Prescription drug take back event collects over 2,454 pounds of pills
Over 1,000 Clark and Skamania County residents dropped off their unused and unwanted medications with local law enforcement officers and volunteers on Saturday, April 29th. [...]
“Life-changing” youth development program has 60 openings
Last August Marissa Riddall and her two daughters, now age 6 and 1, were homeless. They were living in a tent when Marissa was referred [...]
Youth substance use rates decline as Prevent Coalition celebrates 10 years
Over the past 10 years, Clark County youth culture has changed. Alcohol use has decreased from 30% to 20% and cigarette use has gone from [...]
Klickitat Teens host senior citizen’s prom
Klickitat school district Teens Against Drug and Alcohol Abuse (TADAA!) hosted a senior citizen’s prom on February 11, 2017. The theme was “A Night Under [...]
Washougal students educate peers about the dangers of vaping
Students at Canyon Creek and Jemtegaard Middle Schools in Washougal have stepped up recently to help educate their peers to the dangers of vaping by [...]
PREVENT! receives state award
PREVENT! received a statewide Exemplary Prevention Award at the Washington State Prevention Summit in Yakima on November 7. Members of the PREVENT! Steering Committee and [...]
Washougal coalition receives $625,000 to prevent youth substance use
UNITE! Washougal Community Coalition has been award a $625,000 Drug-Free Communities (DFC) grant to involve and engage their local community to prevent substance use among [...]
Prescription drug take back event collects over 1993 pounds of pills
On Saturday, April 30th, 1,020 Clark County residents dropped off over 1993 pounds of medicine with local law enforcement officers and volunteers. The medicine disposal [...]
Vancouver youth and community leaders behind the 4/20 launch of “Weed Can Wait” campaign
Over a thousand Vancouver teens and tweens supplied the voice and direction for Youth Now, a youth-focused marijuana prevention campaign that's launching on 4/20, a [...]
Washougal Middle School Students Get the Facts on Drugs & Alcohol
Washougal WA – February 1, 2016 -- Schools all across the country took part in National Drug and Alcohol Facts Week January 25-29. NDAFW is [...]
Grant awarded to address marijuana prevention for youth
ESD 112 and PREVENT! Coalition, in partnership with Clark County Public Heath, has received a $247,196 grant to address marijuana education among youth in Clark [...]
PREVENT! Coalition awarded third mentoring grant
The Office of National Drug Control Policy has awarded a two year mentoring grant to PREVENT!, the substance abuse prevention coalition in Clark County, administered [...]
