Prevention

Prevention is key

Prevention is key to stopping the disease of addiction. Everyone has a role in preventing the tragedies that occur once a person becomes addicted to a substance or behavior. You can make a difference in the lives of those around you. Check out these many resources and if you’d like more, contact us at info@cpsummit.org.

The Deterra Project: Preventing Prescription Medicine Abuse:

Summit County Community Partnership is pleased to kick off a drug prevention initiative on August 31, 2016  aimed at preventing the pipeline to addiction.  Summit County Community Partnership has received a donation by Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals of 40,000 drug deactivation pouches that will be distributed to senior centers, patients, parents, and families in Akron and Summit County to provide a safe and responsible drug disposal method, preventing abuse and misuse of leftover prescription medication.

If each of these pouches are used to capacity, there will be 1.3 million fewer pills available to fall into the wrong hands in our community, alone.  These pouches will be distributed to individuals who typically do not have the capacity to utilize one of the many locked DUMP boxes that are available in our community.  These pouches make it easy and convenient for individuals to destroy unused prescription medicine in their own homes.

The user-friendly pouch deactivates prescription drugs and renders contents safe for landfills. After filling the specially formulated pouch with prescription drugs and regular tap water, it can be sealed and thrown away with the household trash.

Acme Fresh Market Pharmacy is partnering to make our community safer by offering drug disposal pouches through their 16 neighborhood locations.  Summit County residents can access pouches at any Acme Fresh Market Pharmacy location. 

In addition to Acme Fresh Market Pharmacy, SCCP is partnering with numerous community organizations to distribute pouches, including Akron Metropolitan Housing Authority, AUI, Cascade Village – The Community Builders, City of Akron, City of Barberton, Community Health Center, County of Summit ADM Board, Mature Services, Inc., Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, Summa Health, the Summit County Opiate Task Force and Summit County Public Health.

This initiative provides an additional way to properly dispose of prescription medication, reaching individuals who are unable to utilize a drug take back box.  It is intended to supplement the work of Project DUMP and Drug Take Back Days.

Additional information about The Deterra Project can be accessed here:

• Press Release
• Acme_Flyer
• Fact Sheet

Online Resources:

• The Search Institute: 40 Developmental Assets
• Start Talking!
• Marijuana Talk Kit
• Generation Rx
• Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
• Drug Free Action Alliance
• Above the Influence
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• NIDA for Teens
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Service Administration
• Get Smart About Drugs

Toolkits:

• KNOW Parent Tips
• Marijuana_Talk_Kit
• Partnership for Drug Free Kids: Parent Toolkit
• Prevent Rx Abuse
• Teen Drugged Driving
• Substance Abuse & Suicide Prevention Toolkit

Safe Medicine Disposal

• Project DUMP
• Generation Rx
• Drug Take Back Day

Local Opiate Awareness Groups

• Opiate Addiction Awareness: Akron, Ohio
• Breaking Barriers: Hope is Alive
• Cover 2 Resources
• Fighting for Alyssa
• Robby’s Voice
• Holly’s Song of Hope
• Light the Night for the Fight against Heroin

Local Prevention Resources

• County of Summit ADM Board
• Project P.A.N.D.A.
• Ohio Guidestone
• Pastoral Counseling Services
• Akron-UMADAOP
• Mature Services
• Urban Ounce of Prevention
• Summit County Public Health
• Hidden in Plain Sight

 

If you have a local program using evidence-based practices, please contact us at info@cpsummit.org.

Responsible Gambling Resources

• Be the 95%