Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
SANTA BARBARA — Santa Barbara Opioid Safety Coalition will join communities across the country in celebrating the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Prevention Week (NPW) 2022 to increase public awareness of, and action around, mental and substance use disorders. This year, NPW will take place May 8-14.
“National Prevention Week is a time of celebration with communities across the nation, to uplift the ongoing efforts to raise awareness of substance misuse prevention,” said Nancy Tillie, COO/CFO of Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics and a key member of the Santa Barbara Opioid Safety Coalition. “Prevention starts with you—we recognize the power and right that every individual has to build a heathy future for themselves and their community.”
SAMHSA’s NPW echoes a key message of the 2016 Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health: We can shift the way society thinks about substance misuse and substance use disorders while identifying actions that individuals and communities can take to prevent and treat these conditions.
Create social media content and tag with #MyPreventionStory, which is all about capturing our collective mental health and substance misuse prevention experiences. SB Opioid Safety Coalition / SB Neighborhood Clinics will be posting regularly throughout Prevention Week—if you haven’t already, don’t forget to follow us on Instagram: @sbclinics and @opioidsafetysb!
Order a NPW Wristband Toolkit. Doubling as a flash drive, these colorful wristbands come preloaded with all the tools and resources you need to jump-start prevention efforts in your community. To order a wristband, email NPW Coordinator David Wilson at David.Wilson@samhsa.hhs.gov.
Help Santa Barbara prevent substance misuse by taking and publicly sharing our local Stimulant Use Survey:
Subscribe to the SAMHSA Email Newsletters that support NPW. Visit www.stopalcoholabuse.gov and scroll to the very bottom to subscribe—stay up-to-date about the latest news, events, and resources.
For more information about the Santa Barbara Neighborhood Clinics or Santa Barbara Opioid Safety Coalition, you can contact Eugene Kim and Paul Ristuccia at vista@sbclinics.org.