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Faces for Change outlines youth substance‑use prevention work, toolkit and CDC funding
Summary
Faces for Change (Youth Public Culture Institute) presented local youth substance‑use data, prevention activities and a methamphetamine prevention toolkit; presenters said they are funded in part by two CDC grants and city contributions and are pursuing additional federal funding.
Dr. Pitandi Hicks Harper, president and CEO of the Youth Public Culture Institute, and Luke Morgan, Faces for Change project coordinator, briefed council on local youth substance‑use prevention activity on Feb. 25.
Dr. Harper said Faces for Change focuses on prevention of nonmedical use of prescription drugs, marijuana, methamphetamine, fentanyl and a local trend the presenters identified as “lean” (described in the presentation as "a mixture of the opioid codeine mixed with soda and candy"). She said…
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