Mid Fairfield Youth Cannabis Prevention Project
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About the Project
The Mid-Fairfield Youth Cannabis Prevention Project is a collaboration among the towns of New Canaan, Norwalk, Weston, Westport, & Wilton, led by Positive Directions and funded through a small grant from DMHAS administered via Catalyst CT | The Hub. Our project builds capacity and collaboration across towns with a focus on the prevention, local government, law enforcement, and schools sectors.
Project work has included:​​​
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organizing a Law Enforcement Sector Summit with Attorney General William Tong and DMHAS;
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providing cannabis professional development to teachers from all 5 towns at the Schools Summit;
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conducting a landscape analysis at smoke shops in all 5 towns;
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developing a regional youth team to provide peer education & awareness;
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disseminating awareness messages and distributing cannabis lockbags throughout the region;
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organizing a Regional Speaker Series;
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a Local Government Summit to identify ways to make the cross-town work sustainable.