{"id":103916,"date":"2018-06-19T07:20:44","date_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=103916"},"modified":"2018-06-19T07:21:13","modified_gmt":"2018-06-19T12:21:13","slug":"dewine-releases-drug-use-prevention-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2018\/06\/19\/dewine-releases-drug-use-prevention-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"DeWine creates drug use prevention guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE4LjkxMzMwMzAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOC45MTMzMDMwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjY4NDg4JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZWRpdG9yQHRoZXZ3aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1lZGl0b3JAdGhldndpbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;100&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov\/Files\/Briefing-Room\/News-Releases\/DrugAbusePreventionResourceGuide_Final_18-06-18_Lo\">Drug Use Prevention Education Resource Guide<\/a>\u00a0aimed at helping schools implement effective drug use prevention programming.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_52811\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-52811\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-52811\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Mike-DeWine-headshot-200px-6-2014.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"236\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-52811\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Mike DeWine<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The guide builds on the 2017 report that said Ohio schools should provide consistent, age-appropriate, evidence-based substance-use prevention education for all students from kindergarten through 12th grade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe heard from many teachers and school administrators who agreed with the need for drug use prevention and requested guidance on how to best implement the recommendations in their schools,\u201d said Attorney General DeWine. \u201cThis guide is designed to lead teachers and administrators through a strategic planning process where they can tailor a comprehensive prevention plan to fit their school and community\u2019s unique needs, and provides examples from schools across Ohio.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Presented in a workbook-like format, the guide:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Defines prevention education;<\/li>\n<li>Provides a K-12 prevention inventory assessment tool;<\/li>\n<li>Outlines the strategic planning process that includes needs assessment, capacity-building, plan generation, implementation, and evaluation; and<\/li>\n<li>Includes an inventory of successful prevention programming from schools, coalitions, and prevention agencies from every corner of the state.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The\u00a0entire guide\u00a0is available on the Ohio Attorney General website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE4LjkxMzMwMzAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOC45MTMzMDMwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjY4NDg4JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZWRpdG9yQHRoZXZ3aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1lZGl0b3JAdGhldndpbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;102&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov\/\">www.OhioAttorneyGeneral.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Beginning in the fall, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s office will hold regional trainings for superintendents and their designees on using the guide to implement prevention programming.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The committee issued its initial report\u00a0in February 2017 after conducting meetings across the state, reviewing testimony, and performing research. The committee issued 15 recommendations that schools and communities can take to reduce and help prevent substance abuse. The full\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/links.govdelivery.com\/track?type=click&amp;enid=ZWFzPTEmbXNpZD0mYXVpZD0mbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTgwNjE4LjkxMzMwMzAxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE4MDYxOC45MTMzMDMwMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MjY4NDg4JmVtYWlsaWQ9ZWRpdG9yQHRoZXZ3aW5kZXBlbmRlbnQuY29tJnVzZXJpZD1lZGl0b3JAdGhldndpbmRlcGVuZGVudC5jb20mdGFyZ2V0aWQ9JmZsPSZtdmlkPSZleHRyYT0mJiY=&amp;&amp;&amp;104&amp;&amp;&amp;http:\/\/www.ohioattorneygeneral.gov\/Files\/Publications-Files\/Publications-for-Schools\/Ohio-Joint-Study-Committee-on-Drug-Use-Prevention\">report<\/a>\u00a0can be found on the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s website above.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio Joint Study Committee on Drug Use Prevention is made up of 24 members from across the state, including teachers, superintendents, substance-use preventionists, elected officials, law enforcement officers, and other professionals. The committee was charged with examining how communities can implement consistent, age-appropriate drug messaging, particularly in schools.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submitted information COLUMBUS &#8212; Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine released the\u00a0Drug Use Prevention Education Resource Guide\u00a0aimed at helping schools implement effective drug use prevention programming. The guide builds on the 2017 report that said Ohio schools should provide consistent, age-appropriate, evidence-based substance-use prevention education for all students from kindergarten through 12th grade. \u201cWe heard from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-103916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-07 07:55:08","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103916\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}