DRUG ABUSE RECOGNITION
FOR COMMUNITIES
"Reducing Drug Abuse Through Recognition And
Community Awareness"
TRAINING CALENDAR
Where's the Drugs?
October 2007: Customs
hidden in Mr. Potato Head
toys shipped from
Australia to Ireland.
February 1, 2006: DEA
arrested 22 Heroin
Traffickers based out of
Medellin, Colombia who
used puppies to smuggle
drugs.
March 16, 2006: DEA
arrested 12 people in the
San Francisco Bay Area and
seized hundreds of
marijuana-laced candy
and soft drinks.
October 25, 2006: A large
methamphetamine October
25, 2006: A large based in
Greeley, Colorado used
Elmo dolls to smuggle used
Elmo dolls to smuggle
methamphetamine.methamp
hetamine.
AUGUST 2008

8/5  Turning Off The Tap:  Underage Drinking & Prevention
Strategies, National Night Out, Milford Town Library, Milford MA
(sponsored by Wayside Youth Organization)
SEPTEMBER 2008

9/11  Drug Recognition for Professionals, Riverside Community
Care of Dedham, Needham Library, Needham MA (sponsored by
Riverside Community Care)
July 2007:A routine check at
a postal sorting facility in the
Netherlands turned up
cocaine -- stuffed into the
carcasses of dead bugs
shipped to Amsterdam from
Peru.
March 2006: Federal
agents found hundreds of
pounds of cocaine
stashed inside
tombstones in  Brooklyn.
In May 2007, the DEA busted
a Colombian smuggling ring
allegedly ferried more than
771.6 pounds of high-grade
heroin into the U.S. by
sewing it baby blankets.
JULY 2008

7/3  Middlesex Sheriff's Office, Recruit Training, MSO Training
Academy, Billerica MA

7/23 - 7/25  Generation Rx: Danger in our Medicine Cabinet,
Massachusetts School Administrators Association Conference,
Falmouth MA
NOVEMBER 2008

11/4 Teen Drug Abuse Recognition School Training, Georgetown
Nurses, Georgetown MA

11/5 Law Enforcement Opiate Recognition Training, Gloucester
Police Department, Gloucester MA (sponsored by Healthy
Gloucester)

11/12  Bridge Over Troubled Waters: Alcohol Awareness for
Parents & Teens,  Bellingham High School, Bellingham MA
(sponsored by Wayside Youth Organization)

11/19 Law Enforcement Opiate Recognition Training, Gloucester
Police Department, Gloucester MA (sponsored by Healthy
Gloucester)
"I have had the
chance to see
Marilyn Belmonte
speak several
times through my
profession. She
has a message
that is real and
needs to be
heard."  
-Parent & School
Professional, Nahant
MA
JUNE 2008

6/4 Panel Discussion on Substance Abuse for Parents & Teens,

6/25 "Turning Off The Tap: Underage Drinking & Prevention
Strategies", Murphy Community Center, Dorchester MA 7-8:30pm
(sponsored by Dorchester Substance Abuse Coalition)

6/26  "Turning Off The Tap: Underage Drinking & Prevention
Strategies", Murphy Community Center, Dorchester MA 7-8:30pm
(sponsored by Dorchester Substance Abuse Coalition)

6/30 Middlesex Sheriff's Office, Recruit Training, MSO Training
Academy, Billerica MA
OCTOBER 2008

10/1  Opiate Recognition Training for Medical Professionals,
Gloucester MA (sponsored by Healthy Gloucester)  DATE PENDING

10/8 Law Enforcement Opiate Recognition Training, Gloucester
Police Department, Gloucester MA (sponsored by Healthy
Gloucester)

10/22 Law Enforcement Opiate Recognition Training, Gloucester
Police Department, Gloucester MA (sponsored by Healthy
Gloucester)