{"id":2397,"date":"2014-12-05T14:12:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T19:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shorebeat.com\/brick\/?p=2397"},"modified":"2014-12-05T14:12:08","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T19:12:08","slug":"brick-police-schools-introduce-lead-and-seed-anti-drug-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shorebeat.com\/brick\/2014\/12\/brick-police-schools-introduce-lead-and-seed-anti-drug-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Brick Police, Schools Introduce ‘Lead and Seed’ Anti-Drug Program"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Chief Nils R. Bergquist, Brick Township Police, Captain Ronald Dougard, Brick Township Police, Dr. Richard Caldes, Brick Board of Education, Sharon Cantillo, Brick Board of Education President, Dr. Walter Uszenski, Superintendent of Schools, Mayor John Ducey, Mayor of Brick Township, Robert A. Goldschlag, Director of the DART Coalition, Patrolman John Alexander, Brick Township Police Department, Patrolwoman Tara Schinder, Brick Township Police Department, Krista Defilipo, Prevention Specialist at the Barnabas Health Institute For Prevention, and Dr. Lorraine Morgan, Brick Board of Education.<\/p><\/div>\n

Brick Township\u2019s police department and school district ushered in a new, student-led program into the schools this week that is aimed at helping combating substance abuse.<\/p>\n

Called \u201cLead and Seed,\u201d the program is led by students in Brick\u2019s two middle schools who will advocate, promote and participate in various activities designed to combat the misuse of opioids and prescription medications.<\/p>\n

The students will \u201clead\u201d their peers and \u201cseed\u201d the message to their schools communities, organizers say.<\/p>\n

The students are being joined by school staff and community volunteers in implementing the program. All involved were lauded by officials this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is to save young people from a life of addiction and crime,\u201d said Police Chief Nils R. Bergquist. \u201cTheir efforts will undoubtedly save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Lead and Seed program is designed to reinforce, and take the message of the department\u2019s D.A.R.E. program to another level, placing special importance on keeping the conversation started in the lower grades alive in order to help reduce the misuse of prescription medications, which experts say is often a gateway to the abuse of heroin and other drugs.<\/p>\n

Both of the departments DARE officers will participate in the Lead and Seed program, police said.<\/p>\n

The student leaders of the program have already participated in an intensive training program to allow them to craft a message to their classmates and spread the word about the dangers of substance abuse, according to Sgt. Henry Drew. The two training sessions provided the students with \u201ctool kits,\u201d which consist of action plans to bring into their school community.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeer pressure doesn\u2019t always have to encourage negative behaviors,\u201d said Mayor John Ducey, who was on hand for the introduction of the program this week. \u201cThis program utilizes peers to pressure and educate their friends and classmates to make positive life decisions and avoid the damage caused by substance abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n

The school district and police department has partnered with the Barnabas Health Institute for Prevention\u2019s DART Coalition to bring the program to Brick.<\/p>\n

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