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Prevention Wins Were Lean in 2019

On Friday May 17^th, the 2019 legislative session ended with its historical tossing of the papers in the House Chambers. ACT Missouri tracked 73 bills which included some oldies but goodies, as well as some new bills on the behavioral health horizon.

The following bills were “Truly Agreed and Finally Passed”:

SB 275 modifies provisions relating to healthcare, and it includes information on dentists prescribing opioids, developing a Joint Committee on Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment, and numerous other components. It appears that at least three other bills were included in the final language.
HB 547, which requires each judicial circuit to establish a Veteran’s Treatment Court, passed with several House and Senate Committee substitutes.

For 7 years, Representative Holly Rehder, Sikeston, has filed a PDMP bill. Although the Narcotics Control Act, HB 188, went all the way through the process and was placed on the informal Senate Calendar on April 23, it was not brought up for a final vote in the Senate. She shared some comments about its disappointing outcome, and this article provides a good summation of the obstacles in getting this legislation passed.

Rehder also sponsored HB 168 on safe syringe exchanges, and it passed the House Chamber 124 to 27, was referred to the Senate Health and Pensions Committee, but no hearings were held.

Representative Pike once again championed a bill that would add powdered alcohol to the current definition. On April 11, it passed through the House with a vote of 142 to 4 and was referred to the Senate General Laws Committee where it stalled.

Another alcohol related bill that enjoyed some traction was HB 250, sponsored by Nick Schroer. It would allow wholesalers to employee 18 year olds as supervised liquor delivery persons. It passed 148 to 3 in March by the House and had a hearing with the Senate General Laws Committee on May 7.

A couple of bills were filed limiting opioids prescribed by dentists. Coleman’s HB 628 was amended, passed the house, and was then second read and referred in the Senate.

Senator Sater filed SB 6, and it modifies provisions relating to controlled substances including the Schedules, medical marijuana, and criminal provisions. It passed through the Senate, was heard in the House, placed on the calendar, but not called up for a vote.

17 different marijuana bills were filed this session, but only two had any momentum. Representative Hicks’ HB 341, allowing certain marijuana offenses to be expunged if occurring prior to issuance of a patient card passed the House 94-55 in March and was referred to the Senate Judiciary Committee, and HB 829, sponsored by Wood, passed the house and was voted Do Pass out of Senate Health and Pensions.

On the behavioral health side, Senator Schupp’s 164, which modifies provisions relating to professional licensing hours of suicide, made it through the Senate and was placed on the House Calendar on the final day of session.

A bill designating May as Mental Health Awareness Month and July as Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, sponsored by Rep. Sommer, passed the House 149 to 2, and was later voted Do Pass out of the Senate Health Pensions Committee. McGirl’s HB 345, designating August 31 as “Random Acts of Kindness Day in Missouri” made it through the House 136 to 3, and was second read and referred to the Senate General Laws Committee.

ACT Missouri would like to thank everyone for their advocacy efforts this session. Please keep in mind that the best time to build rapport with your legislators is while they are in their home districts. Invite them to your coalition meetings and functions, add their emails to your list serve, follow and like them on their social media channels, attend functions where they will be speaking, and keep them in the loop about behavioral health topics in your community. They heavily rely on constituents for information and stories.

Congratulations 2018 Prevention Award Winners

ACT Missouri, the Missouri Substance Use Prevention Network, and the Division of Behavioral health honored some champions of prevention during lunch at the Prevention Conference on November 28^th. Congratulations to these coalitions and individuals who made remarkable advances in their communities this year! They received a plaque and a signed Senate Resolution for their accomplishments.

Coalition of the Year

Communities Taking Action (CTA) has been working since 1995 to promote awareness of alcohol and substance use, offer resources to assist community members in combating the use of drugs by youth, and provide children a drug-free community in which to grow and reach their full potential. They are an integral part of their community, advocating for the reduction of youth substance use and assuring a healthy and vibrant future for the youth of Shelby County.

In 2006, CTA opened the Shelby County Teen Center which has helped to reduce dropout rates by 10%. The coalition implements evidence-based programs such as the Building Strong Families curriculum. They host many youth alternative activities such as basketball tournaments, 5th quarter events after football games, asset building activities, community education events, family fun nights, summer reading programs, business expos, and town hall meetings. They are an integral part of their community, advocating for the reduction of youth substance use and assuring a healthy and vibrant future for the youth of Shelby County.

Champion of Change for Prevention Award

When not serving as a professor in the UMKC School of Pharmacy at MSU, Dr. Heather Lyons-Burney can be found volunteering her time for many causes across multiple counties in Southwest Missouri. In business, in education, and in life; Dr. Lyons-Burney continues to be a champion for the communities and causes that she serves.”

In Taney County, she helped establish the non-profit Faith Community Health Clinic, where she continues to volunteer as a pharmacist and board member. She worked with Taney County Commissioners to establish a county-wide PDMP ordinance and serves as Co-Chair of ADAPT, a current DFC grantee and past CADCA Got Outcomes Coalitions of Excellence award winner.

In Greene County, she brought together area pharmacists, hospitals, and UMKC students to form the DREAM (Drug Responsibility Education and Advocacy Movement) coalition.

Champion of Change for Prevention Award

Don and Millie Lepley, Tri-C Coalition, Conception City

Due to an unexpected blizzard in northwest Missouri, the Lepleys were unable to attend the conference. A local school provided a live telecast of their surprising award presentation. You will be hard-pressed to find individuals in their upper 80’s (Millie is 89 now!) who are as immersed in prevention efforts as they are. They have been a part of the coalition for 17 years and have invested personally and financially in the coalition and the community.

Don and Millie help with various community and coalition events. They volunteer to assist with Easter egg hunts, back to school bashes, Santa work shop, Halloween Fest, hayrides and the supervision of monthly Teen Beat, a substance-free teen hang out. They both participate in the roadside cleanup efforts consisting of the 2 miles of highway adopted by the Teen Beat. Don and Millie also work at the Community-Wide Cleanup Day sponsored by the coalition. They have given rides, helped chaperone, cooked hotdogs and provided other help as needed. They have donated an abundance of personal money to prevention efforts and towards maintenance of the Teen Beat and have dedicated their lives to improving the environmental factors of at-risk youth.

Prevention Emeritus Award

Compass Health Network would like to congratulate Diane Ooton on her extraordinary prevention career to Central Missouri. The prevention field has been very fortunate to have such a dedicated, hard-working, knowledgeable coordinator. Diane was also a mentor and a teacher for the next generation of prevention specialists. Her compassion for what she did proved positively through the many lives she has touched. We are forever grateful for her service.

2018 Milestone in Prevention Award

For over 10 years, Jefferson County Drug Prevention Coalition has worked to help reduce youth substance use, and in the past year, JCDPC staff, executive board members, and volunteers have dedicated their time and effort into ensuring the sustainability of the coalition beyond the final year of their DFC grant. JCDPC was a leader in community organizing for passing the county wide PDMP. They coordinate the Jefferson County Drug Education Conference for professionals seeking training about local issues related to substance use.

