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Local coalitions urge continued federal prevention funding and town ‘opt-out’ on marijuana sales
Summary
Representatives of the Rockville Center Coalition for Youth and the Saving Lives 5 Towns Coalition updated the board on prevention work, said overdose rates have fallen and urged the town to remain opted out of marijuana sales and continue Narcan training and grant-funded programs.
Representatives of local substance-use prevention coalitions addressed the Town of Hempstead board on May 27, urging continued funding for youth-prevention work, wider Narcan distribution and that the town remain opted out of marijuana sales.
Ruth Ann McCormick, director of the Rockville Center Coalition for Youth, told the board the coalition’s principal mission is to reduce youth substance use through education and prevention and that it works with 12 community sectors including law enforcement and schools. McCormick said the coalition is in its tenth year of Drug-Free…
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