Saturday, December 21, 2024
12/21/2024
The coalition will prevent and reduce youth substance use by implementing the following strategies: Increasing the capacity and diversity of the coalition to implement environmental prevention strategies; improve physical design to reduce risk and enhance protection by increasing the number of apartment complexes that adopt crime-free multi-unit housing best practices through the use of Crime Prevention through Environmental Design (CPTED); and reduce alcohol availability and access via both social and retail access by increase community capacity to prevent further overconcentration of alcohol outlets, modifying policies/procedures used by local law enforcement and planning department when determining public convenience and necessity, modifying policies/procedures used by local land use authority and law enforcement to increase local control of alcohol establishments, and working with existing alcohol establishments to modify procedures and practices (promotions) and reduce alcohol inventory (product types, price) and easy access (placement); reduce marijuana use among youth by regional collaboration to prevent retail marijuana sales throughout the region and to keep marijuana a Schedule 1 Substance in the Controlled Substance Act, implementing Smart Approached to Marijuana (SAM), and reducing normalization of marijuana through public education & advocacy campaign aimed at preventing legalization; and reduce prescription drug abuse among young people by increasing community education regarding harm associated with prescription drug misuse and reducing access to highly addictive prescription drugs in the community by promoting use of permanent & temporary drop boxes.
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