Their Teen Advisory Board (TAB) is a group of youth leaders from different high schools who have committed to work on prevention measures that matter to them. TAB provides a comprehensive media campaign around Prom and Homecoming, its students are certified in conducting a Peer OTC Medication Safety Program, and in Nov, TAB will host their first Youth Drug Education Conference. Their commitment to prevention has held them together through challenges and the results speak for themselves.

2018 Milestone in Prevention Award

Caldwell County Cares Coalition, (CCC) is a well-established and respected grass-roots coalition that is valued by the community for the work and contributions they provide. Since 2013, CCC has provided educational programs and prevention events that target local youth and parents. They have worked relentlessly to identify gaps in their area; bringing the community together to seek resources to fill those gaps. They recently passed a Tobacco 21 ordinance and provided prevention messaging to the high intensity drug area of Hideaway Lakes.

CCC hosts an annual “Gifting the Grads” program to provide resources to seniors to help them achieve independence and avoid the negative impact substance use has on their future endeavors. They have made a great impact and rallied various stakeholders from multiple sectors to affect positive change.

ACT Missouri extends our full gratitude for the efforts and accomplishments of these true prevention champions.

ACT Missouri Mini-Grant Application FY2019 Project Summaries

Advocates for Better Communities

ABC has a county-wide, multi-tiered project that looks at prevention, intervention and treatment of opioid
misuse/abuse. This funding will be used for the prevention component of the coalition’s action plans. We will conduct a community-wide awareness campaign; train schools, worksites and churches about opioid misuse/abuse science & appropriate prescription drug disposal; and collaborate with physician to identify at risk individuals then provide alternative treatments for pain. The Opioid Prevention Mini-grant will be implemented throughout all of Polk County.

Alliance for Healthy Communities

The context of successful partnership with PSD Safe and Drug-Free leadership team, AHC has recognized the opportunity for continued capacity building specific to youth involvement in community prevention. The data cited above reflect a large challenge in the reduction of incidence rates of underage drinking. To impact the scale of this challenge, AHC will grow the scope of youth involvement by developing their voice in community messaging and social norms strategies. Further, AHC will increase its capacities to empower youth voice by providing necessary technical support for transforming youth project visions into effective messaging tools.

Anne Marie Project

The Anne Marie Project was founded as a way to provide information and education in the areas of underage drinking, illegal drugs, mental health and faith to youth in the Jefferson City community. This education has been presented in schools to teachers,social workers and parents to better inform as well as to assist adolescents who may be at risk as they grow into adulthood. The Anne Marie Project also manages its website www.annemarieproject.org as a vehicle to educate young people as well.
As a follow up to Helping Students with a Traumatic History it is our desire to present Part 2: Intervention methods to help students with PTSD and how adults/teachers can work with these students in the classroom and home. This 2 hour program will be presented to Cole county schools, state agencies, and United Way agencies in the 2018-2019 calendar year. The objectives are to learn how to understand how to identify a child that has been affected with trauma; to build relationships with resistant students; learn classroom techniques to help students affected by trauma and identify burnout and secondary trauma and understand self care strategies. We will supply a folder containing 4 key fact cards and bio dots to all participants.

Belton CARES

Education- The Key to Prevention will support the Belton CARES mission to direct, support and actively
coordinate efforts of the community to significantly reduce substance use, promote youth safety, reduce
bullying, support mental health, issues, and thereby improve the health and well-being of the community.
This project will educate the community on the risk involved with the use of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs and will promote safe decision-making. Education-The Key to Prevention will also clarify the misconceptions about the safety of electronic cigarette use as well as driving while under the influence of ANY substance.

Breathe Easy Kirksville

Breathe Easy Kirksville will collaborate with the county afterschool program to implement the research-based Second Step Elementary: Bullying Prevention Unit. The intervention includes comprehensive, interactive lessons supplemented with engaging videos and hands-on activities as well as take-home materials (Committee for Children, 2018) to reduce early initiation of substances (especially tobacco), reduce bullying (including cyberbullying), and improve pro-social behaviors. Because youth bullying and substance abuse are risk factors for poor health outcomes in the future, there is a need for early developmental interventions to address the underlying causes of these behaviors that lead to poor future health outcomes. The earlier interventions are implemented, the earlier disruptive behavior problems and aggression can be addressed before they develop into more serious emotional, health, and academic concerns.

Butler County We Can Be Drug Free Coalition

The Coalition will develop “Drug Free Rally Kits” that include messaging for youth for mini rallies to be hosted by community partners in the months building up to a Community Wide Drug Free Youth Rally will be held targeting ages 10-24 at the Black River Coliseum. The community Drug Free Rally will feature games, food, music and speakers. Youth will have the opportunity to sign pledge cards, pledging to remain drug, alcohol and tobacco free. The speaker will focus on prescription drug misuse using the Generation Rx Teen curriculum. To build excitement about the rally, the video of the 2018 Drug Free Rally will be distributed and advertised throughout the community in addition to Substance Use messaging will be displayed using electronic billboards and sponsored social media in order to reinforce the message and to advertise the community wide rally.

Carthage Caring Communities Coalition

The Carthage Caring Communities Coalition seeks to work with Carthage area youth in order to develop a peer-to-peer media campaign to encourage area youth to postpone the age of first use of substances through education and positive peer pressure.

Charleston C2000

The Project will implement a alcohol and drug prevention program for 60 at risk Charleston Youth ages 10 -14 and their parents, resulting in increasing youth, parent, and community awareness and decreasing the risk of youth alcohol and drug use. There will be a structured on-going educational component utilizing prevention videos, presenters from local, state law enforcement Departments, FCC professionals, Mississippi County Health Department and volunteer adult mentors as resources. Also, after school tutoring will expand to include remediation in math, science and reading; and a 7 week parenting class will be offered. There will also be a recreational activities component for the Youth and parents.

Council for Drug Free Youth

Council for Drug Free Youth (CDFY) plans to implement a multiple county facilitated drug prevention education program for at-risk youth, to include all 7th grade students. The Communication Offers Positive Enrichment (COPE) youth prevention program addresses, alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, and tobacco related products. The at-risk youth program will be combined with an adult and community education component. This multifaceted educational campaign will include all seven prevention strategies in the implementation to provide lasting environmental impact in the communities served. The Strategic Prevention Framework (SPF) was used to develop this plan and is at the foundation of the work of CDFY

CRUSH St. Louis

The purpose of this mini grant is to achieve community level change by increasing awareness and disseminating information on the dangers of opioids, current trends of substance use among youth (including prescription drug misuse), medication safety and drop box locations, current overdose rates, advocacy opportunities, harm reduction strategies, and treatment and recovery resources. CRUSH St. Louis will educate on the efforts of the coalition, provide resources, and have helpful links to important information regarding current opioid information on a newly developed website and social media platform.

