AN EFFECTIVE DRUG EDUCATION AND DRUG PREVENTION PROGRAM

Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life Program Activities

Syringe Cleanups

In areas where injected drugs are used a lot, parks can become littered with used syringes. These pose a major health hazard. Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life volunteers perform a valuable public service and life-saving action in many cities by collecting up and disposing of these dangerous drug syringes.

Ask your local city officials for locations where used drug syringes are a particular problem. Brief them on the Say No to Drugs, Say Yes to Life program and tell them that your team wants to undertake regular syringe cleanups. Request that the city, if they have them, provide the special pickup tools, thick gloves and containers as the syringes are dangerous and should never be gathered with bare hands. If not, have your volunteers supply their own equipment.

NOTE: This activity should be conducted by adults only. Do not allow any children or minors to participate in the actual syringe pickup.

Organize your volunteers for each outing and set an objective of clearing out a major section of a park, etc., to make it safe for the public. Take a lot of photos and video footage of the activities of the day and send these along with a press release to the media, promoting the team's action and asking that others join in.

An internal server error has occurred
java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.

Error


The resource did not process correctly

java.lang.RuntimeException: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:208)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.DomainRedirectFilter.doFilter(DomainRedirectFilter.java:167)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at com.caucho.server.webapp.WebAppFilterChain.doFilter(WebAppFilterChain.java:173)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletInvocation.service(ServletInvocation.java:229)
	at com.caucho.server.http.HttpRequest.handleRequest(HttpRequest.java:274)
	at com.caucho.server.port.TcpConnection.run(TcpConnection.java:511)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.runTasks(ThreadPool.java:516)
	at com.caucho.util.ThreadPool.run(ThreadPool.java:442)
	at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: javax.servlet.ServletException: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:477)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.doGet(StructuredViewServlet.java:535)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:115)
	at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:92)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.ServletFilterChain.doFilter(ServletFilterChain.java:106)
	at org.csi.passthrough.servlet.PtFilter.doFilter(PtFilter.java:428)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewLocaleFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewLocaleFilter.java:325)
	at com.caucho.server.dispatch.FilterFilterChain.doFilter(FilterFilterChain.java:70)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewHelperFilter.doFilter(StructuredViewHelperFilter.java:203)
	... 10 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at org.csi.structuredview.servlet.StructuredViewServlet.processRequest(StructuredViewServlet.java:410)
	... 19 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:106)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 20 more
Caused by: java.lang.RuntimeException: Caught MethodInvocationException while rendering page: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:286)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTIfStatement.render(ASTIfStatement.java:87)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 44 more
Caused by: org.apache.velocity.exception.ParseErrorException: Encountered "\") )\r\n    #set( $hrefLink = \"" at /modules/elements/buttons/general_button.html[line 13, column 48]
Was expecting one of:
    "," ...
    ")" ...
     ...
    
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.process(Template.java:141)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.loadResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:446)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.resource.ResourceManagerImpl.getResource(ResourceManagerImpl.java:354)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.RuntimeInstance.getTemplate(RuntimeInstance.java:1400)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:370)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor91.invoke(Unknown Source)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.doInvoke(UberspectImpl.java:389)
	at org.apache.velocity.util.introspection.UberspectImpl$VelMethodImpl.invoke(UberspectImpl.java:378)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTMethod.execute(ASTMethod.java:270)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.execute(ASTReference.java:252)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTReference.render(ASTReference.java:332)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTBlock.render(ASTBlock.java:72)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.VelocimacroProxy.render(VelocimacroProxy.java:212)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.directive.RuntimeMacro.render(RuntimeMacro.java:247)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.ASTDirective.render(ASTDirective.java:175)
	at org.apache.velocity.runtime.parser.node.SimpleNode.render(SimpleNode.java:336)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:328)
	at org.apache.velocity.Template.merge(Template.java:235)
	at org.apache.velocity.app.VelocityEngine.mergeTemplate(VelocityEngine.java:381)
	at org.csi.structuredview.StructuredView.mergeTemplate(StructuredView.java:317)
	at org.csi.structuredview.Renderer.render(Renderer.java:269)
	... 64 more