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SAFE youth attend CADCA Conference

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, Texas (2019). Representing SAFE in Northern Michigan were students Ben Lentz, Makayla Gillette, Joey Johnston, Joi Minier, Jaeger Griswold and Remi Dunkel, as well as youth advisors Susan Pulaski and Sierra Hilt.

Pulaski, who serves as project coordinator of SAFE, said the experience was great for the youth, noting they participated in the Key Essentials course with 500 other youth from around the world. The course provides participants with the foundation tools needed to take the first steps in solving their communities’ problems surrounding drugs, vaping, underage drinking, prescription drugs and other substance misuse-related issues, using the Strategic Prevention Framework.
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  • FACT: 86.8% of Charlevoix County high school students reported NOT using marijuana in the past 30 days.(MiPHY 2022)
  • FACT: 88.6% of Antrim County high school students reported NOT using marijuana in the past 30 days.(MiPHY 2022)
  • In the past 30 days, 15.3 percent of Charlevoix County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2022)
  • In the past 30 days, 12.1 percent of Antrim County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2022)
  • In the past 30 days, 23.4 percent of Emmet County High School students reported vaping. (MiPHY 2022)
  • SAFE is proud to have 109 active youth members, 43 active adult members, and 11 active school partners.
  • From 2014 to 2020, the use of alcohol, tobacco, marijuana and prescription drugs DECREASED around the SAFE region!
  • FACT: 70% of Emmet County high school students reported NOT using marijuana in the past 30 days.(MiPHY 2022)
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