Box: Register at link below for “Be the solution” conference
By JERRY WOLFFE
Pontiac -- Efforts to lessen substance abuse are under way at communities across Oakland County in recognition of October being National Substance
Abuse Prevention Month.
The Alliance of Coalitions for Healthy Communities, Oakland County Community
Mental Health Authority, Oakland County Health Department Office of Substance
Abuse Services, 15 prevention coalitions, community leaders, Oakland
University Department of Criminal Justice, and students will join together from noon to 2 p.m. on
Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Oakland University, in
Banquet Room A of the Oakland Center, to become part of the solution.
The keynote speaker will be
Judge Linda Davis, founder and president of Families Against Narcotics. Special
guest Dr. Darren Lubbers, of Wayne State University and evaluator for the ACHC,
will also give a presentation. Together, they will address the efforts to decrease opiate
misuse that is crucial to a healthy Oakland County.
All participants will receive the Be the
Solution Toolkit, developed by the ACHC Opiate Prevention
Task Force, and filled with essential information parents, grandparents, and
caregivers need to know about preventing youth prescription drug misuse.
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Alliance of Coalitions for
Healthy Communities, founded in 2004, is a 15 coalition prevention
partnership based in Oakland County and part of Southeastern Michigan. The
ACHC promotes a healthier Oakland County through prevention, recovery and
support by strengthening collaboration among community partners and
mobilizing community wide efforts.
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Alliance of Coalitions for
Healthy Communities, founded in 2004, is a 15 coalition prevention
partnership based in Oakland County and part of Southeastern Michigan. The
ACHC promotes a healthier Oakland County through prevention, recovery and
support by strengthening collaboration among community partners and
mobilizing community wide efforts.
Jerry Wolffe is the writer-in-residence, advocate-at-large of the Macomb-Oakland Regional Center. He can be reached at 586 677-9504.
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