Pubdate: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 Source: Record, The (CN QU) Copyright: 2004 The Sherbrooke Record Contact: http://www.sherbrookerecord.com/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/3194 Author: Leah Fitzgerald ADDICTION SYMPOSIUM FOCUSES ON LOCAL SOLUTIONS About 140 health care workers, educators and social workers attended a symposium on addiction at the Hotel Cheribourg in Orford Thursday. The symposium, featured workshops on recent research with focus this year on four programs offered in the Townships. A new partnership is being formed between the groups offering community services relating to addiction - school boards, the Surete du Quebec, and the youth centres to help evaluate the adolescents at risk. DEP-ADO is an evaluation tool used to determine what course of action to take for a teen possibly suffering from addiction to drugs or alcohol. - --- MAP posted-by: Jay Bergstrom