BRODHEAD - Better Brodhead will receive a $125,000 Drug-Free Communities grant to help prevent substance use among youth.
The National Drug Control Policy recently announced $85.9 million in grants for almost 700 support programs across the country. The grants will provide funding to local community coalitions for preventing youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
"Our goal is to make Brodhead a safe and drug-free place for our youth," said Pastor Peder Johanson, Better Brodhead chairman. "Prevention is a powerful tool to counteract prescription drug misuse and other youth substance use in our community, and we will use this funding to help youth in Brodhead make healthy choices about substance use."
DFC's 2014 National Evaluation Report showed a significant decrease in past 30-day use of prescription drugs among youth in DFC communities. The report also found a significant decrease in past 30-day use between the first and most recent data reports for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use among middle school and high school youth in DFC communities.
Prescription drug misuse prevention is one of the core measures of effectiveness for local DFC coalitions, and coalitions nationwide have led innovative opioid prevention initiatives.
According to data for 2014, an estimated 3,800 young people per day between the ages of 12 and 17 used drugs for the first time in the preceding year. Additionally, high school seniors are more likely to be current smokers of marijuana than cigarettes and non-medical use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs remains unacceptably high. In 2015, 17 percent of high school seniors reported binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks in a row) in the past two weeks.
The National Drug Control Policy recently announced $85.9 million in grants for almost 700 support programs across the country. The grants will provide funding to local community coalitions for preventing youth substance use, including prescription drugs, marijuana, tobacco, and alcohol.
"Our goal is to make Brodhead a safe and drug-free place for our youth," said Pastor Peder Johanson, Better Brodhead chairman. "Prevention is a powerful tool to counteract prescription drug misuse and other youth substance use in our community, and we will use this funding to help youth in Brodhead make healthy choices about substance use."
DFC's 2014 National Evaluation Report showed a significant decrease in past 30-day use of prescription drugs among youth in DFC communities. The report also found a significant decrease in past 30-day use between the first and most recent data reports for alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana use among middle school and high school youth in DFC communities.
Prescription drug misuse prevention is one of the core measures of effectiveness for local DFC coalitions, and coalitions nationwide have led innovative opioid prevention initiatives.
According to data for 2014, an estimated 3,800 young people per day between the ages of 12 and 17 used drugs for the first time in the preceding year. Additionally, high school seniors are more likely to be current smokers of marijuana than cigarettes and non-medical use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs remains unacceptably high. In 2015, 17 percent of high school seniors reported binge drinking (i.e., five or more drinks in a row) in the past two weeks.