Drug Take-Back Event collects over 4,300 pounds of medicine
If you’ve ever been sat on by an adult male northern elephant seal, you can imagine the weight of the medications that were collected in [...]
Youth survey results help Clark County help kids
Getting into a teenager’s head is hard. That’s why the Healthy Youth Survey is a goldmine for educators, families, law enforcement professionals, prevention groups and [...]
New website, tools and resources available for educators to address vaping
2018 Healthy Youth Survey: Vaping among teens dramatically rising School administrators, counselors, and health care professionals are encouraged to visit a new website that contains [...]
Have you locked up your meds?
The Drug Take-Back Event on Saturday, April 27, is going to be extra-special. In addition to offering our community the opportunity to safely dispose of [...]
Prevent Coalition partners with retailers to launch Secure Your Cannabis campaign on 4/20
Prevent Coalition has partnered with cannabis retailers, prevention coalitions in the southwest region and numerous community organizations to develop a point of purchase campaign called [...]
Local groups to collect unwanted meds, offer lock boxes
The No. 1 reason youth misuse prescription drugs is that they are easy to get—often from family and friends’ medicine cabinets. In Washington state, 7 [...]
Helping 16 to 24-year olds in Clark County find what’s next for them
Next, where ESD 112 Clark County youth workforce development programs are housed, helps young adults ages 16-24 obtain skills, education and vocational training to help them [...]
Prevent Coalition-trained youth advocate for legislation
Two days after more than 40 student and adult prevention advocates from Southwest Washington rallied and met with legislators at the Washington state capitol, the [...]
Reflections from a Community Conversation on Soaring Rates of Teen Vaping
"If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together," Shane Gardner, Evergreen Public Schools Manager of School Safety [...]
Youth, Law Enforcement & Prevention Partners Discuss Soaring Rates of Teen Vaping
Community Members Invited to Participate Prevent Coalition is hosting a public forum for community members with a panel of youth, prevention experts, and school-based law [...]
Youth teaching youth to use their voice
Participants shared their poster making skills with the group At the third annual Use Your Voice youth advocacy training, roughly 45 students from Clark, Skamania, [...]
Nationally-trained youth lead advocacy workshop for local teens
Nearly 70 teens from three SW Washington counties will learn from nationally-trained youth leaders how individuals can make a differencence in their communities through policy-making [...]