News & Events
Much of our work involves measuring the difference others make. Getting involved and making our own difference is also an important part of who we are as individuals and as an organization.
The CCR team had a wonderful time in Atlanta at the Rx Abuse and Heroin Summit. We had the opportunity to share our prevention messaging and resoucres as one of the participating exhibitors. Moving forward we are excited to incorpoarte all of what we have learned into our future work in substance use prevention.
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April 30, 2019 (San Diego) - The County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to amend its social host ordinance to add marijuana, so that as with alcoholic beverages, adults providing these substances to minors could be cited or arrested.
The social host ordinance puts civil and criminal liability on adults controlling private residences or properties who either do not properly supervise minors or allow minors to consume these substances.
The amendment is a result of marijuana being more readily available after the passage of Proposition 64, which made its use legal for adults over 21.
The Board will vote again on the item on May 21 after a second reading. If adopted by the Board that day, the amendments will become effective 30 days after the vote in the unincorporated areas of the county. The same penalties will apply.
Every municipality in the county and its unincorporated area have adopted “social host” ordinances, making it illegal to host underage drinking parties anywhere in San Diego County. Adults who violate the ordinances can be:
- Cited or arrested
- Fined $1,000 or more
- Sent to jail for up to six months
- Required to do up to 32 hours of community service
- Billed for law enforcement services
To report underage parties involving alcohol or marijuana, contact your local police department, the Sheriff’s Department at (858) 565-5200 or Crime Stoppers Anonymous Tip Line at (888) 580-8477.
Local law enforcement agencies have increased enforcement of social host laws and have issued hundreds of citations in the last few years.
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Joe Eberstein is the Program Manager for the San Diego County Marijuana Prevention Initiative (MPI). For over 10 years, Joe has been engaging with our youth and community partners throughout the county providing educational training related to youth marijuana use the resulting public health impacts. Joe is an advisory board member for SAMSHA region 9 PTTC, a national speaker and subject matter expert regarding youth marijuana use. His role at CCR includes raising awareness regarding the effects of marijuana on youth and developing regional prevention strategies to reduce youth use and access. To learn more about MPI, please check out the MPI page at ccrconsulting.org/mpi.
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In the first significant challenge to California’s open cannabis market, 24 cities that restrict pot sales sued Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration Thursday, arguing that by allowing home deliveries in their city limits, the state is violating 2016’s Proposition 64, which legalized recreational marijuana.
The lawsuit, which was filed in Fresno County Superior Court against the California Bureau of Cannabis Control and its chief, Lori Ajax, comes in response to a regulation adopted by the agency in January that permits state-licensed firms to deliver cannabis in cities that have banned pot shops. Officials from cities with prohibitions on pot sales objected to the rules, voicing concerns that home deliveries of cannabis would lead to robberies of cash-laden vans and an influx of illegal sellers blending in with licensed delivery fleets
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WAUSAU, Wis. (WAOW) — Marijuana is a hot topic lately but mainly focusing on the legalization of the drug. Now, experts are talking about it in a different light in central Wisconsin.
On Monday, a four-part series continued about the impact of marijuana on the youth. The series is taking place at North Central Technical College.
The main topic of the third meeting was strategies of how to combat the impact the drug has on youth.
“In other states, we’ve seen some troubling numbers, increase in emergency room visits, increase in drunk driving incidents, increase in mental health issues, ” Joseph Eberstein of the San Diego County Marjiuana Prevention Initiative said.
The final session of the series is May 6. A Harvard professor will wrap up the series, discussing the impact of the drug, specifically, on the teen brain.
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