Wednesday, May 14, 2025
5/14/2025
ADAPT: Essex County Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Initiative - ADAPT is a coalition located in Essex County, New Jersey. This DFC project will be used to expand the coalition’s efforts and the use of environmental prevention strategies with local youth leaders, parents, educators, and other sector representatives located in three specific areas of the county, which have six towns, East Orange, Orange, South Orange, Maplewood, Livingston, and Millburn. Our focus with this project is to expand substance abuse prevention efforts to reduce the instances of underage drinking and prescription drug abuse. ADAPT’s underage drinking prevention efforts will include Sticker Shock Campaigns at liquor stores throughout Essex County during strategic times when youth attempt to purchase alcohol (i.e., Prom/Graduation season, summertime, and Thanksgiving; implementing mandatory certification trainings for all employees of establishments that have liquor licenses; educating retailers on proper ID Checking procedures; and, a youth-driven Public Service Announcement (PSA) called “Break the Cycle, focusing on intergenerational alcoholism. ADAPT’s prescription drug prevention efforts will include working with local college students and organizations on a prescription drug abuse PSA program throughout local colleges and universities; expanding permanent prescription medication disposal locations throughout Essex County; expanding the use of mobile prescription medication disposal sites at community events throughout Essex County; partnering with local pharmacists and law enforcement on localized prescription medication take back day programming in senior centers, community centers, senior housing, among other locations; a youth-driven PSA partnership with local pharmacists to educate residents on proper methods to monitor, secure, and dispose of their prescription medication; and, trainings specifically for local realtors to decrease prescription medication theft during events with individuals trying to sell their homes.
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