Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority, MICHIGAN
The Detroit Wayne Mental Health Authority held a presentation for prevention
providers titled “Orientation for Prevention of Substance Use and Promotion
of Mental Health.” The presentation was designed to cover local, state, and
federal updates; review contractual grant management requirements; and
coordinate efforts to strengthen support for innovative and funded services
throughout the region and community. The meeting, with 45 people in
attendance, highlighted the Thursday NPW theme of “Prevention of Illicit Drug
Use & Youth Marijuana Use.”
Genesee County Prevention Coalition, MICHIGAN
The Genesee County Prevention Coalition created PowerPoint slide decks
for each day during NPW that included statistics and information on the
daily theme. The coalition held a viewing of an opioid documentary for the
community, hosted a vendor table at the Flint Farmers’ Market to hand out
NPW materials as well as other prevention materials, and attended the Unite
to Face Addiction Rally in Lansing, MI, to help raise awareness of NPW.
town hall, “Opioids: A Crisis Facing Our Communities,” the May 21 event
gave the community an opportunity to discuss with medical professionals
the latest findings in therapeutic strategies, as well as the controversies that
surround treatment. The town hall was streamed online.
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes—Tradition Not Addiction,
OKLAHOMA
At El Reno High School, the principal welcomed NPW and Tradition Not
Addiction to put on a school assembly discussing underage drinking,
prescription and opioid drug misuse, and suicide prevention. In addition,
Tradition Not Addiction created a poster to display at the assembly to
represent Native American culture and promote the NPW Dear Future Me
Prevention Challenge.
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma
HealthStreet, University of Florida, FLORIDA
HealthStreet, a community engagement program at the University of Florida,
hosted a town hall event, “Opioid Addiction: Controversies Surrounding
Treatment,” to discuss medication-assisted treatment and raise awareness
about opioid misuse. In a highly anticipated follow-up to its August 2017
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