Substance Abuse Connect Coalition

02/02/2023

Notice of Meeting
Name: Substance Abuse Connect Executive Committee Meeting
Date: February, 7th 2023
Time: 7:30 – 9:00 a.m
Location: Big Sky Economic Development Zoot Training Center, 2nd Floor 201 N. Broadway Billings, MT. 59101
Meeting Agenda:

11/29/2022

Awesome event yesterday with Billings Public Schools and Johnny's Ambassadors. Thank you Billings Gazette for the coverage of this critical topic!

https://billingsgazette.com/news/billings-public-schools-hosts-first-of-two-webinars-on-highly-potent-cannabis-products/article_cfd989e6-6f5f-11ed-9999-736f335a0f9f.html -source=home-top-story

11/28/2022

Reminder of the great education opportunity tomorrow at noon. Check out the Billings Public Schools page for the live stream.

11/25/2022

Join us for the Superintendent Goes Back to School Event Monday from 12 to 1 PM. The event is perfect for parents and community members to learn and ask questions about the changing landscape of cannabis and the impacts it's having on our children.

The event will be live streamed on Billings Public Schools page.

10/28/2022

📣 Announcing the Montana Prevention Certification Board (MPCB), a volunteer non-profit professional credentialing organization. Our mission is to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of Montana by regulating our certified professionals through experience, education, and compliance with professional and ethical standards. We strive to advance the field of prevention as a viable and effective professional discipline to benefit all Montana communities. Learn more: https://mtpreventioncertificationboard.org/news/

10/28/2022

Rock31 Member Amanda Stonerock with Stonerock Business Solutions was featured by KULR8 News for aiding the Yellowstone County Detention Facility in receiving four grants totaling almost $1.5 million to help inmates with substance use disorders and mental health.

"This has never been done at our facility," Amanda said. "And we are actually piloting the first comprehensive program within the State of Montana."

"This will be the first time that we actually see criminal justice, mental health, substance use, supervision, everybody really work together within the facility," she added. "There are lots of little pockets of programs within our community right now, but nothing within a jail facility."

Read the full article here: www.kulr8.com/news/yellowstone-county-detention-facility-gets-four-grants-to-help-inmates-with-substance-use-disorders-and/article_8ba5707c-55fc-11ed-a647-3f0c55bb2c77.html

10/17/2022

Help us make Billings and Yellowstone County safer by emptying out your unused, expired, or unwanted medication. This event is FREE and open for anyone looking to clean out the medicine cabinet.

This simple and easy task can help reduce the availability of drugs in our community and keep our kids safe.

The drug overdose epidemic in the United States is a clear and present public health, public safety, and national security threat. DEA’s National Prescription Drug Take Back Day reflects DEA’s commitment to Americans’ safety and health, encouraging the public to remove unneeded medications fro...

10/08/2022

♪♪♪ Takin Care of Business ♪♪♪ supporting the business community of Yellowstone County and beyond is a priority of our coalition.

Substance use disorder (SUD) and specifically opioid use by our work force impacts our economy in big ways. If you or someone you know is a business owner and wants more information or resources to support policy development reach out via message.

10/07/2022

We urge everyone to read this article and share with your family and friends. These powerful and deadly drugs are in our community and causing significant harm.

So far in 2022, 20 percent of cases received into the lab contain fentanyl, according to Misty Icard, a chemistry supervisor with the forensic science division.

09/30/2022

Thank you for helping shine a light on the issues at hand and the tremendous work being done to combat it.

09/29/2022

Please join us this morning at 10:00 am for the Substance Abuse Connect Coalition Press Conference. We will be sharing our Successes and Outcomes Report for our last three years of activity.
The press conference will be at United Way of Yellowstone County 2173 Overland Avenue.
Hope to see you there.