Polk County’s Drug, Alcohol, Problem Gambling and Suicide Prevention Program serves Polk County by reducing and preventing the adverse effects of drug, alcohol, and gambling addiction through a variety of strategies including positive youth development, raising awareness, evidence-based parenting classes, community assessments and surveys, media campaigns, supporting policy development, and education.
To learn more about Polk County Prevention Programs including Youth Opportunities, Drug & Alcohol Prevention, Problem Gambling Prevention, and Suicide Prevention & Mental Health please click the buttons below.
The Community Drug, Alcohol, and Problem Gambling Prevention Program can provide helpful presentations or materials on any of these topics to parents, youth, healthcare providers, employees, clients, social service providers, community members, marijuana, alcohol or gambling retailer, religious or fraternal organizations, etc. These presentations can be tailor-made to cover the information most relevant to your group.
For more information, to set up a presentation, or for questions about laws specific to Polk County regarding alcohol or marijuana, contact Annie Buse at (503) 751-1644 or to email staff please use the following format for their email: last name.first name@ co.polk.or.us