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Mission Statement

The Drug Free Wayne County Coalition is dedicated to reducing substance abuse among youth through cooperative collaboration to create a safe and healthy community. 

Red Ribbon Week

The Drug Free Wayne County Coalition offered a challenge to local fifth grade students for a slogan and to middle and high school students for The180 Project scripts to be used in their schools. See our "Winners".

 

Next Meeting Date

Our next Drug Free Wayne County Coalition Meeting will be on May 13 at 3:30 pm at the Wayne County Board of Education's Tech Center (old high school media center).  Our contingent of teens is currently working on a special project. I can't wait to see it!

 

Quick Facts

One in four deaths can be attributed to substance abuse. The economic burden of substance abuse to the US economy is estimated at a staggering $414 billion annually. Other consequences include more than on=third of the growth in the state prison population; 75 percent of domestic violence victims reporting their assailants were under the influence of substance abuse; children from families with substance-abusing parents are more likely to have problems with delinquency, poor school performance, and emotional difficulties. The bottom line is that every area of our Wayne County population is affected by substance abuse.

 

Participation

Participation in the Drug Free Wayne County Coalition is voluntary and includes every area of our society. If you have an interest in removing substance abuse in our community we want your participation. See more info under the tab About Us and then Contact Us.

 

Wayne County Strengths and Weaknesses

 

RISK

  • Reduce availability of drugs

  • Reduce favorable parental attitudes and involvement in the problem behavior

  • Reduce lack of commitment to school

  • Reduce the impact of friends who engage in the problem behavior

  • Reduce early initiation of the problem behavior

  • Reduce low community attachment and community disorganization

  • Reduce family management problems

  • Reduce academic failure beginning in late elementary

 

PROTECTIVE

  • Promote the small community feelings of having safe neighborhoods

  • Promote rewards for pro-social community and school involvement

  • Promote feelings of high expectations of community, family and school involvement

  • Promote current activities for pro-social family, school and church involvement

  • Promote concept of healthy conventional beliefs and clear standards

  • Promote good youth relationship with and among peers

  • Promote the perception of social support from adults and peers

 

The Drug Free Wayne County Coalition is dedicated to reducing substance abuse among youth through cooperative collaboration to create a safe and healthy community.

 
 

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