Dallas County Live Well Alliance

Dallas County Live Well Alliance (DCLWA) would utilize requested funds to “refocus”, “regroup” and “regenerate” its newly sprouted foundation. DCLWA was formed in December of 2015 and was officially recognized as a coalition in March 2016. DCLWA is the county’s only “formal” coalition. While the coalition has a firm foundation of core members, including a doctor specializing in addiction recovery, local school staff, youth, health department, domestic violence advocates and youth and family advocates; the coalition has promoted tobacco prevention and policy enforcement efforts and substance use prevention efforts; it is time to “refocus” efforts. Although DCLWA has a mission and objectives, it is time to “re-evaluate”. The coalition needs to recruit more active members, determine specific substance use prevention efforts, and put action behind those efforts. DCLWA needs less talk and more action. Any effort is simplified with funding; so DCLWA is requesting this funding to recruit members and initiate action behind substance use prevention efforts in the community. DCLWA believes it has a firm foundation, but tools are needed to help the coalition “regenerate” and build upon the foundation that has been laid in the community.

DeSoto D.A.R.E., Inc.

De Soto DARE’s projects for FY2019 include Community Educational and Engagement events, implementing a prevention education program with community elements called De Soto ATI, and supporting the prevention work on the high school prevention group TREND.

Douglas County Community Health Assessment Resource Team (CHART) & Interagency Council

Alcohol, tobacco and prescription drug use prevention education based on results of the 2018 Missouri Student Survey indicate progress in the education of our youth regarding the risks of substance use. However, continued published reports by law enforcement of arrests among the population are indicative of the need to address substance use within the community that surrounds our youth and children. A community-wide prevention campaign is necessary to educate the adult population who interact with the youth in our community.

Douglas County CHART proposes to use this grant funding in five initiatives: 1) to cooperate with the Douglas County Health Department to complete a community survey to ascertain the perception of substance use in our community; 2) to host Legislative Report meetings to allow conversation between our representatives and our
local leadership; 3) to educate our local government about the value of participation in a Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP); 4) to continue efforts to facilitate proper disposal of unused prescription opioids community-wide; 5) to promote substance use prevention education through social media campaign

ForReal

The goal of the 2019 ForReal Youth Advocacy Engagement Project is to unite the voices of the youth of the Eastern Region of Missouri and empower them to advocate about substance use issues at the local, state and federal levels.

Franklin County Youth Coalition

This grant will provide the opportunity for seven area middle schools to participate in student-led prevention activities throughout the 2018-2019 school year. Students will coordinate a county-wide program that allows students to learn specific prevention information and skills at a Prevention Education Mini-Conference. They will also increase community connections with local retailers and other supporters by implementing the Sticker Shock alcohol awareness campaign, and highlight these young leaders within their own communities as hosts of a family-focused holiday activity.

Healthy Dent County Prevention Coalition

The Healthy Dent County Prevention Coalition will collaborate with the five Dent County school districts to implement a nicotine prevention project with a focus on reaching parents of all fourth and fifth grade students. Teen tobacco use in the county is 13% higher than the state average. E-cigarette use is also higher than the state average. Parents will be educated through a series of three, mailed postcards, public displays at multiple local events, and through local radio advertising. Classroom presentations with all 4th and 5th grade students will be conducted by coalition members and Prevention Resource Center staff.

Healthy Minds, Health Lives of Pike County

The purpose of this project will be to continue efforts to increase knowledge in the community regarding
substance use and mental health concerns within Pike County. Through this project we hope to initiate
behavioral changes in our county regarding reducing stigmas associated with substance abuse and mental illness, as well as increasing knowledge about how to support those experiencing substance abuse or mental illness, and increase awareness of available resources within the community.
The project will address the need for prevention efforts surrounding substance use and mental illness by using consistent and persistent messaging through evidence-based strategies such as media campaigns, educational presentations, focus groups, school presentations, and community outreach. Grant funds would allow HMHL to work in conjunction with HMHLY, our local youth coalition in Bowling Green, to secure speaker Joe Fingerhut to present his messaging regarding substance abuse prevention, healthy choice decisions, obstacle overcoming, and goal setting for the Bowling Green community and the other schools of Pike County (Clopton and Louisiana).
HMHL will continue working with existing partners, such as local youth, community members, and community leaders to develop and implement a new, innovative county wide campaign that delivers positive messaging aimed to reduce the effects the county experiences related to substance use and mental illness. HMHL will also focus on outreach services by conducting educational presentations throughout the county, presenting at health fairs and community events, providing representation from the coalition in community partnerships, and maintaining a positive presence in the local schools.

Heartland Task Force

Heartland Task Force will: collaborate with the district afterschool program to implement the research-based On Applebee Pond prosocial skills and drug prevention curriculum. On Applebee Pond (Mercer County Behavioral Health Commission, 2017) , an early prevention intervention for elementary-aged children, focuses on strengthening children’s resiliency and developing positive social-emotional or pro-social skills. Through a life skills-based curriculum that uses puppets to link learning to play, this interactivity in a relaxed climate allows children the opportunity to immediately apply and demonstrate the prevention concepts they have learned. The intervention features realistic scenarios portrayed through puppets that teach students about the topics of: Identifying feelings, Events that produce good feeling and bad feelings, Peer pressure, Facts about drugs, Reinforcement of say no/go/tell skills, medicine safety, Asking for help, Alcohol and other drug addiction, and Importance of sharing your feelings. In addition, hands-on activities and discussion reinforce lesson objectives.
Risk factors addressed will be: favorable attitudes/ toward the problem behavior and early initiation of the problem behavior.

HOPE for Franklin County

This grant will provide opportunities to raise awareness among adults in Franklin County about the importance of a caring adult as a substance use prevention intervention. Funds will reach the general population with the message that talking to kids about drugs cuts their chance of drug use in half. The programs will also reach out to adults who may have considered extending their role into the foster parent arena, but have lacked information about the foster parent program and how they might fit into it.

Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council

This project will bring together a community of local artists, neighborhood residents, youth and elders to interpret the effects that alcohol, tobacco, drugs, violence and other risky behaviors have had on neighborhoods and/or how those things have impacted them personally. Opportunities will be provided that will allow them to transfer their experience and interpret those experiences through the use of various art forms. Children who enroll in the Ivanhoe after-school, summer and special experiential programs will engage in multi-disciplinary art forms. Adults will have art opportunities that will be taken directly to blocks, block clubs, neighborhood meetings and activities.

Art, photography, music and dance will provide a foundation for the participants to think creatively about the subject matter. We anticipate that for some participants, memories of traumatic experiences might surface while engaging in the project and may require additional supports. Through our partnership with First Call Alcohol/Drug Prevention and Recovery, Alive and Well Communities Kansas City, and student interns from UMKC and KU we will be able to address those needs. In collaboration with our partners, we will sponsor at least two workshops that will help participants learn strategies to deal with community level trauma. The services and resources our partners provide will help participants deal with lingering adverse childhood or adverse community experiences. Finally, participating community members will be able to celebrate their completed art forms by putting the art on display at neighborhood events and activities.

