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Prevention Works For a Drug Free Fairfield County
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Location: |
Fairfield County, Ohio |
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We serve: |
Fairfield County, Ohio |
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History: |
The
coalition was reformed in 2003 by many sectors of the
community that were concerned about youth substance
abuse issues. |
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Mission: |
Our mission
is to prevent and reduce substance abuse among youth
and, overtime, among adults by establishing and
strengthening collaboration by and between all sectors
of the community. |
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Our Members: |
Parents,
Youth, Government, Law Enforcement, Social Services,
Faith Leaders, Medical Professionals, School Personnel,
Business, Service Organizations and Media |
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Our Funding: |
Our annual
operating budget is $125,000 which comes from the Drug
Free Communities Support Program. |
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Our Outcomes
Prevention Works for a Drug Free Fairfield County
is very proud of its successes in reducing substance
abuse among our community’s youth.
• From 2004 to 2010 frequent (30 day use)
tobacco use in high school seniors
decreased from 24.1 to 22.5.
• Between 2004 and 2010, frequent (30 day use) Rx Drug
use dropped from 9.4% to
8.5% to 7.2% to 5.7% an all-time low of Fairfield County twelfth
graders.
• In 2004, 49% of Fairfield County high school seniors
reported that Rx Drugs were easy
to access compared to 2010, 45.7% reported easy access.
• From 2010 to 2011 Compliance Checks revealed a 21%
reduction in sales of alcohol
and tobacco to minors throughout Fairfield County.
Contact Us
The next time you are in Fairfield
County, Ohio, we would be pleased to show you our
facility and excellent programs that we are
implementing.
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Name:
Director:
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Prevention
Works for a Drug Free Fairfield County
Toni Ashton
108 W. Main St., Suite B
Lancaster, Ohio 43130
(740) 681-5542
tashton@cofairfield.oh.us |
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Thank you for giving us the
opportunity to share our successes with you!
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Please visit our:
Information for
Parents Page
Information
for the Community Page
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