Safe In NM

Creating Environments Free
of Substance Use

Posted on April 5th, 2022

Kits to help students quit vaping or properly dispose of vaping materials are being placed in 17 school-based health programs throughout the Health Department of Northwest Michigan’s four-county jurisdiction of Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties.  The health department purchased and is


Posted on April 5th, 2022
Four staff members from the Health Department of Northwest Michigan and SAFE in Northern Michigan recently graduated from the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).
CADCA is a rigorous training program designed to increase the effectiveness of community substance use

Posted on April 5th, 2022

SAFE youth recently gathered to create new PSAs encouraging their peers about safe ways to handle stress, and reaffirming to teens that “we are all in this together.” Youth from Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet counties gathered to record the PSAs


Posted on April 5th, 2022

SAFE youth have created three new public service announcements encouraging their peers to avoid under-age drinking. The students talk about the potential harmful consequences for youth who do drink and particularly those who get caught drinking. Watch the PSAs from


Posted on October 9th, 2020

The SAFE collaborative has created a traveling teen bedroom to help parents learn about how their teens might be using substances, in plain sight. The “Hidden in Plain Sight” trailer is typically open for parent tours at events such as


Posted on April 20th, 2020

SAFE in Northern Michigan, a local collaboration of community leaders from various sectors working to combat youth substance use in the region’s communities, recently took six area youth to the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Mid-Year Training Institute in Dallas,


Posted on April 20th, 2020

In March 2020, the ‘All SAFE Youth’ meeting was held at the Genesis Center in Petoskey.  SAFE Youth members from all 11 school districts came together for a full day meeting of team building activities, project planning and learning. A large


Posted on February 13th, 2020

SAFE and RISE project coordinators Susan Pulaski and Sierra Hilt joined more than 3,000 substance use prevention specialists and advocates from throughout the country for CADCA’s (Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America’s) 30th Annual National Leadership Forum in Washington, DC last week.

“We were


  • In 2019-20, SAFE received $9,413 in community support!
  • SAFE distributed 663 alcohol/nicotine/drug tests; 962 Naloxone doses; 150 alcohol locks; 331 RX lock boxes; 7,145 stickers for alcohol prevention.
  • SAFE reached about 5,413 youth in 2019-20 with prevention activities! This includes 66 community activities and 123 youth-led prevention projects.
  • SAFE is proud to have 109 active youth members, 43 active adult members, and 11 active school partners.
  • In 2019-20, SAFE recorded 2,924 youth volunteer hours and 1,453 adult volunteer hours!
  • In the past 30 days, 24.7 percent of Emmet County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2018)
  • In the past 30 days, 23.7 percent of Antrim County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2018)
  • In the past 30 days, 35.2 percent of Charlevoix County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2018)
  • FACT: 84.2% of Antrim County high school students reported NOT using marijuana in the past 30 days.(MiPHY 2018)
  • FACT: 83.6% of Charlevoix County high school students reported NOT using marijuana in the past 30 days.(MiPHY 2018)
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