brenda Wolff, MGP Lead Laura Mitchell, Deputy Superintendent Dr. Patrick Murphy.
Then Council President Gabe Albornoz and County Executive present a proclamation to Laura Mitchell.
Rockville City Councilmember Beryl Feinberg, Board of Education Member Julie Yang, and County Councilmember Sidney Katz at Montgomery Goes Purple Kickoff 2022.
Delegate Jared Solomon and Laura Mitchell.
Free Narcan Training
Montgomery County Prevention and Harm Reduction offers free training for Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal medication.
Home medicine cabinets are often the first access to opioids and other drugs for youth. The safest thing to do is remove unused medications from your home by taking them to a drug take back event or to a drop box at any Montgomery County Police station, any time, any day of the year.
Never flush or dispose of medications in the trash.
Our volunteers are amazing! We are all people with lived experience working to celebrate, support and sustain stigma free recovery year-round. "Each September, Recovery Month works to promote and support new evidence-based treatment and recovery practices, the emergence of a strong and proud recovery community, and the dedication of service providers and community members across the nation who make recovery in all its forms possible.
Recovery Month celebrates the gains made by those in recovery from substance use and mental health, just as we celebrate improvements made by those who are managing other health conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, asthma, and heart disease."
Montgomery Goes Purple is hosted their 7th Overdose Awareness Ceremony which was held in Downtown Rockville. Recovery Month is an international observance to celebrate recovery and encourage individuals with a mental health or substance use disorder to seek recovery. This annual event is meant to reduce the negative stigma surrounding mental health and substance use disorder, and promote treatment along with recovery. Over 107,622 lives were lost to substance use disorder in 2021, and our goal is to raise awareness and encourage people to reach out for help.
Recovery Month, prevention and recovery focused events and activities continue throughout the year. Your generous donation will help us to reach more students and adults in September and all year long.
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