Jefferson County Drug Prevention Coalition

This grant project will be used to enhance the Talk About It campaign in Jefferson County. This campaign encourages parents to talk to their youth about the dangers of drugs and alcohol and what the boundaries and expectations are.

Joplin Area Coalition

The Joplin Area Safe Teens Coalition will partner with the Joplin High School to increase resiliency skills in youth to resist substance use.

Kearney-Holt CAN

Being a student today can be really tough and Kearney-Holt CAN, a coalition working to reduce youth substance use, is concerned that area youth are attempting to solve their problems by coping with alcohol and other drugs. Kearney youth engage in substance use (tobacco, alcohol, marijuana and prescription drug use) as a solution to their problems because they lack resilience skills. In order to address this need, Kearney-Holt CAN members plan to build protective factors and resilience skills among youth through a multiple prong approach that involves education presentations and a media campaign.

Laclede County Drug Council

Our project will help continue drug awareness and education programming in Laclede County, MO. The Choices Unlimited Program targets students in fourth and fifth grades, keeping youth drug awareness education alive in our communities. An additional effort to participate in the Drug Enforcement Agency’s semi-annual Drug Take Back Days allows us to keep the public at-large aware of the need to eliminate unused prescription drugs from our streets.

Ladue Coalition Against Underage Drinking

The purpose of this project is to address underage drinking in the Ladue School District. This will be done by expanding the TNT (Thursday Night Talks) program to the Ladue middle school population. This program focuses on engaging parents and students with a communications campaign through the TNT texting program and the coalition website. TNT is a thought-provoking approach for parents to stimulate regular conversation with teens in their household related to underage drinking and overall health-risk behaviors. The project will provide education to parents, students and educators with the goal to help parents become more aware of the problem of underage drinking and the risks to their children, and to change the cultural tolerance and acceptance for underage drinking among the members of the community. And finally, to work with local governments to strengthen local social hosting laws and engage in other community-level interventions to prevent underage drinking at parties/events in the Ladue area.

Lawrence County Prevention Team

The Lawrence County Prevention Team (LCPT) believes Drugs or Alcohol + Kids = Risk. The team’s purpose and goal is to increase community awareness of the harmful effects of marijuana use and prescription/over-the-counter abuse (RX/OTC), and reduce the use and misuse of these substances by children and young adults age 10-24. Through our “Mission Possible”, focus we ensure the youth and young adults who avoid these problems and those who have yet to cease these harmful behaviors are given the information and tools needed to make healthy choices.

Lee's Summit CARES

Established in 1985, it is the mission of Lee’s Summit CARES (LSC) to prevent youth substance use and violence, empower positive parenting and promote exemplary character. Programming helps create a positive community climate that supports protective factors and reduces risky behaviors. The goal of LSC’s youth prevention program is to increase assets that promote resilience and reduce risk factors. Developing the ability to refuse alcohol and drug use builds resilience, protects adolescent brain development and encourages positive, healthy and responsible decisions during school years and beyond.

Logan-Rogersville Safe and Drug Free Schools and Community

We plan to use the Stanford Medicine Tobacco Tool Kit to educate the students at the Logan-Rogersville High School, Middle School and the 6th grade students at the L/R Upper Elementary School on the long term harmful effects of Vaping. Additionally, the Coalition plans to host the 9th Annual 2019 After Prom, to provide students with an alternative activity after the annual Jr-Sr Prom, to provide a safe alcohol, tobacco, and other drug, free event that will aid in the prevention of underage drinking and illegal substance use

MAAG - Mid-MO Addiction Awareness Group

The goal of this grant application is to reduce the stigma associated with addiction and substance use disorder in Franklin County, in order to reach residents with effective Prevention information. Through a media campaign created by NCADA, billboards and print ads will educate readers that talking with kids about drugs cuts their chance of use in half. By enhancing community awareness walks currently conducted by MAAG, these community gatherings will recruit additional participation and reach more residents, who will be surveyed about opinions and beliefs about SUD. Prescription drug locking devices and drug disposal bags will be distributed at these events as well.

McDonald County Community Coalition

The McDonald County Coalition will partner with the community DARE program to implement evidence-based programming in 5th grade classrooms and share community substance abuse prevention messages with parents, teachers, and community members.

Missouri S & T Alcohol Prevention Coalition

The purpose of the Student Health 101 online magazine subscription is to educate and promote health and wellness to students on the Missouri S&T campus. It aids in addressing misperceptions of high-risk behavior and educating students using evidence-based prevention practices. The online magazine allows for customization of articles using data that is collected each year through the Missouri Assessment of College Health Behaviors survey. Each month, the student population of Missouri S&T will receive an email with a link to the online magazine. The printed content from the magazine is also posted in bathroom stalls at the student center and Norwood Hall. Professors also have the opportunity to use pre-written messaging in their classes.

Morgan County C.L.E.A.R. (Community Leaders Educating About Resistance)

Morgan County CLEAR will raise awareness about the risks of substance use, reduce substance use, and build a commitment to change the social norms that encourage substance use and favor attitudes of low perceived risk of harm with substance use through a variety of activities with the targeted population of 10 to 18 year olds and their parents. A media campaign; educational presentations; collaboration with parent and youth groups; public forums, town hall meetings and partnerships as well as others will be a part of the actions. Substances to be targeted are alcohol (including binge), marijuana, prescription drugs, and tobacco including e-cigarettes, vapor products, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco (chew).

Newton County Community Coalition

The Newton County Coalition seeks to work with Newton County area youth in order to develop a peer-to-peer media campaign to encourage area youth to postpone the age of first use of substances through education and positive peer pressure.

Northland Coalition

N.C. members are excited to address youth substance use by increasing resiliency, reducing self-medication, and building coping skills. To address ATOD use by youth, we will spend the next fiscal year implementing a comprehensive education and skill building campaign. Activities include: 1) Resiliency Resource Packets, 2) Education Presentations, 3) Prevention Conference, and 4) Media Campaign.

Park Hill Community Alliance for Youth

In order to reduce youth substance use among youth in the Park Hill area, Park Hill Community Alliance for Youth will work this next year to grow the capacity and reach of the coalition and expand the Nurturing Resilient Kids education campaign. This funding will enable us to enhance our community mobilization efforts, increase diversity within our coalition, develop a sound strategic plan, and educate and encourage the community to build resilience within area youth.

Perry County Community Task Force

The LifeSkills Prevention Program is one that utilizes the Botvin LifeSkills Training curriculum, which is an evidence-based program. This curriculum is taken directly into the classrooms and taught to the students during the school day. This program works with several different age/grade levels. The Perry County Community Task Force will be working with grades 7 – 10 during this program. This curriculum focuses on the life skills needed in everyday life for success. These topics include knowledge about substances and how they effect the body, resistance skills, communication skills, how to handle peer pressure, how to cope with anxiety and anger, and how to recognize media influences, especially relating to substance use. The Signs of Suicide Program is also worked into the curriculum. This program talks about the recognizing the signs of depression and to talk to a trusted adult. This program is offered to all schools in Perry County. The seventh graders will have four sessions, the eighth graders will have a twelve week program, the ninth graders will have a seven week program, and the tenth graders will have four sessions. The sessions are one hour long each.

