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Attendance
at
the
CHPA's
Meth
Watch
Leadership
Training
Session
surpassed
expectations. |
Consumer
Healthcare
Products
Association’s
(CHPA) was
pleased to
host the
“Meth
Watch”
Leadership
Training Seminar, held at the
Fairmont Hotel
in Washington,
D.C., July 8 and
9, 2004. Public
officials from
20 states where
there is a
growing
methamphetamine
problem – such
as Iowa,
Georgia,
Minnesota, North
Carolina,
Tennessee and
Missouri – travelled to
Washington,
D.C., to learn
how to implement
the Meth Watch
program in their
own states.
Participants
included
individuals from
state law
enforcement
divisions,
attorney
generals
offices, and
state governors’
offices.
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Kansas
trainers
(from
left:
TJ
Ciaffone;
Laurie
Harrison;
Sheriff
Steve
Bundy;
Cristi
Cain;
and
Sheriff
Currie
Myers)
fielded
questions
and
offered
insight
on
their
experiences
with
the
Meth
Watch
program. |
The uniform Meth
Watch model,
developed by
CHPA in
partnership with
Kansas, includes
access to a
national web
site and
comprehensive
resource
materials. In
addition, CHPA
will provide
states
interested in
the program with
training videos
and information
on how to best
implement the
key components.
Led by Kansas
Methamphetamine
Prevention
Project Director
Cristi Cain,
this training
session is
designed to help
states increase
awareness about
methamphetamine
and assist local
communities and
law enforcement
in addressing
the meth problem
in a productive
and cooperative
effort.