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| Institute
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Strategies |
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| For
Immediate Release |
| June
6, 2002 |
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Contact: |
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Paul
O'Sullivan (619) 933-8844 |
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Sandy
Hoover (619) 322-4726 |
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SAN
DIEGO CROSS-BORDER DRINKING
PROJECT |
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RECEIVE FEDERAL MODEL PROGRAM STATUS |
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| WHAT |
| The
San Diego-Tijuana Border Project is
being recognized as a Model Program by
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health
Services Administration (SAMSHA),
Center for Substance Abuse Preventions
(CSAP). The CSAP Model Program is
SAMSHA's highest designation. The
title of "Model Program" is
reserved for substance abuse
prevention programs, which are
implemented under scientifically
rigorous conditions, demonstrate
consistently positive results, and
which SAMSHA seeks to have duplicated. |
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| At
a news conference to be held along the San
Diego-Tijuana border, community partners, law
enforcement, and other partners from the U.S.
and Mexico will be recognized for their joint
efforts to reduce the regional underage and
binge-drinking epidemic and announce goals to
combat underage drinking. A San Diego-Tijuana
contingent will also be at a news conference
in Washington, D.C. to accept the CSAP Model
Program award for the Border Project. |
| WHO |
| San
Diego County Supervisor Greg Cox;
Captain David Rameriz, SDPD Southern
Division; Representative of the City
of Tijuana (expected); Professor
Orlando Raya, Crime Prevention State
Coordinator, Federal Police of Mexico;
Jaye Carballo, Advisory, Friday Night
Live; Guillermo Rangel Mendoza,
Coordinator, Binational Policy
Council. |
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| WHERE |
| San
Ysidro School District
Administration Center |
| 4350
Otay Mesa Road, San Diego |
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| WHEN |
| Friday,
June 7, 2002 at 11:30 am |
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| WHY |
| Community-based
prevention efforts to curb substance
abuse problems have led to significant
reductions in substance use and abuse.
Since the beginning of the Border
Project in 1997, there has been a 37%
reduction in late night crossers with
a blood alcohol concentration (BAC) at
or above .08, a Binational Policy
Council on illicit drugs,
pharmaceutical drug problems, and
alcohol was created, and there was a
reduction of DUI fatalities in the San
Diego-Tijuana Border region from 23 in
1999 to 5 in 2000. |
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| The
San Diego/Tijuana Border Project is a
coordinated effort focused on reducing
cross-border teen and binge drinking in the
region through a policy-focused, public
health, prevention model. This project is a
partnership of the Pacific Institute for
Research and Evaluation (PIRE) and the
Institute for Public Stategies (IPS), a
nonprofit addressing substance abuse issues in
San Diego County. |
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