Drug Take Back Event Collects 3,678 Pounds of Pills
On Saturday, 1,373 Clark, Skamania, and Klickitat County residents dropped off a total of 3,678 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications with [...]
OSPI to host webinar on students who smoke or vape October 10
But it’s just tobacco… When looking at student substance use policy violations, do school staff overlook tobacco and vaping use as the “least of their worries”? [...]
Prevent Coalition offers prevention tools for schools and parents Sept. 20
Substance abuse prevention tools for building youth resilience will be offered at Prevent Coalition’s quarterly meeting on Thursday, September 20th. In keeping with Prevent Coalition’s [...]
Prevent Coalition, in collaboration with nine partnering coalitions, recognizes volunteers for prevention efforts
Mayor McEnerny-Ogle of Vancouver, Mayor Coston of Washougal and Vancouver Councilmember Stober were among those recognized for their support More than 65 community [...]
Prevention & Youth Services to facilitate Parent Project in Clark & Cowlitz counties
Prevention & Youth Services staff, Becky Mohagen, Regina Frazier, Taya Sanders, Margrit Lovell, Vicki Wood and Nathan Choules attended the Parent Project Facilitators Training in [...]
Drug Take Back event collects 4,683 pounds of pills
On Saturday, 1,451 Clark and Skamania County residents dropped off a total of 4,683 pounds of unused and unwanted prescription and over-the-counter medications with local [...]
Prevent Coalition hosts public forum on youth opioid use
The Prevent Coalition made youth opioid use the focus of its spring meeting, and hosted a free public forum on the topic on April 19, [...]
ESD staff and local community leaders participate in national prevention training
ESD 112 prevention staff joined over 3,000 other community leaders and prevention professionals from around the country to participate in a premier national training event [...]
Prevent Coalition heads up multiple opioid prevention events in April
Seventy-one percent of all drug poisoning deaths in Clark County are opioid related, according to data pulled earlier this year by Clark County Public Health. [...]
ESD 112 receives Kaiser grant to address chronic absenteeism
Kaiser Permanente Northwest has awarded more than $1 million in grants to seven local organizations, to help stem the tide of chronic absenteeism in Washington [...]
Coalitions to host conversation on substance abuse prevention
Six area substance abuse prevention coalitions are coming together to host Put Youth First!, a workshop and conversation that offers tools and information about the [...]
Drug Take Back Event Collects 3,549 Pounds of Pills
On Saturday October 28th, 1,165 Clark County residents dropped off a total of 3,549 pounds of unused and unwanted medications with local law enforcement officers [...]