Different people from all walks of life and from all parts of a community working together toward the common goal of preventing and reducing substance use among kids and in a local community.
Georgia Collaborative Organizations
Joining a collaborative or initiative will provide an opportunity to you to work and form relationships, with community members and organizations, in which all the team members contributing their expertise and strengths are able to achieve something larger and more meaningful than they could otherwise do individually. If you do not have a community collaborative. Building community partnerships will allow you to address substance abuse in depth from multiple directions.
Statewide Organizations
Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Initiative
The Georgia Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention Initiative (GPDAPI) of The Council on Alcohol and Drugs (The Council) focuses on five priority areas (Education, Advocacy, Safe Storage, Secure Disposal and Enforcement) and eleven objectives in order to prevent and reduce prescription drug abuse in Georgia.
Drug Free Workplace
The Council on Alcohol and Drugs, a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization that was established in 1969, has been assisting companies with implementing and maintaining cost-effective drug free workplace programs since 1993. Many states offer a mandatory discount on workers' compensation insurance premiums for companies that achieve state certification as a drug free workplace. In addition, many insurers offer voluntary discounts to their clients who implement a drug free workplace program.
http://www.livedrugfree.org/Drug-Free-Workplace.drugfree.0.html
Gen Rx Project
The Generation Rx Project (GEN Rx) was created in response to this epidemic. GEN Rx aims to prevent the misuse/abuse of prescription drugs among 12-25 year olds in the counties of Catoosa, Early and Gwinnett.
Let's Be Clear Georgia
Let’s Be Clear Georgia is a partnership of statewide private and public agencies, employers, and individuals engaging in best practices and policies to prevent marijuana abuse in our state.
http://www.clearga.org
Regional/Local Organizations
Region 1
Banks, Bartow, Catoosa, Chattooga, Cherokee, Cobb, Dade, Dawson, Douglas, Fanin, Floyd, Forsyth, Franklin, Gilmer, Gordon, Habersham, Hall, Haralson, Hart, Lumpkin, Murray, Paulding, Pickens, Polk, Rabun
North Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative (Cherokee, Gordon, and Floyd Counties)
The North Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative is working with community partners through a Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW) which consists of three sub-groups: Epidemiological Workgroup (to conduct the needs assessments), Planning and Operations Workgroup (for strategic planning and overseeing implementation) and an Evaluation and Sustainability Workgroup (to evaluate the implementation).
Region 2
Baldwin, Barrow, Bibb, Burke, Clarke, Columbia, Elbert, Emmanuel, Glascock, Greene, Hancock, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jenkins, Jones, Lincoln, Madison, McDuffie, Monroe, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Richmond, Screven, Taliaferro, Twiggs, Walton, Warren, Washington, Wilkes, Wilkinson
Athens-Winder Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative (Athens-Clarke and Barrow Counties)
The Athens-Winder Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative is working with community partners through a Community Prevention Alliance Workgroup (CPAW) which consists of three sub-groups: Epidemiological Workgroup (to conduct the needs assessments), Planning and Operations Workgroup (for strategic planning and overseeing implementation) and an Evaluation and Sustainability Workgroup (to evaluate the implementation).
Region 3
Clayton, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett, Newton, Rockdale
Atlanta-DeKalb Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative
The Atlanta-DeKalb Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative focuses on changing aspects of the environment that contribute to the abuse of alcohol. Environmental strategies aim to decrease the social and health consequences of alcohol abuse by limiting access to substances and changing social norms that are accepting and permissive of substance abuse.
Region 4
Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Calhoun, Colquitt, Cook, Decatur, Dougherty, Early, Echols, Grady, Irwin, Lanier, Lee, Lowndes, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, Tift, Turner, WorthEnter your text here...
Region 5
Appling, Atkinson, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Bulloch, Camden, Candler, Charlton, Chatham, Clinch, Coffee, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Johnson, Laurens, Liberty, Long, McIntosh, Montgomery, Pierce, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Ware, Wayne, Wheeler, Wilcox
Southeast Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative
The Southeast Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative focuses on changing aspects of the environment that contribute to the abuse of alcohol. Environmental strategies aim to decrease the social and health consequences of alcohol abuse by limiting access to substances and changing social norms that are accepting and permissive of substance abuse.
Region 6
Butts, Carroll, Chattahoochee, Clay, Coweta, Crawford, Crisp, Dooly, Fayette, Harris, Heard, Henry, Houston, Lamar, Macon, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Peach, Pike, Quitman, Randolph, Schley, Spalding, Stewart, Sumter, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, Upson, Webster
Middle Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative
The Middle Georgia Alcohol Abuse Prevention Initiative focuses on changing aspects of the environment that contribute to the abuse of alcohol. Environmental strategies aim to decrease the social and health consequences of alcohol abuse by limiting access to substances and changing social norms that are accepting and permissive of substance abuse.
National Drug Statistics