Phelps County Child Advocacy Network (PCCAN)

Phelps County Child Advocacy Network will work with the Rolla and St. James Schools to implement a one-year e-cigarette use awareness and prevention project with a primary focus on reaching parents of all ninth-grade students with professionally produced over-sized postcards and local radio advertising. Information will be shared with teens through educational posters and social norming messaging placed in the school hallways and classrooms. Teen use of e-cigarettes is higher than the state average and has increased by 5% over the last two years in Phelps County. According to school officials and the current data, many false perceptions exist by both students and parents about the risks of using e-cigarettes.

Platte County Prevention Coalition

Platte County Prevention Coalition (PC2) members are concerned with students using alcohol and marijuana as well as misusing prescription drugs. In an effort to understand why youth are using, coalition members conducted youth focus groups, with students who had attended the Sept. 2017 Northland Youth Leadership Summit. Youth identified a lack of coping and stress management skills as well as a lack of general resiliency skills. As such this proposal includes a social marketing campaign to focus on those specific risk factors while encouraging positive, healthy choices through a Safe and Sober Program, Trading Card Program, and other education on resiliency and healthy coping skills.

Risco C2000

Risco C2000 would first and foremost like to educate students on making good choices in their daily lives. We would like to increase protective factors of students in our extremely rural area. We will do this by using evidence based prevention education strategies. We would also like to provide evidence based alternative strategies including a safe environment for students high risk events.

S.A.Y.V. (Standing Against Youth Violence)

The Springfield community has a need to lower the number of students feeling unsafe at school, being physically and emotional bullied, having thoughts of suicide. Since substance misuse and youth violence have many of the same risk and protective factors, we will implement a curriculum to address these issues to Springfield Public students. This evidence based program will equip youth in our community with the tools and skills to resolve conflicts non-violently, make educated decisions regarding substance misuse, and lead to fewer instances of violence in our community.

Smithville Community In Action (CIA)

In order to reduce youth marijuana use, Smithville Community In Action will implement a Community Marijuana Education Campaign and continue their drug-free Activity Mentor Program. The combination of these efforts will reduce youth use of marijuana by targeting the primary risk factors of perception of harm and acceptability. The Community Marijuana Education Campaign will be a social marketing strategy developed and implemented by Smithville CIA’s Education Committee and will increase the perception of harm that marijuana has on the developing adolescent brain, mind, and body through several coordinated key messages. The Activity Mentor Program will help reduce the perception of peer acceptability in Smithville schools by creating positive peer pressure among high school youth not to use marijuana (or alcohol or other drugs), and the perception that “everyone in high school uses to be cool or fit in.” The program will also mentor younger students to help them realize that they can “fit in” and be successful by making healthy choices and by being drug-free. Marijuana education will also be included in the discussion with the younger students

St. Francois County Community Partnership

St. Francois County Community Partnership will work with five schools in the County to implement a one-year e-cigarette use awareness and prevention project with a primary focus on reaching parents of all ninth-grade students with professionally produced over-sized postcards and local radio advertising. Prevention information will reach teens through educational posters and social norming messages placed in the schools. E-cigarette use has significantly increased and is well above the state average use in the county over the last two years. In addition, perception of harm from use has decreased significantly over the same period.

Staley Teaching & Reaching Youth - T.R.Y.

The Staley TRY coalition will implement both a youth-focused social marketing campaign and a community focused education campaign in order to reduce youth use of marijuana through targeting the primary risk factors of harm and acceptability. Both these campaigns will be developed by the Staley TRY coalition alongside the expertise of both Tri-County Mental Health Prevention Specialists and the “expertise” of our youth and adult focus groups.
The campaigns will target Staley-area community members and youth with education on the harms of youth marijuana use, especially on the developing adolescent brain, mind, and body. These campaigns will also provide appropriate resources, current information, and research about youth marijuana use and promote conversations among parents and children.

Step Up of St. Louis

Data from the 2018 Missouri Student Survey (492 respondents) indicates a continued high use of alcohol and marijuana among our 9th through 12th graders with 43.1% (an increase from 2016) indicating a low perception of harm for alcohol use with 26.1% (a decrease from 2016) reporting to have used alcohol in the past 30 days. 53.1% (a decrease from 2016) reported low perception of harm regarding marijuana with a 21.2% past 30 days usage rate. Additionally, 73.6% (a decrease from 2016) of 9th-12th graders indicated that it was “very easy” or “somewhat easy” to obtain alcohol. In regards to marijuana, 62.6% (a decrease from 2016) reported that it was “very easy” or “somewhat easy” to obtain. This information undoubtedly determines that despite the efforts of our school programming to educate and employ zero-tolerance disciplinary actions, there is indeed a need to continue to address the high rate of alcohol and marijuana use among our area teens. There is a need in our community for a unified, dedicated pro-active initiative such as Step Up of St. Louis and it is equally necessary to direct this effort toward area youth through effective social media communication, ongoing community outreach,
education and youth engagement opportunities.

Stone County Community Health Coalition

Stone County Community Health Coalition’s (SCCHC) initiative, Healthy, Responsible, Caring Youth (HRCY) will use the framework of 40 Developmental Assets to assess the relationships between youth (ages 10-18) and our Stone County communities. SCCHC recognizes that building these relationships is critical to the healthy development and prevention of risky behaviors in young people’s lives. This initiative will help support efforts that are already present in our communities on positive youth development, and fill gaps where cultivating developmental relationships are needed. SCCHC will develop a media campaign to focus on building developmental relationships within our communities, conduct a Developmental Asset Assessment, and implement programs to engage youth in prevention efforts.

Taney County Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention Team (ADAPT)

The Responsible Beverage Service (RBS) Support Program will assist local alcohol retailers with increasing the number of RBS practices they implement, and provide positive community awareness to those reaching the highest level of RBS practices, thus decreasing availability of alcohol to minors from retail establishments.

The One-Eighty Prevention Coalition

This grant will provide classroom and community based prevention programs to the students who attend Null Elementary and Jefferson Intermediate schools, located in the 63301 zip code area of St. Charles. Enrollment at these schools includes many children from families where adults are reentering the community after incarceration. The grant will provide research-based prevention and resiliency programming at one elementary and one intermediate school where these programs are not currently available. It will also provide two organized early-release day pro-social activities in the community for these students. The activities will include a prevention focused message for all students, transportation to the event and participation in the event.

Tobacco Free St. Louis

The purpose of this project is to achieve community level change by increasing awareness and disseminating information on current tobacco legislation, local tobacco ordinances, and the benefit of strengthening our local tobacco ordinances. We will achieve this purpose through the use of educational and compelling billboard advertisements and social media advertising and posts.

