A toolkit that prevention professionals and communities working on cannabis related policy improvement can use to help support prevention and public health at a community level. This kit has been updated in 2023 to include additional tools and information, including stigma-free language relevant to this work, talking points to use with key audiences, questions to use for community polling, and template presentations for community and key audience education.
Mariah Flynn has worked in the substance misuse field in Vermont for 20+ years as a counselor, a case manager, and for the last 15 years as the Director of the Burlington Partnership for a Healthy Community, a substance misuse prevention coalition serving Burlington, Vermont. She is a founding member of Prevention Works! VT, the Chittenden Prevention Network, and the Northwest Regional Prevention Network; statewide and regional efforts to coordinate substance use prevention resources and strategies for the areas, and she serves on the Steering Committee of Prevention Works! VT. Mariah also served as the Coordinator of the Tobacco Free College Campus Initiative for the state of Vermont for many years. In her personal time she volunteers her time on local initiatives to support youth, including her own two teenagers, in her hometown of Essex Junction. Mariah is passionate about building communities that provide youth and families with the skills and environment to support healthy choices.
Canva presentation Template LONG (est. 45 min)
