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Chatham Community For Alcohol and Drug Free Youth promotes and endorses the following programs. To learn more about these and other prevention programs in our area, please contact us. We are available to present underage prevention strategies to organizations and groups at no charge. Training opportunities are also available at no charge or a reduced rate. Contact us for more information.

SAFE HOMES raises awareness among parents and careproviders about the need to keep alcohol and prescription drugs locked and out of the wrong hands. SAFE HOMES Pledge is a promise made to our youth to protect them from the dangers of substances that can be harmful and which are often used and abused by youth.

SAFE STORES promotes a county wide effort to reduce youth access to alcohol at retail outlets. Retail owners will have all sales staff trained in responsible alcohol sales in order to ask for proper identification. Customers will look for SAFE STORE logo and support SAFE STORES in our community. Stores who sell alcohol to underage youth will face maximum penalties.

Media Ready a curriculum is for middle school students and teaches them how to recognize and deconstruct ads targeting youth to sell products including tobacco and alcohol. Media Detective is the curriculum for elementary school students.

Project Graduation a school and community all night event aimed at keeping highschool graduates off the street during graduation night, typically a high risk night for drugged driving.

Prescription Medication Take Back is a county-wide effort to remove unwanted, expired and unused medications from homes and out of the hands of youth.

Fatal Vision is one strategy used to prevent drugged and drunk driving. Fatal vision goggles and golf cart create a realistic experience in which youth gain first hand information about the risk and dangers of drugged driving. Fatal Vision is one part of a county-wide effort to reduce underage drinking and drugged driving.

PACT360

PACT360 contains five key programs – Meth360^®, Parents360, Youth360, Latino360 and Padres360 – and is designed to complement and not supplant existing local prevention efforts. All five programs can be customized with local statistics, real-person stories and events and first-hand experiences of the presenters, to reflect the unique needs and issues of the community. This multi-dimensional approach highlights the powerful impact local efforts can have on individual families and communities. CLICK HERE for more information.

Fatal Vision Distracted Driving

Fatal Vision is one strategy used to prevent drugged, drunk and distracted driving. Fatal vision goggles and golf cart create a realistic experience in which youth gain first hand information about the risk and dangers of drugged and distracted driving. Fatal Vision is one part of a county-wide effort to reduce underage drinking and drugged and distracted driving.

The Pittboro Police Department, Chatham County Sheriff's Department and the Chatham County Schools have worked together to provide this program to the every student in the Chatham County Schools that participates in driver's education.

 

If you are a local agency interested in hosting the Fatal Vision Drugged driving Program, please fill out the form below.

 

Fatal Vision Drugged Driving Inquiry

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One Day Prescription Drug Take Back Event

Rx Drug Disposal Programs

CDF Prescription Drug Take Back Programs

CDF has two prescription drug take back programs. Operation Medicine Drop is a one day event. Our next event is on March 19th, 2012 at three different location in Chatham County. For more infomration, CLICK HERE!

In addition, the Pittsboro Police Department as well as the Siler City Police Department are in the process of installing Medication Dropboxes. These dropboxes will allow the residents of Chatham County to drop off unused or unwanted medications year round with no questions asked. CLICK HERE for more information!

In addition to these two resources, the Food and Drug Administration have guidelines to disposing of unused or unwanted medications. Read the following articles to learn more:

• How to Dispose of Unused Medicines
  
• Disposal of Unused Medicines: What You Should Know