Drug Prevention in My Community: Drug Prevention in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Overview:
Drug prevention strategies are packaged and delivered in a variety of different ways.
With what you’ve learned to do these interventions hit the mark? Do these strategies fit the
needs of your community?
I live in Bethlehem Pennsylvania
Instructions:
What is the drug prevention strategy needed for your community? Please do research
to find out which substances are abused in your region, and from the information
obtained, develop a drug prevention program that fits your community’s need. For your
paper create a name, identify the need, and discuss the plan for your drug prevention
program. How will the program be implemented, who will it target, and what are the
specific strategies of the program? What strategies or interventions will not be used
based on research? Build upon the programs that you know empirically to be effective.
Requirements:
• Two pages in length, excluding the Title and Reference page.
• APA format, including an in-text citation for referenced works.
• At least three resources
Drug Prevention in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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This paper discusses the substance abuse problems in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, United States, and the drug prevention strategies necessary to eliminate this.
Overview of the Substance-Related Abuse Cases
In an issue from The Brown and White, Kwiatek (2019) reports that there were 224 opioid overdoses with 11 deaths registered by the Bethlehem Police Department (BPD) in 2018, majority of these comprise the Whites with over 120 users, around 80 are Hispanics, and the rest are Blacks and other minority groups. Additionally, approximately 80% of the cases are males. Since 2015, the area reported steadily increasing numbers where there were 78 overdoses reported. The following year, the area reported 109 opioid overdoses with 8 deaths. Persons between 25 and 34 have been victimized by opioid addiction, says the BPD report CITATION Kwi19 \l 1033 (Kwiatek, 2019).
Current Drug Prevention Program
There are currently Drug Prevention Centers in Bethlehem, and one of them is the Clean Slate Outpatient Addiction Medicine Center. It is an accredited center that offers help for alcohol addiction and drug abuse cases by providing telehealth or in-person consultation and therapy. CITATION Clend \l 1033 (Clean Slate, n.d.).
Suggested Drug Prevention Strategies
Universal Intervention: Life Skills Training (LST) Program. LST Program is designed for middle school students to teach them skills to increase their protective factors by providing them sufficient information or education and personal and social skills development training (NIDA, 2020). It is a three-year program that includes 15 core sessions from level 1 to level 3. Additionally, it conducts preventive violence strategies that classroom teachers teach. Other components of training include social and resistance (drugs) skills and self-management. Evaluation is done using return demonstration and feedback CITATION Blu18 \l 1033 (Blueprints, 2018). To prepare for this, the following step-by-step process must be done: 1) Evaluate the cases in the community.; 2) Create a written proposal for the local government and schools with clear objectives; 3) Coopera...