CFR reports on teen substance use in Wright County

Community and Family Resources, an organization that combats addiction and promotes healthy behaviors, presented to the board of Supervisors on Monday on some of their programs in Wright County and requested funding for their next fiscal year. Part of their presentation focused on their efforts in programs relating to education for both older adults and students, and part of it was based on survey findings about middle and high-school students’ attitudes toward the use of alcohol, drugs, as well as violence, gambling, and other risky behaviors.

Some of their work included presentations to service clubs on prescription drugs, which if not stored property can result in accidental ingestion by children, a problem that has resulted in 60,000 emergency department visits annually. Other presentations involved the risks of gambling, addiction to which Shelly Zabel, CFR representative, said often overlap with substance addictions. Outreach included education in schools and also businesses that serve alcohol, though Zabel said no business had taken them up on their offer of responsible beverage serving training.

Read the full article in the January 28 edition of the Eagle.