Tri-C (C2000 Conception)

During the 2018-2019 grant cycle, The Tri-C Community Coalition plans to enhance the Tri-C Mentoring Program. This entity pairs at-risk, school-aged youth within the Clyde, Conception, and Conception Junction communities of Nodaway County with trained, positive adult role models. The goal at hand is reducing the “high-risk environment” in our community that contributes to underage drinking, tobacco addiction, and illegal and other drug use leading to violent acts and other risky behaviors. By providing not only alternative activities but also prevention-based community forums, the at-risk youth will have an opportunity to participate in new experiences and in turn promote bonding between the mentors, the families of the at-risk youth, and the community as a whole.
The proposed project of enhancing the Tri-C Mentoring Program has numerous facets. The first task is training volunteers how to be mentors. We have partnerships with seminarians at the Conception Abbey, elderly within the community, and staff at Jefferson C-123 Schools that assist with recruiting. The Tri-C Community Coalition brings nationally-known speakers to facilitate the yearly training session. We also provide a mentoring handbook containing valuable contact information as well as suggestions for enhancing relationships with mentees. The second facet of the Tri-C Mentoring Program is coordinating locations, times, and alternative activities in which the mentors and their assigned youth can participate. The administration of Jefferson C-123 Schools allows our adult mentors (local seminarians, elderly within the Tri-C Area, and staff from Jefferson Schools) to visit students during their lunch time once a week. In addition to the weekly visits, the Tri-C Community Coalition provides monthly activities outside of school in which the mentors and their assigned youth may bond (bowling, movies, theatrical productions, pool parties, gaming tournaments, rental of the Teen Beat, etc.) In addition, the Teen Beat/Mentoring Halloween Party, Santa’s Workshop (arts & crafts event – all ages), Tri-C Mentoring Easter Egg Hunt, Tri-C Cleanup Day, The Lollipop Parade, St. Columba Parish Carnival, and Prescription Drug Take-Backs are just a few of the community-wide prevention activities fostering improved mentor/mentee, parental, and community networking. This step combats our individual risk factors of lack of positive role models as well as poor decision-making and problem-solving skills.
The final facet of the Tri-C Mentoring Program is securing adult volunteers to assist with supervising mentoring events as well as providing transportation to and from the alternative activities. The 8 members of the Tri-C Community Coalition as well as concerned parents of the school-aged children of Jefferson C-123 Schools donate countless hours of their time as well as mileage to and from events to assure that this valuable program continues to positively influence our at-risk youth in the community. These wonderful adults truly understand the adage, “It takes a community to raise a child” and are always willing to lend a helping hand to families struggling with substance abuse of some kind.

Wayne Inter-Agency Network (W.I.N.) Coalition

We are seeking grant funding in order to maximize the WhyTry experience for at-risk students and their families. We are trying to stretch what remains of our existing funds, while adding the mini grant to prevent shortfalls and to expand the program in other areas.

Youth With Vision

Youth With Vision (YWV) members continue to be concerned with the rate their peers misuse Rx drugs. With their focus on the misuse of Rx drugs in the past year, YWV was disappointed to see an increase in Rx misuse (MSS data – 7.8% in 2016 to 8.45% in 2018). Therefore, YWV believes it must continue to prioritize Rx drug misuse, educating their peers and the community about the harmful effects of misusing Rx drugs. To address this ongoing problem, YWV will continue to implement a three-prong approach: develop a social marketing campaign, targeting their peers, to educate them on the harmful effects of misusing Rx drugs; develop and conduct presentations for peer and community-based venues (i.e. the Northland Youth Leadership Summit, health classes, civic group in-services, parent meetings, etc.); and expand their Lock Your Meds campaign, to an additional 30 pharmacies across Clay, Platte and Ray counties. YWV goal with the last of the 3 prong approach is to partner with community Rx retailers and educate the public on safeguarding current medications and the proper disposal of unwanted medications

2017 Legislative Session Wrap-Up

If a person with interest in behavioral health and substance use related policies were to describe this legislative session, they would probably narrow it down to two words; so close. ACT Missouri tracked 79 of these bills, and only four made it to the Governor’s desk; HB 115 to change airport alcohol sales, HB 336 for life insurance policies to contain suicide exclusions or limitations, SB 52 for suicide prevention and awareness, and SB 139 to establish a Controlled Substance Abuse Prevention Fund, MO RX Cares Program, and modify the MO HealthNet Pharmacy Program.
For the 6th straight year, the Legislature has failed to pass a PDMP. Even though Representative Rehder’s and Senator Schatz’s HB 90, the Narcotics Control Act, had 70 “Actions” mentioned on its activity report, multiple amendments made, compromises proposed, conference committees formed, hundreds of testimonies heard, and the overwhelming support from the members of Safe and Strong Missouri, which includes 33 prominent state healthcare providers and trade associations, 11 law enforcement agencies, 26 employers, and 38 substance use prevention and recovery advocacy groups, it never was “Truly Agreed and Finally Passed”. U.S. Senator McCaskill has asked Governor Greitens to call a special session to get its passage accomplished this year.
Another heartbreaker for prevention and recovery advocates was Rep. Lynch and Sen. Brown’s HB 294, which would provide certain immunities for persons who seek medical assistance for a drug or alcohol overdose. It was set on the Senate calendar, but not called up for a vote. This bill was also referred to as Bailey and Cody’s law, both of whose overdose deaths may have been prevented if friends had not feared legal ramifications and called 911.
A prevention related bill that had some traction was Rep. Pikes’ HB 29 to add powdered alcohol to the existing state statutes; making it illegal to purchase by those under 21. It made it through the House with several other alcohol related bills attached as amendments, was heard in Senate committee, but stalled after that. Similarly, SB 490, requiring healthcare professionals to receive suicide prevention training, and HB 35, modifying admissibility of chemical test results in intoxication proceedings, passed out of their chambers, were heard in the other’s committee, set on the respective calendar, but were not called for a vote.
On the topic of marijuana, five senate and seven house bills were filed pertaining to legalizing marijuana for medicinal or recreational use, allowing hemp cultivation, and expanding hemp oil provisions. The bills that made the most progress were Rep. Curtman’s HB 170, and Rep. Neely’s HB 437. HB 170 would have allowed the Dept. of Agriculture to grow, harvest, and cultivate industrial hemp, was voted do pass out of senate committee. HB 437 would have allowed persons with certain serious medical conditions to use medical cannabis, was voted do pass out of House committee but didn’t make it out of the House Chamber.
Read the final ACT Missouri Bill Tracking Report.
ACT Missouri would like to thank everyone for your advocacy efforts this session, especially those that came to Jefferson City to share stories, provide testimony, and educate legislators on the importance of behavioral health policies. It is concerned citizens like you that truly make a difference. If you are interested in becoming involved in advocacy, you can sign up to receive our legislative reports, request copies of our Speak Up, Speak Out, Speak Hard Handbook, and attend our future trainings. Email info@actmissouri.org to sign up!

