Prevention Efforts

Substance areas 

Our prevention efforts receive funding form various grants through the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Substance Services that allow us to focus on prevention in the following substance areas: 

Through these grants, it allows us as a coalition to plan and implement acitivites in the community to prevent and treat substance use disoreders. 

count it, lock it, drop it education

More information on Count It, Lock it, Drop it can be found here

lockboxes

More information on lockboxes can be found here


DRUG DIsposal EVENTS 

Two drug disposal events are offered a year- one in the spring and one in the fall- for the community to have a safe way to dispose of any unused, unwanted, or expired medication (both prescription and over-the-counter medications). 

Our drug take back could not be possible without our partnerships with:

responsible beverage service training 

More information on Responsible Beverage Service can be found here 

freedom from smoking clinics

More information on Freedom From Smoking can he found here 

ADDITIONAL EFFORTS