Title: Methamphetamine Prevention Strategies

Course Description: Methamphetamine is a highly addictive, easy-to-manufacture stimulant that has negative impact on individuals, families, and communities – especially rural communities. There are many lessons learned from others who have addressed methamphetamine in their communities. This course will highlight responses to environmental health, drug exposed children, access to substance use treatment and the establishment of successful prevention programs that include environmental strategies, model laws and interagency collaboration.

Objectives:

• Increase knowledge of prevention initiatives to intervene early
• Increase understanding of evidence based programs and best practice initiatives to address the problems associated with methamphetamine
• Learn to establish model laws and interagency collaborations to abate methamphetamine