Martin's Point and Brunswick PD to Host Substance Abuse Prevention Workshop in Brunswick

Event geared toward parents of 10-15 year olds

BRUNSWICK, Maine - Martin's Point Health Care and the Brunswick Police Department will co-host a substance abuse prevention workshop from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 31 at the Brunswick Municipal Meeting Facility at 44 McKeen Street in Brunswick.

The event will feature panelists Detective Aaron Bailey, the School Resource Officer; Judge Joseph H. Field, Maine District Court; Pat Conner, Director of Behavioral Health at Mid Coast Hospital; and Barbara Chisholm, the Brunswick High School nurse.

Detectives Mark Waltz and Rick Desjardins of the Brunswick PD will act as moderators. The event is free and open to the public, and will be videotaped and aired live and at a later date on the Brunswick public access channel.

Parents who attend will learn how to recognize illegal substances and identify behavioral changes, as well as how to develop strategies for talking with their children about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse.

For additional information, parents may call Martin’s Point at 207-791-3857.

The event is also co-sponsored by the U.S. Family Health Plan, which Martin’s Point Health Care provides in Maine to families of active-duty military personnel, and retirees and their eligible family members.

Established in 1981, Martin’s Point is a not-for-profit health care provider with facilities in Portland, Brunswick and Windham, Maine, and in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and serves patients in the areas of family practice, internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, radiology, cardiology, and mammography, as well as other fields.

The Martin’s Point Health Education Center has a variety of related resource materials that includes publications and videos. The center also offers information and classes that focus on a host of other topics, ranging from weight loss and smoking cessation to disease management. For additional information, visit online at www.martinspoint.org.
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