Today, National Drug Control Policy Director Gil Kerlikowske released the following statement in response to survey data from the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) showing significant declines in the non-medical use of prescription drugs: “These results are encouraging, but we cannot afford to take our [...]
Nevada County Fair: Coalition Fair Booth: Themed Home Safe Home, our booth, provided information about youth accessing alcohol, prescription drugs, and marijuana at home and we shared resources and ways that families can keep children safe by monitoring and securing sources of access. Volunteers helped to man the booth, sharing prevention resources and asking people to take our survey. Nearly [...]
The Coalition for a Drug Free Nevada County is celebrating National Recovery Month with a collaboration of community and civic organizations that recognize treatment and prevention efforts. Recovery Month spreads the positive message that behavioral health is essential to overall health, that prevention works, treatment is effective and people can and do recover. Recovery Month [...]
Each school year, thousands of young people are the victims of verbal and physical harassment. Every student should feel safe in school. The Other Side of the Closet by Ed Roy has been touring to Northern California middle and high schools every fall, since 2000 as part of the YouthAware Educational Theatre program with the [...]
Stomp Tobacco Out of Movies! Catch a FREE showing of Home alone at the Del Oro theater this Friday, December 2nd at 3pm. The movie is being shown in an effort to create awareness about the effects of smoking in movies. Atendees will be asked to STOMP when they see someone smoking in the film. [...]
SBIRT Registration Form_Nevada County_Dec 8th Upcoming Screening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Training: Community Recovery Resources, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs and the Coalition for a Drug Free Nevada County partner again this year to provide free SBIRT Training at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital for physicians and other medical and healthcare professionals. The [...]
