CL159 Substance Abuse as a Community Issue: What You Can Do
When drug addiction and drug trafficking become a part of your community, specific types of crime and violence can also come along with them, affecting innocent by-standers, the youth of the community and the neighborhood as a whole. Learn practical tools for community action to prevent substance abuse, such as citizen mobilization, situational prevention, mentoring, etc.; and how to create a coalition to affect policy and create change. Learn how to conduct an assessment of needs and resources, and how to develop a plan aimed at reducing substance abuse among youth, and over time, among adults.

Course length: 1 Days

Tuition: $ 0

Course counts toward a professional certificate: No