{"id":18200,"date":"2024-11-23T18:00:30","date_gmt":"2024-11-23T17:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/?p=18200"},"modified":"2024-12-10T21:54:29","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T20:54:29","slug":"kentucky-attorney-general-coleman-announces-statewide-youth-drug-prevention-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/2024\/11\/kentucky-attorney-general-coleman-announces-statewide-youth-drug-prevention-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Kentucky Attorney General Coleman announces statewide youth drug prevention campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\"><\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing\" data-heateor-sss-href=\"https:\/\/nkytribune.com\/2024\/09\/attorney-general-coleman-announces-statewide-youth-drug-prevention-campaign\/\">\n<div class=\"heateorSssClear\">Attorney General Russell Coleman proposed a statewide, youth-focused addiction prevention initiative before the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission Tuesday.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Commission unanimously approved the two-year, $3.6 million proposal, which is centered around a research-backed youth education campaign.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_226507\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-226507\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-226507\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>This campaign, called \u201cBetter Without It,\u201d will feature data-driven outreach to engage with young Kentuckians where they are, including on social media, streaming platforms, college campuses and through partnerships with influencers. The campaign will showcase positive, Kentucky-focused messages designed specifically to encourage young people to fulfill their potential.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission and Attorney General\u2019s Office will partner with prevention experts and creative marketing professionals to build the educational campaign that is compelling to young Kentuckians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur kids are growing up with no margin of error. As little as one pill can \u2013 and is \u2013 killing our neighbors. Today, the Opioid Commission joined with our Office to build a prevention program that will give young people the encouragement that they are better without it,\u201d said Attorney General Coleman \u201cWe will reach Kentucky\u2019s young people where they are with a message that resonates. I\u2019m grateful to the Commission for their strong support for this program that can truly save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the education campaign, the prevention program will also promote existing school-based programs and amplify the work of the Commission to support youth-focused prevention efforts.<\/p>\n<p>To date, the Commission has distributed more than $55 million to combat the drug crisis, directly helping Kentuckians overcome addiction and promote long-term recovery.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Source: https:\/\/nkytribune.com\/2024\/09\/attorney-general-coleman-announces-statewide-youth-drug-prevention-campaign\/<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Attorney General Russell Coleman proposed a statewide, youth-focused addiction prevention initiative before the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission Tuesday. The Commission unanimously approved the two-year, $3.6 million proposal, which is centered around a research-backed youth education campaign. This campaign, called \u201cBetter Without It,\u201d will feature data-driven outreach to engage with young Kentuckians where they are, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,40,19,61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18200","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-addiction","category-prevention-research","category-usa","category-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18200\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/drugprevent.org.uk\/ppp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}