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Positive Directions, in partnership with the Westport Weston Family YMCA and the Westport Library, hosted a panel discussion about the pressure and anxiety being experienced by our youth. Learn from the experts about what is causing the pressure, how to recognize signs that your child is struggling, strategies for reducing their anxieties, and local resources available to your family.

In The News

Christine Rutigliano shares her son's struggle with Cannabis Addiction

Christine, a local parent, shares her son's heart-breaking struggle with cannabis dependency. As a result of misusing cannabis, her son developed cannabanoid hyperemesis syndrome (CMS) and has "thirteen emergency room visits under his belt."

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Martha Stewart to host fundraiser for Positive Directions

2nd annual NorWALK

2nd NorWALK for Mental Health features dozens of resources — plus DJ, art and yoga: 'not alone'

Westport Town Hall

Westport, Weston, Wilton come together to form mental health partnership with Positive Directions

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Teens Night Out offers substance-free events through The Norwalk Partnership

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Norwalk Board of Education looks at youth survey results

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Community groups host virtual legislative meeting to expand conversation about legal cannabis in Connecticut

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Survey: Westport high schoolers drink at rate higher than CT average

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Liquor Stickers Seek To Clamp Down On Teen Drinking

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Westport Launches 'Liquor Sticker' Campaign To Fight Underage Drinking

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Greenwich Community Unites at ‘Better Tomorrow’ Vigil at Arch Street Teen Center

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New suicide prevention group comes to Westport

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Norwalk Council Committee moves cannabis ordinance to final vote

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New Support Model at Positive Directions Addresses the Increase in Suicidal Ideation

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CT clinic workers: Overdose patients can re-overdose after receiving Narcan

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Westport Woman's Club Awards Its Spring 2022 Community Service Grants

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Positive Directions: 50 Years Of Substance Abuse Service

Alternatives to suicide

Vanessa and Ally discuss Positive Direction's new group, Alternatives to Suicide, on a local radio show.

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