Online Social Advocacy

The 2017 Social Policy II course is working with Representative Holly Rehder to develop an online advocacy campaign to pass HB 90 and SB 314 in favor of a Missouri Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. The purpose of this workshop will be to showcase their website and social media campaign. Youth will leave with a general understanding of website development and creating a grassroots campaign around a social problem.

Trenton Sims, Adjunct Professor Evangel University, Regional Program Manager at Enactus
Alyssa Wadlow, Project Manager, BSW Student at Evangel
Emily Bone, BSW Student at Evangel
Sarah Martinette, BSW Student at Evangel

The Evangel University Social Work Program received a policy-practice grant from CSWE (Council on Social Work Education), with a focus on the need for a PDMP in Missouri. The junior class of social work majors has addressed this topic in both their Social Policy I & II classes.

In these classes they have written papers about the PDMP debate, partnered with a local prevention organization (CPO), organized a Town Hall meeting regarding opioids in the Ozarks, designed a website for students for a PDMP, organized a community forum at a local coffee shop for students in southwest Missouri, advocated to local pharmacies about the need to take action, composed a PDMP song and are in the process of writing legislative briefs on the topic.

2016 Prevention Conference Highlights

A record breaking 250 prevention specialists, coalition members, educators, law enforcement officers, counselors and healthcare professionals convened at the Lodge of Four Seasons in Lake Ozark for the 2016 Prevention Conference. This year’s theme, Your Actions Matter! Prevention is Everyone’s Business, was the culmination of the underage drinking campaign and legislative fact sheet project from the spring of 2016.

The event started with a Pre-Conference that included a (Youth) Mental Health First Aid Summit for certified instructors to gain new insights and hone their skills. After the summit, a panel of experts presented on the top four substances used by Missouri’s youth: alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and prescription drugs. Following the panel, groups gathered by Regional Support Center/Coalition to analyze county specific MO Student Survey data and start strategically planning which local ordinance would most benefit their area; underage drinking policies, Tobacco 21, Marijuana Resolutions to prevent marijuana dispensaries, and local PDMPs. Nicole Schoenborn from the Southwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies facilitated the groups.

Attendees had twenty breakout sessions to choose from including substance specific topics, coalition building, and communications. On Tuesday, ACT Missouri awarded two Prevention Emeritus Awards to Donna Chapman, from Morgan County CLEAR, and posthumously to the family of Jamie Scott, for years of service in prevention. On Wednesday, participants attended “Super Sessions”: We’re the Same, but Different: Connecting Prevention and Treatment, or Poverty 101: Engaging Low Income Individuals.

This year, we proudly honored several Coalition Milestone Awards to Lee’s Summit CARES, St. Louis area CRUSH, and Osage County Anti-Drug Community Action Team. The St. Joseph Youth Alliance received this year’s prestigious Coalition of the Year Award, and Senator Doug Libla presented the 2016 Champion of Change for Prevention Award to Charleston C2000’s Lester Gillespie. Each award winner also received a signed Resolution from their Senator.

The closing keynote was Joe Eberstein from San Diego’s Marijuana Prevention Initiative. He infused humor, his experience as a law enforcement officer, and the latest trends and data available on youth marijuana use. The evaluations summed up the conference’s success with 56% rating the conference as “excellent” and 36% rating it “good”. Many attendees exclaimed that this was the best conference to date!

Make It Matter In Your Community By Attending Our Free Pre-Conference Session!

Build your community’s prevention equity on the top four substances of abuse for MO teens. Join us for an in-depth course to learn from experts on locally lead initiatives to reduce youth use, assess data from your community to formulate your business plan, and assemble YOUR community to have a vested interest in prevention through population level strategies.

Alcohol is the leading substance of abuse for Missouri teens, however, underage drinking laws vary from city to city. Nancy McGee, JD, will discuss how to address underage drinking at the local level, assist with evidence based interventions, and help communities decide their best defense.

Marijuana has had so much media hype and big tobacco-like support, our youth’s perception of harm from marijuana is dwindling fast. Kara White will discuss how Ray County passed an ordinance to prohibit marijuana dispensaries, educate on its danger, and defend young brains from lasting damage.

Prescription drugs’ popularity is souring as more and more youth turn to them to relieve stress, feel better, or perform better. Since the MO Senate has failed to pass a PDMP for several years straight, St. Louis County has worked together to devise a local PDMP. Spring Schmidt will discuss how they formulated and funded their program and offer suggestions on how this can be done in your county.

Tobacco usage rates among MO teens remain higher than the national average. Tobacco 21 is a local ordinance that requires everyone to be 21 to purchase tobacco. Columbia has successfully become a T21 city. Leah Martin, from the American Lung Association, will discuss the initiative and give pointers on how your community can be a T21 city too.

Using county-specific provided data, interpretive assistance from Susan Depue from MIMH, and a facilitator from SAMHSA’s Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies, Southwest, each community will decipher which substance to address, formulate an action plan to sustain a community wide ordinance, and leave with a blueprint for change.

Prevention works best at the community level, and according to Jeff Linkenbach: “There is tremendous freedom in knowing that the solutions organizations and communities seek to their problems already reside within these entities.” ACT Missouri is happy to provide an avenue to this freedom!

Make it matter in your community by attending our free Pre-Conference Session!

Marijuana has had so much media hype and big tobacco-like support, our youth’s perception of harm from marijuana is dwindling fast. A community member from Clay County will discuss how they passed an ordinance to prohibit marijuana dispensaries, educate on its danger, and defend young brains from lasting damage.

2016 Prevention Conference Schedule At-A-Glance Released

We are happy to announce the 2016 Prevention Conference Schedule At-A-Glance! We hope you will be able to join for this exciting learning and networking opportunity!

Monday, November 14, 2016

10:00AM-12:45PM	MHFA/YMHFA Instructor Summit-Certified Instructors Only
12:00AM-1:00PM	Lunch-On Your Own
1:00PM-2:45PM 3:00PM-5:00PM	Make It Matter: Expert Forum: Alcohol Policy, Marijuana Ordinances, Local PDMPs, and Tobacco 21 SAMHSA's SW Resource Team and Colition Strategic Planning
6:00PM-8:30PM	Networking Dinner

