Weakley County Prevention Coalition Goals:
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1. Decrease the use and misuse of alcohol by youth and young adults in Weakley County.
- Educating youth, parents, and young adults on alcohol use consequences and social hosting
- Conducting Responsible Beverage Server Trainings in Weakley County
- Partnering with local law enforcement to conduct retail compliance checks
- Working with retailers to ensure employees have received proper training on carding
- Working with local beer boards to create effective policies and rules to ensure retailers are not providing alcohol to underage individuals
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2. Decrease the misuse of prescription medications by youth and young adults.
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Educating youth, parents, young adults, and community members on prescription drug misuse and abuse by
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Reminding community to safely lock their prescription medications in one of our FREE lock boxes
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Remind members to properly dispose of their prescription medications when they are no longer being used in one the six drop boxes in the county at the following locations: Martin Police Department, CVS in Martin, Crisp Hall at UT Martin, Sharon City Hall, Greenfield Police Department, and Weakley County Sheriff’s Office
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Encouraging medical professionals to utilize the Controlled Substance Monitoring Database (CSMD) for prescribing practices
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Hosting Drug Take Back events twice yearly for community members to safely dispose of their prescription medications for incineration
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3.Decrease the use of tobacco, e-cigarette, and vaping products by youth and young adults.
- Education youth, parents, young adults, and community on the consequences of product use
- Promoting the Tennessee Tobacco Quitline as a resource
- Partnering with local law enforcement to conduct retail compliance checks
- Working with retailers to ensure employees have received proper training on carding
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4. Strengthen Weakley County Prevention Coalition’s current prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community level in support of prevention efforts.
- Cultural competency and Ethics training
- Leadership development
- Strategic planning
- Sustainability
- Community mobilization
- Developing future leaders and champions for change in substance abuse prevention with our youth
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