UNIT TITLE:1.1.0
UNIT NUMBER: Drug Awareness
Maine Criminal Justice Academy
15 Oak Grove Road
Vassalboro, ME 04989
Compiled by: MCJA Staff Date: April, 2012
Drug Awareness
Significant contributions to this lesson plan were made by:
Suzan Ackerman, LADC/CCS, Day One at Mountain View Youth Development Center
Sheena Boone of the Somerset County Sheriffs Office,
Christy Diffin of the Cumberland County Sheriffs Office,
Rachel Horning of the Saco Police Department,
Robert Libby of the South Portland Police Department,
Brian Smith of the Bangor Police Department
Douglas Smith of the Bangor Police Department
Daniel Sylvain of the Brunswick Police Department .
Additional thanks to the following for their contributions to this effort:
Lt. Thomas Reagan of the Bangor Police Department,
Sgt. Edwin D. Finnegan of the Rockland Police Department
Overview
This lesson plan topic was recommended for approval by the Maine Criminal Justice Academy Corrections Advisory Committee. The Maine Criminal Justice Academy Board of Trustees approved the recommendation and have included it in the mandatory corrections topics for 2012.
This lesson plan will provide a brief overview of how drugs get into correctional facilities including prevention techniques. The lesson plan will also provide more detailed information on the most common drugs to include Bath Salts and other synthetic drugs. We will discuss common signs and symptoms of drug use and look at drug identification and packaging. Drug use and abuse within the facility causes numerous problems including inmates fighting, officers assaulted, uncontrollable inmates and power struggles within housing units. Correctional employees that are able to recognize drugs and symptoms of drug use have a better chance of reducing these related problems.
The instructor for this topic should have a good understanding of correctional facilities and drug trends in order to adequately present and answer questions during the presentation.
Maine Drug Deaths
“For the first time in Maine, drug deaths exceeded motor vehicle fatalities during 2005, 169 highway deaths versus 176 fatal drug overdoses." (Maine Department of Public Safety 2006 Annual Report).
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- Observe and note the basic factors:
- Time of call, arrival, narrative/description
- Basic sketch
- Weather/temperature
- Doors open or locked
- Lights on or off
- Thermostat setting
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Criterion Test Questions
Answer the following questions based on information presented in this class.
1. A drug that is man made or has a man made component is considered a Synthetic Drug.
2. Family visits to inmates are one method used to smuggle drugs into a correctional facility.
True or False
3. A body cavity search is a common technique used to find drugs on inmates returning from work
details.
True or False
4. Drug use and abuse impacts the correctional facility in the following way?
A. Assaults
B. Housing unit problems
C. Discipline
D. Cost to Agency
E. All of the above
5. MDPV (Bath Salts)is a synthetic Cathinone marketed as "not for human
consumption" so it cannot be enforced by the FDA.
True or False
6. Most drug offenses can be located in MRSA 22 Chapter 1.
True or False
Bibliography
Subject Matter Experts
Ackerman, Suzan, LADC/CCS, Day One at Mountain View Youth Development Center
Boone, Sheena, Somerset County Sheriffs Office, 4 years experience
Diffin, Christy, Cumberland County Sheriffs Office, 6 years experience
Finnegan, Edwin D., Rockland Police Department, 20 years experience
Horning, Rachel A., Saco police Department, 4 years experience
Libby, Robert , South Portland Police Department, 22 years experience
Regan, Thomas, Lieutenant, Bangor Police Department, 25 years experience
Smith, Brian, Bangor Police Department, 4 years experience
Smith, Douglas H., Bangor Police Department , 11 years experience
Sylvan, Daniel A., Brunswick Police Department , 8 years experience
Web Sites
American Association of Poison Control Centers:
Erowid:
Maine Medical Examiner Office.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration:
New England Poison Control.
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Text
Correctional Officer Resource Guide- American Correctional Association.
DOC Standards for counties and municipalities, Inspections Division, September 2005
Jail Officers’ Training Manual- National Sheriff’s Association.
Somerset County Jail Rule Book, Page 29 & 30.
DOC Standards for counties and municipalities, Inspections Division, September 2005
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