Did you know: Vicodin, Oxycontin, Percodan and Percocet are opiates. So is heroin.
*** Meetings ***
Lapeer meetings – 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., St. Matthews Angelican Church, 222 W. Nepessing, Lapeer, MI
Fraser meetings – 3rd Tuesday of the month, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Christ United Methodist Church, 34385 Garfield Road, Fraser, MI
*** Announcements ***
Families Against Narcotics ...would like to thank Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan - for presenting at last week's
Opiate Epidemic Conference...but also their willingness to give FAN the opportunity to sit down and share what FAN is all about, what
we're doing and some ideas for change...at the same time to hear about initiatives that BCBSM is working on to help raise awareness
for its member and health care community, get narcotics off our streets and to help law enforcement go after "the bad guys".
Thanks You BCBSM...we look forward to collaborating in the future.
*** Upcoming Events ***
– Wednesday - January 25, 2012 – FAN will speak at the DARE graduation activities on Grosse Ile.
– Monday - February 27, 2012 – FAN of Lapeer will host a Community Drug Awareness Night 7:00-9:00pm - at Lapeer Center Building, Lincoln Room, 425 County Center Street.
– Tuesday & Wednesday - March 13 & 14, 2012 – FAN will attend and speak at the Michigan Drug Court Conference.
– Thursday - March 29, 2012 – FAN will host our Community Drug Awareness Night at DeLaSalle Colliegiate High School in Warren, MI.
Thanks for being a FAN and please pass this on...
Families Against Narcotics has speakers available – real people sharing real stories of love, addiction, recovery and death.
Drugs affect all communities and people from all walks of life. Families Against Narcotics (FAN) is a non-profit, 501c(3) organization that was formed to reach out to those whose lives are affected by drugs: the addict, the recovering addict, families of addicts, concerned parents and community members.
FAN is a vehicle for delivering important messages concerning the dangers and destruction of drugs.
FAN's mission, "With FAN no family suffers alone", offers opportunities for individuals to learn about substance abuse and face addiction in an enlightened, rather than an embarrassed, way. The power of FAN is in our unconventional approach of dealing with people who find themselves in unimaginable situations. Using real-life experiences instead of statistics, FAN hopes to help students, parents and the community deal with the realities of drug abuse and addiction.
If you are on this site for information - great! One of FAN's goals is to help raise awareness about drugs today. Thanks for visiting the site; we hope you find the information useful.
If your life is affected by drugs, we understand how you feel. Whether you are: an addict, drug user, parent, brother or sister, friend, grandparent, aunt, uncle...we've walked in your shoes and you are not alone. There are others out there, much closer to you than you can imagine, who have or are going through similar experiences. And help is available. Many of us never thought drugs would be an issue in our home - but they are. And now we're at a loss as to what to do, who to talk to or where to turn.
On this site we try to provide information that was not available to us during our search. There are no easy answers and we all wish there was a magical cure. But until there is, we have each other and our shared experiences to help us through some very difficult times.
Don't wait until tomorrow; get help now. Together no family suffers alone and together we can make a difference.
Contact Families Against Narcotics by email or call us at 586-438-8500
Families Against Narcotics is supported in part by a grant from Art Van Furniture and a donation from the UAW – Region I