Tuesday, November 15, 2016

6:30AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast / Networking/ Exhibits
8:00AM	Welcome & Introductions
8:15AM – 9:30AM	Steve Miller “Building Capacity: Engaging the Community”	John Throckmorton “2016 Trends in Workplace and Student Drug Testing”	Marnée Morgan “Prevention Strategies Impacted by Cultural Competence”	Joyce Lara, Emily Thomezeck “E-Cigs or Vaping: No Big Deal, It’s Just Water Vapor, Right?”
9:45AM – 11:00AM	Nick Clinton, Rikki Barton “Coalition CPR”	Michelle Li, Paige Knittel “Creating a Successful Youth Prevention Program”	Jenny Armbruster, Thread STL “Partnerships: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze?”	Larry Stobbs, Angela Reynolds, Robin Hammond “How to Implement a Responsible Beverage Server Program in Your Community”
11:00AM – 12:30PM	Lunch/Networking/Exhibits
12:30PM – 1:45PM	Alaina Williams, Rikki Barton “Expanding the Impact of (Youth) Mental Health First Aid”	Jessica Mahathath, Brandie Mantz “HALO: Healthy Alternatives for Little Ones-Prevention for Young Children”	Sean Marz “How Trauma Impacts Social, Emotional, and Health Outcomes”	Kirk Moberg “Opioid Overdose: An American Epidemic”
2:00PM – 3:15PM	Chris Davis “Logic Models: A Value to Coalitions”	Susan Depue, Staci Scott “Key Findings from the 2016 MO Student Survey”	Jenay Lamy, Amber Allen “Positive Prevention: Engaging the Community as Active Bystanders in Messaging”	Nichole Dawsey, Michelle Bain, Jenny Armbruster “Preventing Tween Alcohol Use: A Business and Non-Profit Partnership”
3:15PM – 3:45PM	Refreshment Break / Networking / Exhibits
3:45PM – 5:00PM	Lori Krueger, Whitney Robins “SPF Sound Bytes: Making Strategic Planning User Friendly”	Amber Allen “Taking Prevention Past the Final Bell”	Rikki Barton “Presenting: Going from Terrified to Dynamic”	Anita Jurkowski “Signs of Suicide”

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

6:30AM – 8:00AM	Breakfast/ Networking/ Exhibits
8:15AM – 11:00AM	Heather Harlan “We’re the Same but Different: Connecting Prevention and Treatment”	Heidi Lucas “Poverty in Missouri:Substance Abuse Prevention, Education, and Poverty:How to Engage Your Community”
11:00AM – 1:00PM	Presentation Over Lunch/Awards Ceremony Joe Eberstein, “Youth Marijuana Use: Emerging Research and Evolving Prevention Strategies”

*Schedule subject to change

*Your name tag will be required to enter all meals, breakout sessions, and conference related events.

Missouri State Rep. Holly Rehder Honored for Ongoing Efforts to Fight Prescription Drug Abuse

Award Hosted by ACT Missouri, Charleston C2000 Coalition, FCC Behavioral Health and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals

Charleston, Mo., Sept. 7, 2016 – State and community leaders announced today a special honor for Rep. Holly Rehder, R-Sikeston, recognizing her leadership in the fight against prescription drug abuse in Missouri. She was presented with this honor during ceremonies at the C.F. Bowden Center in Charleston.

ACT Missouri, Charleston C2000 Coalition, FCC Behavioral Health and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals came together to highlight Rehder’s unyielding commitment to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) in Missouri. A PDMP would help prevent drug abuse by providing health care providers timely data for the treatment of patients. In addition, the PDMP program would help identify illicit activities such as visits to multiple doctors for multiple, duplicate prescriptions, something called “doctor shopping.”

‘It’s an honor to receive this award from those who are truly in the trenches daily fighting to prevent opioid misuse and abuse. It takes all of us working together to keep our communities safe. Mallinckrodt, as well as every organization represented here today, not only helps on the front lines but also in the halls of the Capitol as well. I cannot thank them enough,” said Rep. Rehder.

Missouri is the only state without a PDMP. Each of these organizations strongly supports Rep. Rehder’s position and urges the full Missouri legislature to swiftly pass this important legislation to reduce prescription drug abuse and misuse in the state.

Rehder also was recognized for her leadership in advancing the “Safe Communities” program and for her focus on prescription opioid abuse and heroin prevention, which includes her support for the ACT Missouri initiative to distribute 35,000 drug deactivation and disposal pouches donated by Mallinckrodt for citizens – at no cost to them – in the greater Charleston, Mo., area.

“Representative Rehder has been a strong voice for drug abuse prevention in Missouri,” said Jessica Howard, Prevention Program Director, FCC Behavioral Health. “She is an advocate in her community and shares her story about how prescription drug abuse has affected her family, while working hard to prevent other families from suffering this experience.”

Pouches Can Prevent 525,000 Pills from Abuse in Southeast Missouri

The user-friendly pouches are a safe and responsible way to dispose of leftover prescription pain medications. The pouches deactivate prescription drugs and render chemical compounds safe for landfills. After placing pills in the specially formulated pouch and filling it with regular tap water, it can be sealed and thrown away with the household trash. If all 35,000 pouches are filled to the maximum 15 pills capacity, 525,000 prescription pills would be destroyed and prevented from falling into the wrong hands.

The drug deactivation and disposal pouches are being distributed through the Missouri Substance Abuse Prevention Network. ACT Missouri facilitates this group of prevention leaders representing 160 community coalitions across the state. These coalitions work with groups such as educators, pharmacies, law enforcement and mental health providers to distribute the pouches.

The organizations that honored Rehder all share a strong commitment to drug abuse prevention – ACT Missouri is a private not-for-profit corporation that works with community groups across the state and national organizations to promote safe, healthy and drug-free communities; the Charleston C2000 Coalition concentrates on youth substance prevention and positive life choices in Charleston, Mo.; FCC Behavioral Health is a private, non-profit community health center that offers an array of behavioral health programs through 22 clinics and treatment centers in Southern Missouri: and Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, a leading global specialty pharmaceutical company, is committed to working with policy makers, community leaders, law enforcement and industry partners to ensure the responsible use of pain medication and prevent unused medications from ending up in the wrong hands.

The local donation is part of Mallinckrodt’s 1-million pouch donation initiative to help combat the abuse of prescription pain medications, which is one of the top public health threats in the U.S. today. A national survey of U.S. adults who used opioids showed that nearly 6 out of 10 had or expect to have leftover opioids, according to findings published online June 13, 2016, in the JAMA Internal Medicine journal. Nearly 68 percent of those who used prescription pain relievers non-medically in 2012-2013 got them from friends or relatives, according to the 2013 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Find more information at www.mallinckrodt.com/disposal.

“As a company focused on the health and well-being of our patients and communities, Mallinckrodt has long been a strong advocate of addressing the complex issues of opioid misuse and abuse that cause so much harm to families,“ said Mark Trudeau, Mallinckrodt President and Chief Executive Officer. “We share the concerns of people across the nation, and believe that providing patients with a safe and responsible way to dispose of unused medications is critical in this fight against prescription drug abuse.”

The drug deactivation pouches are manufactured by Minneapolis-based Verde Technologies. Find more information at www.mallinckrodt.com/disposal.

CONTACTS
Jessica Howard, MACSAPP, Prevention Program Director
Division of Behavioral Health Funded Regional Support Center
FCC Behavioral Health
C2000@fccinc.org 573-888-5925, ext. 1315

Rhonda Sciarra
Senior Manager, Communications
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
rhonda.sciarra@mallinckrodt.com
314-654-8618

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