The mission of the Greater West Bloomfield Community Coalition is to build community partnerships to reduce high risk behaviors including alcohol, tobacco and other drug use, to help ensure that our youth may grow to their greatest potential.
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“Save A Life” Stations Installed Across Oakland County
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities (ACHC) has installed “Save A Life” stations across Oakland County; these harm reduction boxes will include Narcan doses, testing strips, safe disposal kits, and more. An interactive map detailing the location of each “Save A Life Station” can be found HERE.
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Vaping Guide for Parents
The non-profit organization Partnership for Drug Free Kids just recently published a free vaping guide for parents that contains important information regarding the risks and unknowns of vaping in kids. To learn more, visit their website here.
Vaping Tool Kit
Understanding Youth Vaping
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities offers multiple prevention programs that help educate all ages on making healthy choices including how to take preventative measures and reduce risk factors about the negatives of vaping. Learn more by clicking HERE.
Marijuana Talk Kit: What You Need to Know to Talk with Your Teen About Marijuana
Between marijuana legalization, the normalization in pop culture, and new ways of using (edibles, vaporizers, concentrates), it's becoming more complicated for parents to talk to their teens. So where do you start? And what should you say? The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids is here to help. To order a FREE kit, visit: this webpage.Weed Can Wait: FAQ
The ACHC has compiled a number of frequently asked questions regarding marijuana usage among children; to read the FAQs, click HERE.
Understanding Youth Marijuana
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities explains to the youth about the negatives of marijuana which you can learn about here.
Impact of Marijuana on Adolescent Health
Marijuana can have adverse affects on the health of growing adolescents, so it's important for parents to educate children on the ways in which marijuana impacts their bodies; to find more information on this CLICK HERE.
Risks of Marijuana
Click here to learn more about the risks of using marijuana.
Clear The Smoke: Marijuana Toolkit
As some children begin experimenting with marijuana as young as age 10, it is important to clear the smoke around marijuana usage early; for information on how to have this conversation with your child, click HERE.
Drive and Ride Sober
Special thanks to A&M Service Center for providing the car!
Understanding Underage Drinking
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities offers multiple alcohol abuse prevention programs that help educate all ages on making healthy choices including how to take preventative measures and reduce risk factors. For more information on underage drinking from The Alliance, please click HERE.
Underage Drinking is Not a Minor Problem
Eliminating Underage Drinking
Underage drinking is at an all-time low; click here for a collection of resources regarding how you can eliminate underage drinking among teenagers and children.
College Drinking
Harmful and underage college drinking are significant public health problems, and they exact an enormous toll on the lives of students in college; for information on the consequences of harmful drinking, click HERE.
Alcohol Risk & Protective Factors
Underage drinking is not a minor problem; for information on how to have conversations about underage drinking and its risks with your child, click HERE.
Underage Drinking Toolkit
Alcohol is the most commonly-used and abused drug among youth in the United States, so developing and implementing prevention measures for children is an important step to ensure their safety; for more information on how you can prevent underage drinking, CLICK HERE.
Prescription Drug Take Back Collection Locator
For information on National Rx Take Back Day and its locations, visit the DEA's Take Back website.
For locations in Oakland County where you can drop off prescription medications, visit the Oakland County webpage and find a drop-off location near you.
Teen Prescription Drug Abuse
Oakland County offers various evidence-based prevention programs aimed at reducing risky behaviors that lead to teenage substance abuse. Click here to learn more about teens abusing prescription drugs.
Understanding Youth Prescription Drug Misuse
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities explains about the youth misusing prescription drugs which you can learn about here
12 Emojis Parents Should Know
After the death of her 16-year-old son due to drug overdose, Dr. Laura Berman wants other parents to understand the language of teens: emojis. To read more about this story, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
Prescription Drug Abuse Toolkit
Tips For Teens:
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Federal, State, and/or County funding has been provided through Oakland Community Health Network Substance Use Disorder Services to support project costs.